More information : [SD 39537555] Abbot Hall on site of ABBOT HALL [GT] (1)
"Abbot Hall in the hamlet of Kents or Kentish bank is supposed to have been the residence of the priors of Cartmel, whose foundation charter so explicity prohibited them from aspiring to the title of abbot. Upon the estate were some fields called Chapel Fields in which, at three feet below the surface, human skeletons have been exhumed. This spot is, with much appearance of probability, supposed to have been the site of an oratory, where a monk of the priory officiated in offering up prayers for the safety of such as crossed the sands." (2)
"Thomas son of Gospatrick de Cartmel about 1160 granted to the abbey 5 acres in the fields of Allithwaite .... Since the suppression of the abbey it has passed through many hands. A modern residence built on the site [of the Abbot Hall] is used as a school." (3)
Site of ABBOT HALL [G.T.] (4)
ABBOT HALL, a completely modern building, is now a Guest House run by the Methodist Union. Local enquiries revealed no knowledge of an earlier structure. The name is confirmed by an inscription on the gate post at the beginning of the drive. (5) |