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Dalton Castle, Dalton-in-Furness
Dalton Castle
locality:-   Dalton-in-Furness
civil parish:-   Dalton Town with Newton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   castle
locality type:-   museum
coordinates:-   SD22617394
1Km square:-   SD2273
10Km square:-   SD27

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BMJ46.jpg (taken 10.7.2006)  
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BUT22.jpg (taken 18.6.2011)  
evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Daulton Castle
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.
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"Daulton ca."
circle, building/s, tower, tinted red 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cum/EW) 
placename:-  Daulton Castle
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, scale about 36 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, about 1610-11, published by Thomas Bassett, Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1676?
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"Daulton Ca"
dot, circle, and tower 
item:-  private collection : 85
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evidence:-   table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:-  Dalton Castle
source data:-   Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Lancashire, with a thumbnail map, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.
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"Dalton Cast:"
and tabulated distances; D on thumbnail map? 
item:-  private collection : 50.22
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evidence:-   old print:- West 1774
placename:-  Dalton Castle
source data:-   Print, hand coloured aquatint, West View of the Ruins of Gleaston Castle, and The Castle Tower of Dalton, Lancashire, drawn by William Close, published by George Ashburner, Ulverston, 1805.
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"Drawn by W. Close."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1650.6
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evidence:-   site plan:- West 1774
placename:-  Dalton Castle
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured engraving, Dalton Castle, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, published by George Ashburner, Ulverston, 1805.
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"Drawn by W. Close."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1650.7
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evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 142:-  "..."
"Dalton, antiently the principal town, now decayed, though pleasantly situated, has an old castle or tower, lately a gaol for debtors,"
evidence:-   old text:- Capper 1808
item:-  court
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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"[Dalton-in-Furness] ... On the west side of the market-place is an ancient castle or tower, built by the abbots of Furness for the imprisonment of debtors; but it is now only used for holding a court baron every three weeks, for recovery of debts under 40s. and a court-leet. ..."
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 157:-  "[Dalton] ... an old castle, consisting of a square tower, overlooks the town. In this castle are held the courts of the liberty and manor of Furness, of which the Duke of Buccleugh and Lord Beaulieu are lords. ..."
evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
placename:-  Dalton-in-Furness Castle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Dalton-in-Furness Castle, Dalton Castle, Dalton-in-Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, Lancashire, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
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In front is the market cross. 
On page 266 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
printed at bottom:-  "Dalton-in-Furness Castle."
item:-  JandMN : 464.72
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Dalton Castle
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"DALTON CASTLE / / MARKET PLACE / DALTON TOWN WITH NEWTON / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / I / 388510 / SD2261673944"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Pele tower. Mid C14, repaired 1545, remodelled c1704, and in 1856 by Sharpe and Paley (drawing); reroofed 1907. Limestone rubble with red sandstone dressings, slate roof. Now 2 storeys, rectangular. Chamfered plinth, large quoins. Doorway in south side has double-chamfered arch and hoodmould; renewed 4-light window above inserted 1856; it has king mullion, cusped tracery under round arch with hoodmould. West side has small round-arched door with slit windows of spiral stair above; restored 2-light window on right has ogee-headed lights, pointed arch and hoodmould; string course beneath smaller window in same style. East side has no plinth and no windows to ground floor; square-headed single-light window on left of blocked 2-light mullioned window; above which are 2 pointed-arched windows with cusped ogee lights and hoodmoulds. Moulded oversailing course beneath ashlar sandstone parapet with slits, one medieval gargoyle, triangular copings built-up in 3 courses and figure to north-east corner."
"INTERIOR: remodelled, present staircase of 1845. Corbels show original floor levels. 2 original fireplaces to east wall, that in chamber with trefoil beneath keel-moulded arch with keystone. Ogee door-heads to the stair turret and to upper west window. Built to resist the Scottish invasions of the early-mid C14; later served as court house and prison. Given to the National Trust in 1965. Scheduled Ancient Monument. [bullet] Trans. of Cumberland & Westmoreland Archaeol. &Antiquarian Soc.: Gaythorpe H: Dalton Castle: 1910-: 312-330"
evidence:-   old print:- Waugh 1860
placename:-  Dalton Castle
source data:-   Print, engraving, Dalton Castle, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, published by Alexander Ireland and Co, 22 Market Street, Manchester, 1860.
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On p.41 of Over Sands to the Lakes, by Edwin Waugh. 
printed at bottom:-  "DALTON CASTLE."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1082.14
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evidence:-   site plan:- West 1774 (2nd edn 1805) 
placename:-  Dalton Castle
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source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Plan of Dalton Castle, Dalton-in-Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, Lancashire, and two lead discs, drawn by William Close? published 1805.
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On p.345 in The Antiquities of Furness, by Thomas West, 2nd edn edited by William Close. 
printed at upper right:-  "Plan of Dalton Castle."
item:-  private collection : 202.5
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evidence:-   old print:- West 1774 (2nd edn 1805) 
placename:-  Castle of Dalton
placename:-  Tower of Dalton
item:-  
source data:-   Print, uncoloured mezzotint, The Castle or Tower of Dalton, Dalton-in-Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, Lancashire, drawn by William Close, published 1805.
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Tipped in opposite p.346 in The Antiquities of Furness, by Thomas West, 2nd edn edited by William Close. 
printed at lower centre:-  "The CASTLE or TOWER of DALTON."
printed at bottom of page, left, right:-  "Drawn by W. Close."
item:-  private collection : 202.7
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BUT23.jpg  Spiral stair.
(taken 18.6.2011)  
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BUT24.jpg  Privy.
(taken 18.6.2011)  
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BUT25.jpg  14th or early 15th wrought iron cannon.
(taken 18.6.2011)  
MN photo:-  
 In the hall are four part sets of armour - Civil War period pikeman; Cuirassier, heavy cavalry, late 16th century; Civil War trooper; Civil War pikeman.

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BUT26.jpg  Armour
(taken 18.6.2011)  
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BUT27.jpg  Armour
(taken 18.6.2011)  
MN photo:-  
 The ground floor and a landing has displays of Dalton's local history.

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BUT28.jpg (taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of Friends of Dalton Castle
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BUT29.jpg (taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of Friends of Dalton Castle
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BUT30.jpg  Notice from Park Mines.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of Friends of Dalton Castle
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BUT31.jpg  Sundial.
(taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of Friends of Dalton Castle
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BUT32.jpg (taken 18.6.2011)  courtesy of Friends of Dalton Castle
The sundial was a memorial to William Henry Johnson, died 1946, in Dalton Cemetery, but removed here by the family.
hearsay:-  
 14th century pele, probably built by the monks of Furness Abbey.
notes:-  
 14th century tower

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan
Paley and Austin series
person:-   architect
 : Sharpe, Edmund
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Edward G
date:-   1854
Restoration and rebuilding.
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