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Preston Patrick Hall, Preston Patrick
Preston Patrick Hall
civil parish:-   Preston Patrick (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   park
coordinates:-   SD54438374
1Km square:-   SD5483
10Km square:-   SD58

photograph
BQA68.jpg (taken 6.2.2009)  
photograph
BQA69.jpg  Barn to right of the hall.
(taken 6.2.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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JAN3SD58.jpg
Ring of fence palings with trees. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Preston Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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MD10SD58.jpg
"Preston Hall"
Circle, by a park - ring of fence palings, trees. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Preston Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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BD12.jpg
"Preston Hall"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Preston Hall
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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SMP2SDP.jpg
"Preston Hall"
Building in a park. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Preston Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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BO18SD58.jpg
"Preston Hall"
circle and line by outline of fence palings 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Preston Hall
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.
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J5SD58SW.jpg
"Preston Hall"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Preston Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Preston Hall, Preston Patrick, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1897.
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HB0177.jpg
Vol.2 no.177 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "177. Preston Hall, Burton in Kendal. L."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.71
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Preston Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Preston Hall, Preston Patrick, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1897.
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HB0178.jpg
Vol.2 no.178 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "178. Preston Hall, Burton in Kendal. L."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.72
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
placename:-  Preston Patrick Hall
source data:-   Siteplan, uncoloured lithograph, Preston Patrick Hall, Preston Patrick, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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HMW117.jpg
On p.196 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, bottom  "PRESTON PATRICK HALL"
RCHME no. Wmd, Preston Patrick 3 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.118
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Preston Patrick Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"PRESTON PATRICK HALL / / / PRESTON PATRICK / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 76607 / SD5443083748"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BANK BARNS ATTACHED AT RIGHT-ANGLES TO EAST OF PRESTON PATRICK HALL / / / PRESTON PATRICK / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76608 / SD5446783730"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WAGGON SHED AND BARN AT RIGHT ANGLES TO WEST OF PRESTON PATRICK HALL / / / PRESTON PATRICK / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76609 / SD5442183721"

photograph
BQA70.jpg  Window in barn to right of hall.
(taken 6.2.2009)  
photograph
BQA71.jpg  Swaledale sheep.
(taken 6.2.2009)  
notes:-  
 two 15th century towers

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustrations
hearsay:-  
 The manor courts were held here.
Many Quakers brought here for their transgressions. One of them, Thomas Camm of Camsgill, was distrained thirty three times for non payment of tithes in the period 1683 to 1690, paying fines totalling £62 12s 8d.

Palmer 1945
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