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| Gowbarrow Fell, Matterdale | ||
| Gowbarrow Fell | ||
| locality:- | Gowbarrow Park | |
| civil parish:- | Matterdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | NY40762183 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4021 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY42 | |
| altitude:- | 1578 feet | |
| altitude:- | 481m | |
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 BLN27.jpg From across Ullswater, at Roehouse. (taken 4.1.2006)  BUD18.jpg Summit. (taken 28.2.2011) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 65 12) placename:- Gowbarrow Fell |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) placename:- Gowbarrow |
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| source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, The Mountains of Ullswater as seen from Pooley Bridge,
published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830. click to enlargeO75E05.jpg p.109 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830. "The Mountains of Ulswater: / as seen from Pooley Bridge." "Swarth Fell / Cawdale Moor / Winter Crag / Dove Crags / Hallen Fell, and Place Fell / Stone Cross Pike / Birk Fell / Dolly Waggon Pike / Nether Cove Head / Helvellyn High Man / Catchety Cam / Helvellyn Low Man / Herring Pike / Keppel Cove Head / Raise / Greenside / Gowbarrow" item:- Armitt Library : A1175.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) placename:- Gowbarrow |
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| source data:- | Print, woodcut outline view, Mountains of Ullswater, by
Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830. click to enlargeOT2E12.jpg Printed on p.113 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834. "MOUNTAINS OF ULLSWATER: as seen from Pooley Bridge." Mountains are listed:- "Swarth Fell / Cawdale Moor / Winter Crag / Dove Crags / Martindale Hause / Hallen Fell, and Place Fell / Stone Cross Pike / Birk Fell / Dolly Waggon Pike / Nether Cove Head / Helvellyn High Man / Catchety Cam / Helvellyn Low Man / Herring Pike / Keppel Cove Head / Raise / Greenside / Gowbarrow" item:- JandMN : 48.13 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto sourcePage 147:- "... On the hill-top there is a magnificent view of the two upper reaches of the lake, having on the left, Silvery Point and Place Fell, the steeps of Glenridding, with Stybarrow Crags and Patterdale Hall; and beyond, the mountains of Graysdale and Hartshope, Scandale Fell, and St. Sunday Crag. ..." |
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