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Pembroke House, Brougham
Pembroke House
civil parish:-   Brougham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY53402825
1Km square:-   NY5328
10Km square:-   NY52


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BPN87.jpg (taken 2.8.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 4 13) 
placename:-  Hospital Farm
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:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Hospital Estate
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
image CL13P005, button  goto source
Page 5:-  "..."
"Next to this lyes an estate called the Hospital, having been given by the Countess of Pembroke to her Hospital of St Nicholas at Appleby; the house stands on the left-hand side of the road, with a lane leading from it, and adjoining to this the Vicarage house."
"A little before we arrive at Brougham Hall is a beautiful view towards the North-East, where is a fine fertile valley almost surrounded by water. This peninsula consisted, till lately, of several small tenements, which were purchased by the late Attorney-General James Wallace, Esq; two small inclosures excepted, one of which is the property of the Earl of Lonsdale, and the other of Mr Richard Hall. ..."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Pembroke House
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"PEMBROKE HOUSE / / / BROUGHAM / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74211 / NY5341428244"

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