General history: Gentlemen's seats and deer parks

Magna Britannia: Volume 4, Cumberland. Originally published by T Cadell and W Davies, London, 1816.

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Daniel Lysons, Samuel Lysons, 'General history: Gentlemen's seats and deer parks', in Magna Britannia: Volume 4, Cumberland( London, 1816), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol4/xcviii-c [accessed 26 November 2024].

Gentlemen's Seats.



Names of the Seats.	Parishes.	Owners or Occupiers.
Armathwaite-Castle	Hesket	Robert Sanderson Milbourn, Esq.
Brayton	Aspatria	Wilfred Lawson, Esq.
Carleton-hall	Penrith	Rt. Hon. Thomas Wallace.
Calder Abbey	St. Bride's	Miss Senhouse.
Corby-Castle	Wetheral	Henry Howard, Esq.
Dalemain	Dacre	Edward Hasell, Esq.
Dovenby-hall	Bridekirk	Joseph Dykes Ballantine Dykes, Esq.
Dalehead	Crosthwaite	Thomas Stanger Leathes, Esq.
Ewanrigg	Deerham	John Christian, Esq.
Hayton-Castle	Aspatria	Mrs. Joliffe, (rented by the Rev. Isaac Robinson.)
Holmrook	Gosforth	Major Skeffington Lutwidge.
Hutton-hall	Penrith	Occupied by J.O. Yates, Esq. (the property of the Earl of Lonsdale.)
Hutton John	Greystock	Andrew Huddleston, Esq.
Irton-hall		Edmund Lamplugh Irton, Esq.
Isel		The property of Wilfred Lawson, Esq. (unoccupied.)
Justice-town	Kirklinton	Thomas Irwin, Esq.
Kirk-Oswald		Timothy Smallwood Featherstonhaugh, Esq.
Linethwaite	St. Bees	Thomas Hartley, Esq.
Melmerby		Rev. Thomas Pattinson.
Mirehouse	Bassenthwaite	John Spedding, Esq.
Moor-park	Burgh on Sands	Joseph Liddell, Esq.
Nether-hall	Cross-Canonby	Humphrey Senhouse, Esq.
Newbiggin-hall	St. Mary's Carlisle	Rev. S. Bateman.
Ponsonby-hall		Edward Stanley, Esq.
Rickerby	Stanwix	James Graham, Esq.
Salkeld-Lodge	Addingham	Lt. Col. Lacy.
Staffold	Kirk-Oswald	Richard Lowthian Ross, Esq.
Skirwith Abbey	Kirkland	John Orfeur Yates, Esq.
Tallantire-hall	Bridekirk	William Browne, Esq.
Walton-hall		William Ponsonby Johnson, Esq.
Warwick-hall		Robert Warwick, Esq.
Woodside	Chapelry of Wreay	Executors of the late John Losh, Esq.
Workington-hall		John Christian Curwen, Esq.

The following are amongst the ancient seats of the Cumberland gentry, which, having gone to decay, are for the most part fitted up as farm-houses ; Cardew and Warnell-halls, seats of the Dentons; Catterlen, a seat of the Vaux family; Croglin-hall, of the Towrys; Dalegarth, of the Stanleys; Drawdykes, of the Aglionbys; Greenthwaite-hall, of the Haltons; Harbybrow, of the Highmores; Huthwaite-hall, of the Swinburns; Hawksdalehall, of the Nicolsons ; High-head-castle, of the Richmonds ; Hardrigg-hall, of the Southaics; Ilekirk, of the Barwis's; Lamplugh-hall, of the Lamplughs; Lanercost Abbey, of the Dacres; Millom-castle, of the Huddlestons; Newton-Regny, Ribton, and Wythorp, of the Lowthers; Salter-hall and White-hall, of the Salkelds; Seascales, of the Senhouses ; Seaton-hall of the Askews; Scales-hall, of the Broughams; Warthole, of the Dykes family; and Whitbeck, of the Parkes.

Forests and Deer-Parks.

The forest of Inglewood, formerly so abounded in venison, that King Edward I. during a few days which he spent in Cumberland for the purpose of hunting, is said to have killed 200 bucks in it (fn. n1). The prior and convent of Carlisle had the tithe of venison in this forest (fn. n2). The Duke of Devonshire is the present proprietor of this forest, which was granted by King William III. to the Earl of Portland.

There were formerly deer-parks at Cockermouth, Naworth, Brampton, Isel, Brayton, Castlerigg, Ulpha (fn. n3), Millom, &c. and a paddock at Crookdake.

The Duke of Norfolk has extensive deer parks at Greystock and Gowbarrow (fn. n4). There are deer parks also at Muncaster and Crofton, and a paddock at Nether-hall.