house, Lord's Island | ||
site name:- | Lord's Island | |
site name:- | Derwent Water | |
civil parish:- | Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | buildings | |
coordinates:- | NY26572191 | |
1Km square:- | NY2621 | |
10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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evidence:- | possibly descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto source Page 150:- "... Here [Keswick] was the seat of the ancient lords of the manor of Der-" goto source Page 151:- "[Der]went-water, probably raised on the ruins of the Roman fortress: but after the heiress of that family was married to Ratcliff's, the family seat was removed into Northumberland, and the castle went to ruins; and with the stones thereof the Ratcliff's built a house of pleasure in one of the islands in Derwent-water [1]. ..." "[1] Nicholson's History of Cumberland, page 86." |
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notes:- |
site of 15th century house, with 16th century extension |
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Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan |
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