Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DALEMAIN

DALEMAIN, a seat in Dacre parish, Cumberland; at the confluence of the Dacre and the Eamont rivers, 3½ miles SW of Penrith. It was built in the time of William III.; belonged to the Laytons; and passed to the Hassells.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Dacre AP/CP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Dalemain

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