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<div class="res-img">[[File:Derwentwater Strandshag Bay and Cat Bells (2310).jpeg]]<br>{{c|Lord's Island (centre-left) in [[Strandshag Bay]] with [[Cat Bells]] and [[Maiden Moor]] across [[Derwentwater]]}}</div>
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'''Lord's Island''', also '''Lords Island''' and '''Island of Derwentwatre''' is one of the four main islands that populate [[Derwentwater]]. The other three are [[Derwent Island]], [[St Herbert's Island]] and [[Rampsholme Island]], of which the latter two can be seen in this photo, centre-right and centre respectively. Lord's Island is located in [[Strandshag Bay]] with wide open views across the lake towards [[Cat Bells]] (451m), [[Walla Crag]] (379m) and the [[Borrowdale Valley]]. It is owned by the {{w1|National Trust}}, acquired on 13 March, 1922.<ref>[https://national-trust.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=59d0d36e5b3a44ae8cc49fe38d47ffd7&marker=-3.1408532588618683%2C54.58992188851598%2C%2C%2C%2C&markertemplate=%7B%22title%22%3A%22Friar's%20Crag%2C%20Lord's%20Island%2C%20Land%20at%20Calfclose%20Bay%20and%20Falcon%20Crag%22%2C%22longitude%22%3A-3.1408532588618683%2C%22latitude%22%3A54.58992188851598%2C%22isIncludeShareUrl%22%3Atrue%7D&level=15 Friar's Crag] National Trust Land Map. Rerieved 1 February, 2023.</ref><ref group="lower-alpha">Friar's Crag, Lord's Island, Land at [[Calfclose Bay]] & [[Falcon Crag]], [[Keswick]] totals 7.73ha (19.10 acres). In 1922, the viewpoint of Friar's Crag and Calfclose Bay were bought by subscription as a memorial to Canon H. D. Rawnsley. Lord's Island was also purchased as part of the Rawnsley Memorial. The [[Ruskin Memorial]] on Friar's Crag was given to the Trust in 1900.</ref>
In a bid to ensure the local population of nesting geese is protected, the National Trust does not allow anyone to land here. In addition to this there is a no-paddle zone between the eatern shore of the island and the mainland at [[Stable Hills]].<ref>[https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/borrowdale-and-derwent-water/activities-on-derwent-water Activities on Derwentwater] National Trust. Retrieved 1 February, 2023.</ref>
The island contains foundation ruins from a 15th Century manor house along with various earthworks and other archaeological interests (see [[#National Trust Heritage Records Online|National Trust Heritage Records]] below). The surface area is almost entirely covered with trees. The manor house was built in two stages. The central hub of the original building was built c.1460, most likely by [https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Thomas-Radcliffe-of-Derwentwater/6000000007463706852 Sir Thomas Radcliffe] (1422–1495) and was of simple design; the later additions of the north and south wings were probably added in the early 17th century.<ref name="collingwood">{{collingwood-1904|257-287}}</ref> Nearby [[Castlerigg]], with views overlooking the lake, was the ancient family seat of the Derwentwater family. According to local traditions their successors, the Radcliffes, used the stones from the ruined Castlerigg to build their new residence on Lord's Island. How the two families are merged and the design of the manor house on Lord's island are briefly covered below.▼
▲The island contains foundation ruins from a 15th Century manor house along with various earthworks and other archaeological interests (see [[#National Trust Heritage Records Online|National Trust Heritage Records]] below). The surface area is almost entirely covered with trees. The manor house was built in two stages. The central hub of the original building was built c.1460, most likely by [https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Thomas-Radcliffe-of-Derwentwater/6000000007463706852 Sir Thomas Radcliffe] (1422–1495) and was of simple design; the later additions of the north and south wings were probably added in the early 17th century.<ref name="collingwood">{{collingwood-1904|257-287}}</ref>
==Background==
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<div class="res-img-1200">[[File:No.77 Head of Derwentwater, Keswick.jpg]]{{c|Old postcard titled "A Peaceful Prospect" showing Lord's Island / No.77 from the Abrahams' Series}}</div>
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The history of the Derwentwaters and Radcliffes is sizeable and could not be included here, however, if you are interested in learning more about these two families and their ancestral seats in Cumberland and Northumberland, head on to the [[#Further reading|further reading ]] section below.
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==The manor house==
We know there was once a manor-house or some grand dwelling on Lord's Island. Member of the Radcliffe family once lived there when there was believed to be a drawbridge, which was used to access the mainland. Was this a sign of ostentatiousness or was it there for defensive purposes? The island could have once been a peninsula, and that the Radcliffes had cut a fosse (channel or ditch) to separate the two and create the island.<ref>Harriet Martineau (1855). ''A Complete Guide To The English Lakes''. John Garnett. Windermere. p.75.</ref> How true this is would require some detailed research beyond the scope of this text, but it would make for an interesting history lesson no least. Other historians contest that the manor-house in some form existed from around 1450 from stone of an earlier structure at Castlerigg, and that the Radcliffes kept residence until at least 1623 or later.<ref name="tyson">Blake Tyson (1995). ''[https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2055-1/dissemination/pdf/Article_Level_Pdf/tcwaas/002/1995/vol95/tcwaas_002_1995_vol95_0013.pdf Rebuilding the Medieval Court-House at Keswick in 1571]'' (PDF). Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. pp.119–136. Retrieved 24 January, 2020.</ref> A deed of sale provides evidence it was sold on 5 August, 1653, by Sir Edward Radcliffe and his son Francis to Thomas Keightley of Hertingfordbury Park, near Hertford.<ref name="tyson"/>
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At some point between 1675 and 1709 the manor-house is abandoned.<ref name="whaley">{{whaley|220}}</ref> There is a huge amount of history omitted here.
Like all grand houses through time, abandoned and left to fall victim
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