Escowbeck
Escowbeck | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Georgian |
Town or city | Quernmore |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 54°04′19″N 2°43′30″W / 54.072°N 2.725°W |
Completed | 1842 |
Client | John Greg |
Escowbeck House a country
Caton and Hornby, near where the Escow Beck from which it takes its name, flows into the River Lune.[3] The name Escow Beck is derived from the Old Norse eski + hofud and bekkr meaning the beck by the ash tree hill. It was recorded as Escouthebroc in 1225 and Escouthe bec in 1241.[4] The gardens, created in the early 20th century, had a fish pond through which the Escow Beck flows and boat house.[5]
The house was divided into apartments during the 1950s.
Residents
John Greg moved to the area in 1820 to manage a mill in Caton, part of Samuel Greg & Company, owned by his father. In 1938 Lieutenant Colonel Sir Norman Seddon-Brown moved into the house.
Greg Observatory
The Gregs were interested in astronomy and John Greg built an
Geminid meteor shower.[6]
After the death of John Greg in 1882, his son Albert gave the contents of the observatory to Lancaster Corporation, and they were rehoused in a public observatory as a memorial to John Greg. Greg was an important employer and public figure who had been mayor of Lancaster three times, a magistrate and a charity and port commissioner.[6]
References
- Notes
- ^ QuernmoreTownship Boundaries, GenUKI, retrieved 29 March 2011
- ^ Chapter 13: The Lune to Lancaster (PDF), Drakkar Press, retrieved 29 March 2011
- ^ Farrer, William; Brownbill, J, eds. (1914), "Quernmore", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8, British History Online, pp. 74–76, retrieved 29 March 2011
- ^ Mills 1976, p. 82
- ^ Escowbeck, parksandgardens.ac.uk, archived from the original on 26 March 2012, retrieved 30 March 2011
- ^ Bibcode:1992JBAA..102..160W
- ^ "Reminiscences of Miss Isabel Dobson (1806-1882) | Caton Village". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008.
- ^ David Richardson; Anthony Tibbles; Suzanne Schwarz, Liverpool and transatlantic slavery, Liverpool University Press (2007)
- Bibliography
- Mills, David (1976), The Placenames of Lancashire, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-5236-6