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Galeforth Spout, Longsleddale
Galeforth Spout
site name:-   Galeforth Gill
locality:-   Sleddale Fell
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   waterfall
coordinates:-   NY48710662
1Km square:-   NY4806
10Km square:-   NY40


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evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P166, button  goto source
Page 166:-  "... [upper Longsleddale] ... Here is every possible variety of water falls and cataracts; the most remarkable of which is on the left. Over a most tremendous wall of rock, a mountain torrent, in one broken sheet, leaps headlong one hundred yards and more. ..."

evidence:-   old text:- Housman 1800
source data:-   Guide book, Descriptive Tour, and Guide to the Lakes, Caves, Mountains ..., by John Housman, published by F Jollie, Carlisle, Cumberland and C Law, Ave Maria Lane, London, 1800; published 1800-21.
Page 71:-  "... Cascades and cataracts tumble over the precipices in various places, some of them from a very great height; the magnificence of this scene is greatly augmented after falls of rain. A strong wind, in some directions, also produces a curious appearance in these waterfalls, which we were so fortunate as to enjoy when we passed though Long-Sleddale. As the water begins to pour over the tops of some projecting rocks (upwards of one hundred yards in perpendicular height from the bottom of the vale), it is caught by a strong gust of wind, and violently forced upwards, exactly in the form of smoke, for several minutes together. So much were we deceived, that after viewing it with great attention, we concluded, that, notwithstanding the frightful situation, the smoke must proceed from some fires below, and we were about to make inquiry of a shepherd whom we met, when, again looking to the summit in a more calm interval, we were surprised to see little torrents of water where the smoke seemed to issue before. In"
Page 72:-  "half a minute after again the water disappeared, and violently ascended into the air in the appearance of smoky vapour."

evidence:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Galeforth Spout
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 4 sheets mounted together on linen and rolled, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1.25 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.
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map courtesy of Mark Cropper
"Galeforth Spout a Cascade"
item:-  private collection : 371
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evidence:-   old text:- Prior 1865
placename:-  Galeforth Spout
source data:-   Guide book, Ascents and Passes in the Lake District of England, by Herman Prior, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 1865.
Page 109:-  "... Galeforth Spout, on the stream issuing from Grey Crag Tarn, is out of the way, at the edge of the cliffs overlooking Longsleddale, and is not worth going to see."

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Wilson 1912
placename:-  Galeforth Spout
source data:-   Guide book, Longsleddale, by F M Wilson, published by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1912.
WILSON1.txt
"... One of the most remarkable of these cataracts is called Galeforth Spout. It falls about 100 yards in an unbroken sheet. When a wind from the valley catches the water in its fall, it forces it upward in a sort of light vapourous column, which is often mistaken for smoke."

evidence:-   old photograph:- Wilson 1912
placename:-  Galeforth Spout
source data:-   Photograph of Galeforth Spout in Longsleddale, by F M Wilson, 1912
WILSON1.txt
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"GALEFORTH SPOUT"
In Guide book, Longsleddale, by F M Wilson, published by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1912 

evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Gellforth Spout
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Gellforth Spout ie Galeforth Gill, Longsleddale, Westmorland, drawn by W M Craig, engraved by J Storer, for the Beauties of England and Wales, published by Vernor and Hood, Poultry, London, 1803.
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"Engraved by J. Storer from a drawing by W. M. Craig for the Beauties of England and Wales. GELLFORTH SPOUT, in Long-sle-dale, Westmoreland. London, Published by Vernor &Hood, Poultry, Dec. 1. 1803."
item:-  JandMN : 156
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