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Seatoller, Borrowdale
Seatoller
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY24491378 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2413
10Km square:-   NY21


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BYI11.jpg (taken 17.5.2013)  
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BQN55.jpg (taken 11.5.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 13) 
placename:-  Seatoller
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Seatallor
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Seatallor"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 35) 
placename:-  Seatoller
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, View near Seatoller, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.
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Plate 35 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "The Revd. Jos: Wilkenson delt. / W. F. Wells sculpt. / View near Seatoller, Borrowdale. / Published May 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand. London."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.35
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evidence:-   old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 36) 
placename:-  Seatoller
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, View above Seatoller, Cumberland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.
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Plate 36 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Revd. Jos: Wilkenson delt. / W. F. Wells sct. / View above Seatoller. / Published Novr. 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand. London."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.36
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evidence:-   old text:- Green 1814
placename:-  Seat Oller
source data:-   Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Small Prints, with text, A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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page 20:-  "..."
"A morning's ride from Keswick, ... from Rosthwaite by Seat Oller, under Honister Crag in Gatesgarthdale, to Buttermere, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Seatoller
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Seatoller
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.
image FD01P088, button  goto source
Page 88:-  "... Seatoller, a small hamlet seated on the mountain's side, in a recess, filled with oak, ash, birch, and larch. ..."
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Page 168:-  "..."
"Seatoller is a hamlet in the upper part of Borrodale. A carriage may proceed as far as this"
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Page 169:-  "place; but here begins the ascent of Borrodale Hawse, and the road is so narrow, rugged, and steep, that cars pass with great difficulty."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Seatallor
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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"Seatallor"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Seatoller
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Seatoller"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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BLY12.jpg (taken 24.4.2006)  

hearsay:-  
Eight cottages for slate miners at Honister were built here, 1893; and six more in 1918.
Seatoller House was a place for academic and literary gatherings from the mid 19th century.

places:-  
NY24741380 Glaramara (Borrowdale)
NY24171356 High Stile Wood (Borrowdale)
NY24301345 Low Stile Wood (Borrowdale)
NY24551359 Nichol Dub (Borrowdale)
NY24571367 Seatoller Bridge (Borrowdale)
NY24511378 Seatoller Farm (Borrowdale)
NY230134 Seatoller Fell (Buttermere / Borrowdale)
NY24501376 telephone box, Seatoller (Borrowdale) L
NY24471380 weather station, Seatoller (Borrowdale)
NY24471377 Yew Tree Coffee House (Borrowdale) L
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