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Yanwath Hall, Yanwath etc
Yanwath Hall
locality:-   Yanwath
civil parish:-   Yanwath and Eamont Bridge (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   pele tower
coordinates:-   NY50802821
1Km square:-   NY5028
10Km square:-   NY52

photograph
BQF11.jpg (taken 6.3.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 3 15) 
placename:-  Yanwath 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.
OS County Series (Cmd 58 8) 
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Yaneworth
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.  "Yaneworth"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Yainwath hall
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Yainwath hall"
in  "Yainwath and Bridge"
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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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"Castle"
castle 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Yanwath Hall"
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 41:-  "..."
"We then pass Yanwath Hall, an old tower, which is likewise the property of the Earl of Lonsdale. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
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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"Castle"
house symbol; large house 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old text:- Capper 1808
placename:-  Yanworth Hall
item:-  leaning tower
source data:-   Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.
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"[Yanwath] ... The leaning tower, belonging to lord Lowther, at Yanworth-hall, has lately been restored to its perpendicular. This massy edifice is upwards of 35 feet high, and has been propped upwards of 40 years, and overhung its base 3 feet and 1 inch. ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 135:-  "..."
"... Yanwath, the old hall of which wears a very castellated look, towering out of the old ancestral trees, and standing on the south bank of this beautiful stream. ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Yanwath Hall, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS506
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Yanwath Hall, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS507
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Yanwath Hall and River Eamont, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1896.
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Vol.1 no.71 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "71. Yanwath Hall and River Eamont. Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.71
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Yanwath Hall from the South, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.1 no.72 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "72. Yanwath Hall from the South. Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.72
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Yanwath Hall, The Tower from the South West, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.1 no.73 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "73. Yanwath Hall. The Tower from the South West. Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.73
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Yanwath Hall, Gate House and Watch Turret, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.1 no.74 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "74. Yanwath Hall. Gate House and Watch Turret. West. Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.74
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
item:-  door
source data:-   Photograph, Yanwath Hall, Door in the Courtyard, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.1 no.75 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "75. Yanwath Hall. Door in the Courtyard. Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.75
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
item:-  window; tracery
source data:-   Photograph, Yanwath Hall, The Window of the Hall, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.1 no.76 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "76. Yanwath Hall, The Window of the Hall. Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.76
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
item:-  chimney
source data:-   Photograph, Yanwath Hall, On the Roof of the Tower, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.1 no.77 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "77. Yanwath Hall, On the Roof of the Tower. Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.77
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
item:-  ceiling beams
source data:-   Photograph, Yanwath Hall, The Ladie's Chamber, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.1 no.78 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "78. Yanwath Hall, The Ladie's Chamber. Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.78
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
item:-  solar; panelling; fireplace; coat of arms, royal
source data:-   Photograph, Yanwath Hall, Yanwath Hall, The Solar, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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Vol.1 no.79 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "79. Yanwath Hall. The Solar. Barton. W."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3165.79
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Yanwath Hall, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Tipped in opposite p.52 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.5
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Print, plan of Yanwath Hall, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Tipped in between pp.56-57 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.6
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Print, plans of upper floors of the keep of Yanwath Hall, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Tipped in between pp.56-57 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.7
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evidence:-   old text:- Harper 1907
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   HP01p124.txt
Page 124:-  "..."
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"YANWATH HALL."
"The Eamont, the Eden, and the Lowther were well guarded, as the fortified houses by the fords still prove. Yanwath Hall,"
HP01p125.txt
Page 125:-  "an ancient home of the Threlkelds, is a fine example of a peel-tower added to elaborated into a residence. It is one of the earliest and most interesting, having been built midway in the fourteenth century. The original tower, strong in its walls, six feet thick and embattled, stands fifty-five feet high and looks down into a court-yard, the barmkin, or inner bailey, where the ancient oaken, iron-banded, and studded doors and windows guarded by thick stanchions show how concerned the old owners were for their personal security in insecure times."
item:-  JandMN : 1055.16
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evidence:-   old print:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
item:-  turret; cresset; beacon
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Guard Turret at Yanwath Hall, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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On p.185 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at bottom:-  "GUARD TURRET AT YANWATH HALL."
printed at lower right:-  "J. F. CURWEN. 13"
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.39
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evidence:-   site plan:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Site plan, lithograph, Yanwath Hall, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 180, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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Tipped in opposite p.320 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at bottom:-  "YANWATH HALL."
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.64
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evidence:-   old print:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Yanwath Hall, from the south east, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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Tipped in opposite p.322 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at bottom:-  "YANWATH HALL, from the South-East."
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.65
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Yanwath Hall, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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On p.251 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, middle left  "YANWATH HALL"
RCHME no. Wmd, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge 2 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.147
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"YANWATH HALL / / / YANWATH AND EAMONT BRIDGE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / I / 74389 / NY5078928168"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"YANWATH HALL / / / YANWATH AND EAMONT BRIDGE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / I / 74390 / NY5077128190"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARNS EAST OF YANWATH HALL / / / YANWATH AND EAMONT BRIDGE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74391 / NY5080528211"
evidence:-   old print:- LMS 1920s
source data:-   Yanwath Hall, drawn by R M Hutchings, published in the LMS Route Book No.3, The Track of the Royal Scot, by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
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item:-  JandMN : 95.12
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evidence:-   old print:- Robertson 1911
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Print, lithograph? Yanwath Hall, Penrith, and Penrith Beacon, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
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Tipped in opposite p.12 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. 
printed at bottom:-  "YANWATH, PENRITH, AND PENRITH BEACON / (seen from Sockbridge)"
signed at painting lower left:-  "Arthur Tucker"
item:-  JandMN : 197.4
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evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Yanwath Hall, near Penrith, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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On p.211 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "YANWATH HALL, NEAR PENRITH. (p.210). / (An old, fortified Border Manor House.)"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.80
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Print, uncoloured etching? Yanwath Hall, Westmorland, drawn, engraved and published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1820.
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printed at bottom right, centre:-  "Vol.1, page 369, line 15. / YANWATH HALL. / Published at Ambleside, by Wm. Green, 1820."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.67
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1819
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Yanwath Hall, Westmorland, by William Green, 1820, published by R Lough and Co, Chronicle Office, Finkle Street, Kendal, and others, 1820.
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Tipped in opposite vol.1 p.359 of The Tourist's New Guide, by William Green. 
printed at bottom right, centre:-  "Vol.I, page 359, line 15. / YANWATH HALL. / Published at Ambleside, by Wm. Green, 1820."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1141.11
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Yanwath Hall
item:-  wheelbarrow; costume
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Yanwath Hall, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, from a painting by J Renton, engraved by J Greig, published by Longman and Co, London, 1816.
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Included in the Border Antiquities of England and Scotland. 
printed at bottom:-  "Engraved by J. Greig from a painting by J. Renton for the Border Antiquities of England &Scotland. / YANWATH HALL, / Westmoreland."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.541
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hearsay:-  
 14th century pele; 15th century hall; later modifications.
notes:-  
 15th century tower and hall

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plans and illustration
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