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Islekirk Hall
Hob Uid: 9985
Location : Cumbria Allerdale Westward
Grid Ref : NY2597044550
Summary : Islekirk Hall - formerly Hermitage of St Hilda. Alleged site of a Mediaeval fortified house.
More information : [NY 25974455] Islekirk Hall on site of Grange [GT] (1) Ilekirk (Hildkirk) Grange later called Hall, was first occupied by the Barwys family as early as 1529. It was formerly the hermitage of St. Hilda belonging to the monastery of that name. (2) Pelliam and Robinson cite Swift, who noted an unpublished ballad which refers to a tower at Islekirk Hall. Nothing remains to suggest a tower, and there is no other antiquarian reference to one. (3)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : OS 6" (Prov.) 1956
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : FB Swift
Page(s) : 141
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Vol(s) : 50, 1950

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Page(s) : 18
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Vol(s) : vol.29

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Hermitage (Religious), Fortified House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Hermitage (Religious), Manor House
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cumbria)
External Cross Reference Number : 3745
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 24 SE 1
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Activity type : ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY
Start Date : 2005-01-01
End Date : 2006-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Islekirk Hall