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Lingmell, Nether Wasdale
Lingmell
locality:-   Sca Fell
civil parish:-   Nether Wasdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY20930818
1Km square:-   NY2008
10Km square:-   NY20
altitude:-   2123 feet
altitude:-   647m

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BQO19.jpg (taken 12.5.2009)  
evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 44) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Wast Water from the Road, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 44 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "44"
printed at bottom:-  "WAST WATER FROM THE ROAD. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6656.44
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 44) 
source data:-   Print, tinted soft ground etching, Wast Water from the Road, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 44 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "44"
printed at bottom:-  "WAST WATER FROM THE ROAD. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6653.44
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Lingmell
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains round Wastwater as seen from the Strands in Nether Wasdale, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.129 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains round Wastwater: / as seen from the Strands in Nether Wasdale."
"Buckbarrow Pike / Middlefell / Yewbarrow / Great Gable / Lingmell / Great-end Crag / Scawfell Pike / Scawfell / Screes"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Lingmell
placename:-  Lingmel
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Mountains of Wast Water as seen from Nether Wasdale, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.22 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.14
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Lingmell
placename:-  Lingmel
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, A Group of Mountains seen from Helvellyn, looking towards the South West, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.50 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.18
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Mountains of Wast Water, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.31 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "THE MOUNTAINS OF WAST WATER: as seen from Nether Wasdale."
"Buckbarrow Pike / Middlefell / Yewbarrow / Great Gable / Sty Head Pass / Lingmell / Great-end Crag / Scawfell Pike / Scawfell / Screes"
item:-  JandMN : 48.8
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
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Page 157:-  "... There are four summits which collectively go under the name of Scawfell; viz, the most southerly, which is called simply Scawfell; Scawfell Pike, which is sixty feet higher, and the highest mountain in England (3,160 feet:) and the lower hills, Lingmell and Great End,- the last being the northernmost, and fronting Borrowdale. ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  boat; rowing boat
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Lingmell, Nether Wasdale and Scafell Pike, Eskdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS554
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Lingmell from Sty Head, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell."
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS313
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evidence:-   outline view:- Seascale 1920s-30s
placename:-  Lingmell
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, outline view, mountains from Seascale, published by Edward Burrow and Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s-30s.
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"PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF LAKELAND AS SEEN FROM SEASCALE."
"... Lingmell 2649 ..."
item:-  JandMN : 1079.13
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Lingmell
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Lingmell ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Lingmell
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Lingmell ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Lingmell
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Scawfell Pike, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Lingmell ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.9
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evidence:-   outline view:- Matthew 1866
placename:-  Ling Mell
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the Road to Wastwater near Murthwaiteside, Cumberland, published by J Richardson, Highgate, Kendal, Westmorland, 1866.
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Tipped in before p.1 of The English Lakes, Peaks and Passes, from Kendal to Keswick, by George King Matthew. 
printed at bottom:-  "MOUNTAINS AS SEEN FROM THE ROAD TO WASTWATER NEAR MURTHWAITESIDE."
printed at caption to mountains:-  "... Ling Mell. ..."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1168.3
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Lingmell
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Haws and Wastwater - Mountains as seen from Burn-Banks near the Foot of Hawes Water, and Mountains as seen near Nether Wastdale at the First Bridge on the road to Wast-Water, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 6 Lingmell ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.21
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evidence:-   outline view:- Linton 1852
placename:-  Ling Mell
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline views, Mountains as Seen from the Esk Viaduct, the Eskmeals Viaduct, and Mountains as Seen from the Viaduct near Drigg, the Irt Viaduct, Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway, Cumberland, engraved by W H Lizars, Edinburgh, published by Whittaker and Co, London, and by R Gibson and Son and by Callander and Dixon, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1852.
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Tipped in opposite p.86 of A Handbook of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, by John Linton. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1158.11
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Lingmell
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from Burn Banks near the Foot of Hawes Water, and Mountains as seen near Strands in Wastdale at the First bridge on the Road to Wast Water, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 6 Lingmell ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.12
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) 
placename:-  Lingmell
source data:-   Print, hand coloured, Wast Water and Scawfell Pikes, from the road to Calder Bridge, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
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Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham. 
printed at bottom:-  "WAST WATER &SCAWFELL PIKES, / from the road to Calder Bridge."
printed at bottom:-  "Great Gavel. / Lingmell. / Scawfell Pikes. / The Screes."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1067.14
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) 
placename:-  Lingmell
source data:-   Print, hand coloured, Stye Head Tarn, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
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Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham. 
printed at bottom:-  "STYE HEAD TARN."
printed at bottom:-  "Stye Head. / Great End. / Scawfell Pike. / Lingmell. / Great Gavel."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1067.13
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Lingmell
item:-  fingerpost
source data:-   Print, engraving, Wast Water and Scawfell Pikes, from the road to Calder Bridge, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
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The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. 
Tipped in opposite p.80 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "WAST WATER &SCAWFELL PIKES, / from the road to Calder Bridge."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Great Gavel. / Lingmell. / Scawfell Pikes. / The Screes."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.33
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evidence:-   outline view:- 
placename:-  Lingmell
source data:-   Print, hand coloured engraving, Wast Water and Scawfell Pikes from the Road to Calder Bridge, Cumberland, published by Sherwood and Co, London, 1836?
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Objects in the view are identified by a caption at the bottom - Great Gavel, Lingmell, Scawfell Pikes, The Screes. 
printed at bottom:-  "WAST-WATER & SCAWFELL PIKES. / from the road to Calder Bridge. / London. Pubd. April 15th 1836 by Sherwood &Co."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.373
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BPF42.jpg (taken 20.5.2008)  
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BQO24.jpg  Cairn at the top,
(taken 12.5.2009)  
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BQO23.jpg  View from the summit, Styhead Tarn below.
(taken 12.5.2009)  
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BOV28.jpg  Outline view from Stybarrow Dodd; Bowfell, Esk Pike, Scafell, Lingmell, Great Gable.
(taken 17.3.2008)  
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