Daniel & Samuel Lysons

Daniel and Samuel Lysons were the sons of the Rev. Samuel Lysons (1730-1804) and Mary Peach Lysons of Gloucestershire, England. Daniel Lysons (1762-1834) graduated from Oxford, and served as the curate of Putney (London, England) from 1789 to 1800. He was a noteworthy antiquary and topographer, and published Environs of London in four volumes from 1792 to 1796. After attending Bath grammar school and St. Mary Hall, Oxford, Lysons became, in 1790, curate of Putney, where he began work on The Environs. Horace Walpole, ever the bustling antiquarian, encouraged Lysons and appointed him his personal chaplain. The work is dedicated to Walpole. 5 volumes, 4to In 1800, he inherited the family estates at Gloucestershire from his uncle, and the following year married Sarah Hardy (ca. 1780-1808). In 1813, he married Josepha Catherine Susanna Cooper (ca. 1781-1868). Daniel's younger brother Samuel Lysons (1763-1819) began studying law in Bath in 1780, where he first befriended Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821) in January of 1784. He later courted two of Mrs. Piozzi's daughters, unsuccessfully. He relocated to London, was called to the bar in 1798, then served as Keeper of the Records in London from 1803 until his death in 1819. Samuel was also an engraver and antiquary, serving as director of the Society of Antiquaries from 1798 to 1809. He illustrated his brother's Environs of London, and the two collaborated on Magna Britannia, Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain, published in several volumes from 1806 to 1822. The work was cut short by Samuel's death in 1819.

 

Cumberland. List of plates l. Map of Cumberland II. . View of the Bowder Stone and Borrowdale~ III. View of the Roman Station at Moresby IV. .Inscribed Stones discovered in Cumberland V. Roman Altar found at Ellenborough VI. Roman Antiquities discovered;in Cumberland' VII. Roman Sculptures found at Plumpton-Wall VIII. Part of the Nave of Carlisle Cathedral'" IX. Part of the Choir of Lanercost Priory Church X. Part of the Nave of Lanercost ,Priory Church XI. Elevation of the West End of Lanercost..Priory Church XII. Elevation of the East End of the Choir of Carlisle cathedral: XIII. Part of the Choir of Carlisle 'Cathedral XIVPlans and Section of Newton Arlosh Church XV. Plans of the Town of Burgh on the Sands Church and...North..west View of Newton Arlosh Church XVI. Bridekirk Font; South and West.Sides XVII.North and East Sides . XVIII. The Four Sides of the Font in Dearham Church XIX. Ancient Grave.stones in Aspatria and Irthing Churchyards, and in Dearham Church inDearham and Bassenthwaite Churches in Great-Salkeld, Ainstaple, and Memerby Churches XXII. Grave.stone of William Stapleton, Esq. and Margaret his Wife, in Edenhall Church XXIII. Ancient Obelisk in Bewcastle Church-yard XXIV. Cross in Irton Church-yard XXV Four Side of Gosforth ,Cross, Dearham Cross,Rockliffe Cross and Cross in Muncaster Church-yard XXVI. Ancient inscribed Pillar in the Church- yard of St. Bridgett's,sculptured Stone in Dearham Church, 'and Fragment of' an ancient Stone Cross at Lanercost Priory XXVII. Plan of Carlisle Castle, from a Drawing in the British" Museum; and Plan of the Dungeons in Naworth Castle XXVIII. Plan of the principal Floor of ,Naworth 'Castle XXIX. Plan and Sections of a vaulted Chamber attached to the Wall of Carlisle, ,and Figure Saxon Ornament found at Kirk-Oswald XXX. Ancient Glass Vessel, called the Lock of Edenhall, XXXI. Plan of Whitehaven" XXXII. North View of Whitehaven XXXIII. South View of Whitehaven XXXIV. View of the Court of Naworth Castle XXXV. Cockermouth Castle XXXVI. Plan of the City of Carlisle XXXVII. North-west View of Carlisle XXXVIII. Ancient Plan of the City of Carlisle, from a Drawing in the British Museum XXXIX. Plan of Carlisle Cathedral XL. Plan of the Entrance to the City, of Carlisle from the South, with the Courts of Justice XLI. View of Egremont Castle XLII. View of Ravenglass, and Black Comb Mountain XLIII. View of Workington