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Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness
Piel Island
Peel Island
civil parish:-   Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   island
coordinates:-   SD23246377
1Km square:-   SD2363
10Km square:-   SD26
evidence:-   old map:- Lloyd 1573
placename:-  Pyle of Foudray, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.
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"The pyle of foudray"
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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evidence:-   poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:-  Pyle of Fouldra
source data:-   Poem, Poly Olbion, by Michael Drayton, published by published by John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, and others? London, part 1 1612, part 2 1622.
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page 136:-  "...
Against his [Neptune's] boystrous shocks, which this defensive Isle
Of Walney still assayle, that shee doth scorne the while,
Which to assist her hath the Pyle of Fouldra set,
And Fulney at her backe, a pretty Insuley,
Which all their forces bend, their Furnesse safe to keep:
..."
evidence:-   old text:- Mackenzie 1776
source data:-   Charts, and sailing directions, Nautical Descriptions of the West Coast of Great Britain, Bristol Channel to Cape Wrath, by Murdoch Mackenzie, published London, 1776.
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Page 18:-  "... ..."
"To sail into Piel-of-Foudray from the S.; first make the old castle on that Island ... steer ... and steer for the E. side of Piel-of-Foudray Island, giving the S. end of it a birth of a cable's-length; anchor in the bight of the Island, on four fathoms at high-water, a cable's-length from the high-water mark, when the house bears S. by W. where you will ground before low-water: ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Isle of Foudry & Foudry, Isle of
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.
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 217:-  "[looking from Lancaster] [Peel-]castle on the isle of Foudry, which lies off its southern extremity. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Pile of Foudry
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Pile of Foudry"
The label lying about in the sea, near no feature. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Peel
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Peel"
island 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Payn 1867
placename:-  Piel Island
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Piel Castle, Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, by T L Aspland, engraved by Greenaway, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867.
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On p.79 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. 
printed at lower right:-  "GREENAWAY Sc"
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.42
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evidence:-   old print:- Barber 1873
source data:-   Print, ?colour lithograph, Piel Castle, published by The Graphotyping Co, 7 Garrick Street and Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Stationers' Hall Court, London, and by J Atkinson, King Street, Ulverston, Cumberland, about 1873.
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Viewed from the sea.  "PIEL CASTLE"
item:-  JandMN : 69.7
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photograph
CAG05.jpg  Boat to Piel Island (off season when the ferry isn'y running).
(taken 4.4.2014)  
hearsay:-  
 Lambert Simnel was born of humble parents, in Oxfordshire about 1475. He was educated by Richard Simon, a priest, taken by him to Ireland. In 1486 he was declared by Yorkist plotters to be Edward Plantagenet, the son of George the Duke of Clarence. He was 'recognized' by Margaret of Burgundy, and crowned Edward VI, in Dublin, 1487.
In rebellion against Henry V, Lambert Simnel landed on Piel Island with Martin Swartz and a small army of german mercenaries.
The rebellion was stopped by a battle at Stoke-on-Trent where Lambert Simnel was captured. He was pardoned as being harmless, and lived therafter as a servant.
story:-  
 Once upon a time on occasion, the King of Piel, that is the landlord of the Ship Inn, carries out a knighting ceremony. An honoured person is seated in the Abbot's Chair, wearing oilskins and a viking helmet, and holding a viking sword. Having read the words of an old charter, the victim, sorry, the new knight, is annointed with a gallon of beer and then has the duty of buying a round of drinks for all. He can, in compensation, claim a free night's lodging whenever he is shipwrecked on Piel Island.
story:-  
 A 16th century herbal:-
"THE HERBALL OR GENERALL Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in CHIRURGERIE. Imprinted at London by John Norton 1597"
includes a description of the barnacle tree, that breeds barnacle geese instead of leavs.
"... one of the marvels of this land ..."
In the Orkneys and the north of Scotland are
"trees whereon do grow certaine shells of a white colour tending to russett, wherein are contained little living creatures: which shells in time of maturitie doe open, and out of them grow those little living things, which falling into the water do become foules, which we call Barnacles; in the North of England, brant Geese; and in Lancashire tree Geese: but the other that do fall upon the land perish and come to nothing"
John Gerard claims to have seen with his own eyes, and touched with his own hands, on the Pile of Foulders, Lancashire, timber from wrecked ships on which grow a froth which turns to shells
"in shape like those of the Muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour; wherein is contained a thing in forme like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together, of whitish colour, one end whereof is fastned unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters and Muskles are; the other ende is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time cometh to the shape and forme of a Bird: when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or strinng; next comes the legs of the Birde hanging out and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, til at length it is all come foorth, and hangeth onely by the bill; in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than a Mallard and lesser than a Goose, having blacke legs and bill or beake."

Gerard, John: 1597: Herball or General History of Plantes: Norton, John (London):: p.1391
Paley and Austin series
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Edward G
person:-   architect
 : Austin, Hubert J
date:-   1875
Pilots cottages.
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