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Orrest Head, Windermere
Orrest Head
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   viewpoint
coordinates:-   SD41429935
1Km square:-   SD4199
10Km square:-   SD49
altitude:-   781 feet
altitude:-   238m
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 8) 
placename:-  Orrest Hill
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.
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Orest Head
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"OREST HEAD"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Orrest Head
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.
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 213:-  "... The way [road south from Ambleside] rises continually, till a place called Orrest-head where it turns south-east, losing sight of the water [Windermere]. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Crest Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Crest Head"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Orrest Head
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.
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Page 160:-  "..."
"Orest Head is ornamented by several villas, and commands very noble views of Windermere."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Orrest Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Orrest Hd."
Hill hachuring. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Pyne 1853
placename:-  Orrest Head
source data:-   Print, chromolithograph, Windermere as seen from Orrest Head, Windermere, Westmorland, by James Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1859.
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"PAINTED BY J. B. PYNE. / L. HAGHE, LITH. / MANCHESTER, PUBLISHED BY THOMAS AGNEW & SONS. / Windermere as seen from Orrest Head / PRINTED BY DAY & SON, LITHRS. TO THE QUEEN"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2016.1944
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
item:-  horse breaking
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 5:-  "... When the traveller foot or horseback sees certain reaches of Lake Windermere from Orrest Head, lying deep down below him, he knows he is coming near the end of the railway, ... The old coach road over Orrest Head and the railway meet at the new village of Windermere, ..."
"... Orrest Head, where"
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Page 6:-  "he will see a lovely view,- a picturesque cottage roof, surrounded by trees, in the foreground; grey rocks cropping out of the sward on the other side of the hedges; and in front, overlapping hills, range behind range, with the grey waters of the lake lying below. ..."
evidence:-   outline view:- Baddeley 1930s
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Panorama of Fells, etc, from Orrest Head, engraved by John Bartholomew and Co, Edinburgh, published by Ward, Lock and Co, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London, 1930s.
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item:-  JandMN : 305.1
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Orrest Head
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Windermere - Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Biscay How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 16 Orrest Head ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Orrest Head
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Bisket How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, about 1844.
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"... 16 Orrest Head ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.3
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