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Fox How, Rydal
Fox How
locality:-   Rydal
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY36520495
1Km square:-   NY3604
10Km square:-   NY30
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 6) 
placename:-  Fox Howe
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 drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Fox How
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, scene near Fox How, Loughrigg, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 26 August 1845.
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"near Fox How. / Aug 26. 1845."
page number  "4"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.488.6
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Fox How
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, two outline sketches, Loghrigg Holme, and Fox How, Rydal, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, about 1849.
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"Loughrigg Holme / FOX HOW."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.487.26
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evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Dr Arnold's House, Fox How, Rydal, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s?
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On p.39 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "DR. ARNOLD'S HOUSE."
item:-  JandMN : 474.13
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
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 41:-  "... on the skirts of Loughrigg, he sees Fox How, the residence and favourite retirement of the late Dr. Arnold, and now inhabited by his family. ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Fox How, home of Dr Arnold, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS198
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, the drawing room at Fox How, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS196
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  snow
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, winter snow, Fox How, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS195
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, Fox How, Rydal, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.5094
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  bookcase; chair
source data:-   Photograph, drawing room, Fox How, Rydal, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.5090
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  bookcase; chair
source data:-   Photograph, drawing room, Fox How, Rydal, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.5091
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Fox How
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"FOX HOW / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 452624 / NY3652104950"
evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Fox How
source data:-   Drawing, ink, Entrance to Fox How, Rydal, Westmorland, by Jane Arnold, no date.
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"Entrance to Fox How"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3774.1
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Fox How
source data:-   Drawing, ink, The Drawing Room of Fox How, Rydal, Westmorland, by Jane Arnold, no date.
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"The Drawing room of Fox How"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3774.2
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Fox How
source data:-   Drawing, ink, Fox How from the Rock, Rydal, Westmorland, by Jane Arnold, no date.
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"Fox How from the Rock"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3774.6
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
source data:-   Drawing, ink, The Birch Tree, at Fox How, Rydal, Westmorland, by Jane Arnold, no date.
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"Fox How from the Rock"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3774.7
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Fox How
source data:-   Drawing, ink, Fox How, from the Birch Tree, Rydal, Westmorland, by Jane Arnold, no date.
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"Fox How, from the Birch tree"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3774.8
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notes:-  
 Built by Thomas Arnold in a pseudo vernacular, with advice from William Wordsworth, 1832

Hyde, Matthew & Whittaker, Esme &Corbet, Val (photographer): 2014: Arts and Craft Houses in the Lake District: Lincoln, Francis (London):: ISBN 978 0 7112 3408 6
notes:-  
 Garden design by Thomas H Mawson 1908, for Miss Arnold.

Waymark, Janet: 2009: Thomas Mawson, Life, Gardens and Landscapes: Lincoln, Francis (London)
personal
person:-   teacher
 : Arnold, Thomas, Dr
place:-   home
date:-   1834
 to 1842
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