Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Dalton Castle | |
| locality:- | Dalton-in-Furness | |
| parish |
Dalton Town with Newton
parish, once in Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| castle; museum | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD22627393 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD27
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| 1Km square | SD2273 | |
 Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- 10.7.2006 | ||
 Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- 18.6.2011 | ||
| descriptive text:- |
Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
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| Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52. | ||
| Page 157:- | ||
| [Dalton] ... an old castle, consisting of a square tower, overlooks the town. In this castle are held the courts of the liberty and manor of Furness, of which the Duke of Buccleugh and Lord Beaulieu are lords. ... | ||
| date:- | 1839 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early; 1830s | |
| old text:- |
Camden 1789 (Gough
Additions)
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| Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. | ||
| Page 142:- | ||
| ... | ||
| Dalton, antiently the principal town, now decayed, though pleasantly situated, has an old castle or tower, lately a gaol for debtors, | ||
| gaol; debtors gaol | ||
| date:- | 1789 | |
| period:- | 18th century, late; 1780s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| DALTON CASTLE / / MARKET PLACE / DALTON TOWN WITH NEWTON / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / I / 388510 / SD2261673944 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Pele tower. Mid C14, repaired 1545, remodelled c1704, and in 1856 by Sharpe and Paley (drawing); reroofed 1907. Limestone rubble with red sandstone dressings, slate roof. Now 2 storeys, rectangular. Chamfered plinth, large quoins. Doorway in south side has double-chamfered arch and hoodmould; renewed 4-light window above inserted 1856; it has king mullion, cusped tracery under round arch with hoodmould. West side has small round-arched door with slit windows of spiral stair above; restored 2-light window on right has ogee-headed lights, pointed arch and hoodmould; string course beneath smaller window in same style. East side has no plinth and no windows to ground floor; square-headed single-light window on left of blocked 2-light mullioned window; above which are 2 pointed-arched windows with cusped ogee lights and hoodmoulds. Moulded oversailing course beneath ashlar sandstone parapet with slits, one medieval gargoyle, triangular copings built-up in 3 courses and figure to north-east corner. | ||
| INTERIOR: remodelled, present staircase of 1845. Corbels show original floor levels. 2 original fireplaces to east wall, that in chamber with trefoil beneath keel-moulded arch with keystone. Ogee door-heads to the stair turret and to upper west window. Built to resist the Scottish invasions of the early-mid C14; later served as court house and prison. Given to the National Trust in 1965. Scheduled Ancient Monument. [bullet] Trans. of Cumberland & Westmoreland Archaeol. & Antiquarian Soc.: Gaythorpe H: Dalton Castle: 1910-: 312-330 | ||
| placename:- | Dalton Castle | |
| district:- | Barrow in Furness | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD22617394 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| old print:- |
Waugh 1860
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| Print, engraving, Dalton Castle, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, published by Alexander Ireland and Co, 22 Market Street, Manchester, 1860. | ||
| On p.41 of Over Sands to the Lakes, by Edwin Waugh. | ||
| printed at bottom:- | ||
| DALTON CASTLE. | ||
| placename:- | Dalton Castle | |
| date:- | 1860 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late | |
| old print:- |
West 1774 (2nd edn 1805)
West 1774 (2nd edn 1805) | |
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| Print, uncoloured engraving, Plan of Dalton Castle, Dalton-in-Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, Lancashire, and two lead discs, drawn by William Close? published 1805. | ||
| On p.345 in The Antiquities of Furness, by Thomas West, 2nd edn edited by William Close. | ||
| printed at upper right:- | ||
| Plan of Dalton Castle. | ||
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| Print, uncoloured mezzotint, The Castle or Tower of Dalton, Dalton-in-Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, Lancashire, drawn by William Close, published 1805. | ||
| Tipped in opposite p.346 in The Antiquities of Furness, by Thomas West, 2nd edn edited by William Close. | ||
| printed at lower centre:- | ||
| The CASTLE or TOWER of DALTON. | ||
| printed at bottom of page, left, right:- | ||
| Drawn by W. Close. | ||
| placename:- | Dalton Castle | |
| other name:- | Castle of Dalton | |
| other name:- | Tower of Dalton | |
| date:- | 1805 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early | |
| photographs | ||
| Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- Spiral stair. -- 18.6.2011 | |
| Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- Privy. -- 18.6.2011 | |
| Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- 14th or early 15th wrought iron cannon. -- 18.6.2011 | |
| photographs | ||
| In the hall are four part sets of armour - Civil War period pikeman; Cuirassier, heavy cavalry, late 16th century; Civil War trooper; Civil War pikeman. | ||
| Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- Armour -- 18.6.2011 | |
| Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- Armour -- 18.6.2011 | |
| photographs | ||
| The ground floor and a landing has displays of Dalton's local history. | ||
| The sundial was a memorial to William Henry Johnson, died 1946, in Dalton Cemetery, but removed here by the family. | ||
| courtesy of Friends of Dalton Castle | ||
| Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- 18.6.2011 | |
| Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- 18.6.2011 | |
| Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- Notice from Park Mines. -- 18.6.2011 | |
| Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- Sundial. -- 18.6.2011 | |
| Dalton Castle -- Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- 18.6.2011 | |
| hearsay |
14th century pele, probably built by the monks of Furness
Abbey.
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| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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