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Swarth Fell, Martindale
Swarth Fell
civil parish:-   Martindale (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Barton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
coordinates:-   NY45091961 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4519
10Km square:-   NY41

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 13 2) 
placename:-  Swarth Fell
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:-  Swarth Fell
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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"SWARTH FELL"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
placename:-  Swarth Fell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Swarth Fell"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Swarth Fell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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"SWARTH FELL"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Swarth Fell
item:-  fox hunt; hunting
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 37:-  "..."
"Also look at the black, barren, and almost perpendicular mountain called Swarth-Fell: here your boatman will shew you the rock down which the late Edward Hassel, Esq; led his horse, that he might be in at the death of a fox; so steep and dangerous is the descent, that no one since that time durst ever attempt it, nor would any one give credit to it, were there not at this day many living witnesses of the desperate enterprize."
evidence:-   old print:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Swath Fell
source data:-   Topograph, the view from Penrith Beacon, Cumberland, by James Clarke, published by James Clarke, London, 1787.
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"Swath Fell"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6615.12
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
placename:-  Swath Fell
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"a MOUNTAIN here called SWATH FELL"
item:-  private collection : 10.4
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Swarth Fell
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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"Swarth Fell"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Swarth Fell
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:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Swarth Fell
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, The Mountains of Ullswater as seen from Pooley Bridge, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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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
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Swarth End
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Ullswater from Pooley Bridge, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.12 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Mountains of Ullswater, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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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
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Swarth Fell
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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"Swarth Fell"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bogg 1898
placename:-  Swarth Fell
item:-  reaping; harvest
source data:-   Photograph, halftone print, The Reapers, Swarth Fell, Martindale, Westmorland, by Edmund Bogg, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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Included on p.141 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.41
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evidence:-   outline view:- 
placename:-  Swarth Fell
source data:-   Print, hand coloured engraving, Lower Reach, Ullswater from Pooley Bridge, Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Sherwood and Co, London, 1836?
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Objects in the view are identified by a caption at the bottom - Swarth Fell, Martindale, High Street, Hallen Fell, Kirkstone, Place Fell, Fairfield, Gowbarrow Parks, Dumallet. 
printed at bottom:-  "LOWER REACH, ULLSWATER. / from Pooley Bridge. / Pubd. April 15th 1836 by Sherwood &Co London."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.371
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