Weary Hall Moat

Has been described as a Questionable Fortified Manor House

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameWeary Hall Moat
Alternative NamesWeery
Historic CountryCumberland
Modern AuthorityCumbria
1974 AuthorityCumbria
Civil ParishBoltons

Near to Weary Hall, Bolton is a raised field containing about 1 1/2 acres of land, which appears to have been moated. No extant building remains. (PastScape ref. Curwen 1913)

Near Weary-Hall, is a field, containing about an acre and a half of land, which appears to have been moated about, and raised above the level of the neighbouring field, but no remains of building upon it. (Hutchinson 1794)

Supposed moated site, 16th century hall nearby. Curwen describes this as near to Weary Hall where one and a half acres appear to have been moated around; no remains of buildings. Curwen gives Hutchinson as his source. The site is not included by Cathcart King or Jackson. EPNS suggests that Simon de Wyrihal, mentioned in the reign of Henry III, was of Weary Hall. Details of the Porters of Weary Hall and a line drawing of the house are in Trans CWAAS xiv, 86-101. Suggests the house is older than 1576 datestone. Moat, No traces of buildings. Earthworks require further investigation. (Perriam and Robinson 1998)

Gatehouse Comments

Does not appear to have been a regular square moat and the evidence of this being a moat at all is pretty weak. The southern arm seems now to be defined by a farm track suggesting the possibility this 'moat' is a combination of natural and a holloway. Weary Hall probably was a minor manor house but there is no real evidence it was fortified.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNY216418
Latitude54.7654495239258
Longitude-3.21923995018005
Eastings320600
Northings539900
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Books

  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 26
  • Armstrong, A.M. et al, 1950, The Place-Names of Cumberland (English Place Name Society 21) Part 2 p. 270
  • Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 13) p. 45
  • Collingwood, W.G., 1901, 'Remains of the pre-Norman Period' in H.Arthur Doubleday (ed), VCH Cumberland Vol. 1 p. 293 online copy
  • Hutchinson, W., 1794, The History of the County of Cumberland (Carlisle) Vol. 2 p. 364 online copy

Journals

  • Parker, C.A., 1914, 'A Pedigree of the Family of Porter of Bolton, Cumberland' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 14 p. 86-101 online copy