Primrose Hall, Gaitsgill
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Primrose Hall, Gaitsgill
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 21 Apr 2016
Village hall, built in 1885 by Lt Col Carleton Salkeld of Holm(e) Hill for workers on his estate. The hall is named after the Primrose League, an organisation for Conservative Party supporters founded two years previously https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primrose_League (information from 'The Cumbria Village Book' reproduced here http://www.visitoruk.com/Carlisle/gaitsgill-C592-V27124.html ). There is a plaque above the door - see Image . Primrose hall, together with two adjoining cottages, is a listed building http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=78315 .
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Image Location
Latitude
54.812127
Longitude
-2.953632