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| Blease Hall, Old Hutton and Holmescales | ||
| Blease Hall | ||
| Bleaze Hall | ||
| civil parish:- | Old Hutton and Holmescales (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | haunted house | |
| coordinates:- | SD54928916 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5489 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD58 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 39 13) placename:- Blease Hall |
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| 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. "Blease Hall" |
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| evidence:- | hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675 placename:- High-Blees |
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| source data:- | Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75. "High-Blees" in "Old Hutton" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Blease Hall |
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| 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. J5SD58NE.jpg "Blease Hall" house item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Blease Hall |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24SD58.jpg "Blease Hall" house symbol; large house item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) placename:- Blease Hall |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale
about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820,
published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31. click to enlargeHA18.jpg "Blease Ha." circle; house item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s placename:- Bleaze Hall item:- panelling; chest; chimney piece; chair |
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| source data:- | Photograph, Bleaze Hall, the Drawing Room, Old Hutton and Holmescales, Westmorland,
by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895. click to enlargeHB0141.jpg Vol.2 no.141 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. ms at bottom:- "141. Bleaze Hall. The Drawing Room. Kendal. K." item:- Armitt Library : 1958.3166.35 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s placename:- Bleaze Hall item:- ceiling; plaster ceiling |
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| source data:- | Photograph, Bleaze Hall, Ceiling of the Drawing Room, Old Hutton and Holmescales,
Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895. click to enlargeHB0142.jpg Vol.2 no.142 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. ms at bottom:- "142. Bleaze Hall. Ceiling of the Drawing Room. Kendal. K." item:- Armitt Library : 1958.3166.36 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Blease Hall |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BLEASE HALL / / B6254 / OLD HUTTON AND HOLMESCALES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 76703 / SD5492589167" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ORIGINAL GATEWAY 30 YARDS TO WEST OF BLEASE HALL / / B6254 / OLD HUTTON AND HOLMESCALES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76704 / SD5489589173" |
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| hearsay:- |
Built by Roger Bateman, cloth manufacturer, 1600. The house has a dobbie stone, a
charm against spirits. |
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| ghost story:- |
The daughter of the family living in an earlier house on this site died of sorrow
when her lover failed to return from the Crusades, 13th century. Her ghostly funeral
procession is seen passing, now and then. |
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| notes:- |
possible fortified manor house |
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| Perriam, D R & Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6 |
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| hearsay:- |
Probably built by Roger Bateman, about 1600. |
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| Hanging in an attic is a dobbie stone, a holed stone; a charm to prevent ghosts from
disturbing the household, prevent cream from turning, and prevent the bewitching of
cattle. It is also said to be heafed like sheep: it was once stolen by a boy who felt
obliged to return it. |
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| Palmer 1945 |
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| Palmer, J H & McIntire, W T (ed): 1945: Historic Farmhouses in and around Westmorland:
Westmorland Gazette (Kendal, Westmorland) |
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