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Rickerby Park, Rickerby
Rickerby Park
locality:-   Rickerby
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   park
coordinates:-   NY40895692 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4056
10Km square:-   NY45


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CED53.jpg (taken 23.10.2015)  
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CED55.jpg (taken 23.10.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 4) 
placename:-  Rickerby Park
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 text:- Harper 1907
placename:-  Rickerby Holmes
source data:-   Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper, published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907.
HP01p152.txt
Page 152:-  "..."
"But if Stanwix be so ugly and commonplace, the scenery in which it is placed is extremely beautiful. The greater, then, the crime of those who have made it what it is. There is a lovely steep grassy descent, plenteously wooded with noble trees, that falls away from the ridge of Stanwix down to the Eden, and thus skirts the river for a mile or more. "Rickerby Holmes" is the name of this beautiful feature. From this point you gain the finest view of Carlisle."

evidence:-   old painting:- 
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Carlisle Cenotaph, Cumberland, by Henry Herbert Bulman, London, 1924.
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Summertime; beyond the foreground shaded by trees beneath which sheep are sheltering from the bright sunshine, the cenotaph stands to right of composition. Beyond it lies further wooded parkland. 
dated & signed at bottom right:-  "Henry H Bulman 1925"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1931.15.1
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Rickerby Park
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Carlisle from Rickerby Park, Carlisle, Cumberland, published 1900s?
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On p.261 of Our Own Country. 
printed at lower right:-  "HAR[ ]WOR[ ]"
printed at bottom:-  "CARLISLE, FROM RICKERBY PARK."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.254
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old painting:- 
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Carlisle from Rickerby Park in the Year of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1897.
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Autumn; view of Carlisle from an elevated perspective on Greeny Banks beside Eden Bridge which crosses the composition diagonally. Sheep and cattle graze in the foreground beside a small area of land which is fenced off, with clothes hanging out to dry. The city stands beyond the far bank of the river, with the Cout Houses visible to left of composition, the cathedral in the centre and Dixon's chimney and the castle to right. Distant hills rise beyond. 
inscribed at bottom centre:-  "Carlisle in 1897 the Year of Her Majesty's Jubilee"
signed &dated at bottom right:-  "Thos. Bushby 1897"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1970.34.2
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  cattle
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Carlisle from the Sands, Cumberland, by William Henry Nutter, 1868.
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View of Carlisle at sunset from beside the River Eden which flows to right of composition, cattle lingering in the shallows beside the left hand bank. It is spanned by Eden Bridge which crosses composition horizontally. The city lies beyond, reflected by the river. The cathedral stands to left of composition, factory chimneys to its right and the castle in the centre. 
signed &dated at bottom left:-  "W.H. Nutter 1868"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1944.9.2
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Rickerby Park
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Review of the Cumberland Rifle Volunteers in Rickerby Park, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1861?
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Perhaps from the Illustrated London News. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "REVIEW OF THE CUMBERLAND RIFLE VOLUNTEERS IN RICKERBY PARK, CARLISLE."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.292
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, A Carlisle Celebrity, Sam Bough RSA, Rickerby Park, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Joseph W Simpson, 1926 with text by T Gray on reverse.
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Sam Bough stands on the north bank of the river Eden in Rickerby Park with a sketchbook in his hand. In the background to the right is Eden Bridge and on Bough's left the city of Carlisle. 
signed at bottom left on print:-  "Simpson"
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text by T Gray about Carlisle Celebrity, Sam Bough RSA on reverse of coloured print by Joseph W Simpson, 1926. 
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 2009.210.8
Images © Tullie House Museum


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CED54.jpg (taken 23.10.2015)  
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CED56.jpg (taken 23.10.2015)  
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BRR20.jpg (taken 29.9.2009)  

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