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Rayrigg Hall, Windermere
Rayrigg Hall
locality:-   Windermere
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD40289811
1Km square:-   SD4098
10Km square:-   SD49
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 7) 
placename:-  Rayrigg Hall
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Rayrigg
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"Rayrigg / Fletcher Fleming Esqr."
house 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Rayrig
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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Page 74, footnote:-  "This place [Rayrig] is said to have some resemblance to Ferney, on the lake of Geneva, the seat of the late celebrated Voltaire."
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Rayrig
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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"Rayrig / John Fleming Esq."
block, building/s 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   probably old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Rayrig
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:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
placename:-  Rayrigg
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Rayrigg / Raincock Esqr."
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Rayrugg
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Rayrugg"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Rayrigg
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 317-318  "Between Staveley and Lowood Inn, on l. is Rayrigg, Rev. J. Fleming."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Rayrigg
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:-   presumably descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Rayrigg
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 4:-  "... Rayrigg, the residence of the Rev. John Fleming, upon a bay of the lake. ..."
evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.516  "Compendium of County History. - Westmorland."
"... Rayrigg Hall is said to resemble Ferney, the seat of Voltaire on the Lake of Geneva. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Rayrigg Hall
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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"Rayrigg Hall"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Rayrigg
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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"Rayrigg"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  Rayrigg
item:-  stone wall
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
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Page 14:-  "..."
"... through Bowness on the Ambleside road, and round by Cook's House. The first noticeable abode that he will see is Rayrigg,- a rather low, rambling, grey house, standing on the grass near a little bay of"
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Page 15:-  "the lake. It is a charming old-fashioned house, and its position has every advantage, except that it stands too low. On the high wall by the road side, immediately before reaching the gate of Rayrigg, the stranger will be struck with the variety of ferns. That wall is an excellent introduction to the stone fences of the region, richly adorned as many of them are with mosses and ferns."
evidence:-   probably old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Rayrigg
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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"Rayrigg"
block/s; building/s 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Rayrigg Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"RAYRIGG HALL / / RAYRIGG ROAD / WINDERMERE TOWN / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 351703 / SD4028898088"
evidence:-   old print:- Robertson 1911
placename:-  Rayrigg
source data:-   Print, lithograph? Rayrigg, Windermere, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
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Tipped in opposite p.72 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. 
printed at bottom:-  "RAYRIGG, WINDERMERE"
signed at painting lower left:-  "Arthur Tucker"
item:-  JandMN : 197.18
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hearsay:-  
 William Wilberforce, 1759-1833, spent time at Rayrigg. From here he would row to Lady Holme where he planned legislation against the slave trade.
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