South East View of Holme-Cultram Abby, in the County of
Cumberland.
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Print, uncoloured engraving, The South East View of
Holme-Cultram Abby, in the County of Cumberland, drawn and
engraved by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1739, reprinted by
Hudson Scott and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1877.
With descriptive text of 1837. No.17 in The Castles, Abbeys, and Priories of the County of Cumberland, 1877. |
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THE SOUTH-EAST VIEW OF HOLME-CULTRAM ABBY, IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. |
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To Edward Stephenson Esqr : This Prospect is humbly Inscribed by his most Oblig'd Servants Saml : & Nathl : Buck. dedication |
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THIS Abby of Cistercians was founded according to Dugdale by K. Hen. II. AD 1150, but according to Speed and others by Henry Earl of Carlisle and Huntingdon, Son of David K. of Scots, who gave it all the Lands of Holme Cultram. It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. K. Hen. III K. Rich. I. and K. John, with divers other Nobles and Gentlemen, were Benefactors. John Gournon and Margaret his Wife founded and endow'd a Chantry in this Abby Church for four Chaplains Monks of this House and Two secular Chaplains. It is now a Parochial Church. The Impropriator is the University of Oxford, by the Grant of Q. Mary. An. Val. L427 : 19s : 3d. Dugdale. L535 : 3s : 7d. Speed. Saml. & Nathl. Buck delin : et sculp : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 26. 1739. |
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