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| Fox Tower, Helbeck | ||
| Fox Tower | ||
| civil parish:- | Helbeck (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tower | |
| locality type:- | shooting box | |
| locality type:- | folly | |
| coordinates:- | NY78691627 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7816 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY71 | |
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 BMI26.jpg (taken 7.7.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 16 11) placename:- Fox Tower |
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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. |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Braithwaite 1922 placename:- Fox Tower |
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| source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, Fish Pond and Fox Tower, Helbeck, Westmorland, published
by J W Braithwaite and Sons, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, 1922. click to enlargeBT0111.jpg Tipped in opposite p.64 of a guide book, Kirkby Stephen, 4th edn 1922. printed at bottom:- "FISH POND AND FOX TOWER, 5 MILES FROM KIRKBY STEPHEN." item:- private collection : 220.11 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FOX TOWER TO NORTH-WEST OF HELBECK HALL / / / HELBECK / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73341 / NY7869416270" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Observation tower built c1779 for Henry Alison so that he could watch the Hunt. Stands on massive drum plinth; coursed, rubble with some brick internally. Lacks floor and roof. Main building circular with 5 semicircular headed windows to 1st floor (some blocked); entrance to rear at junction with tall newel stair turret (resembling chimney) which has an external door at 1st floor level." |
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