Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ARMATHWAITE HALL

ARMATHWAITE HALL, the seat of Sir Henry Vane, Bart., at the foot of Bassenthwaite water, 5½ miles ENE of Cockermouth, Cumberland. The grounds are very beautiful; and a spot adjacent to them, on the road to Hesket-Newmarket, commands one of the richest views of Bassenthwaite water and its screens.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "the seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Cumberland AncC
Place: Armathwaite

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