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Buttermere Hause, Buttermere
Buttermere Hause
locality:-   Rannerdale Knotts
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   headland
coordinates:-   NY16281820 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1618
10Km square:-   NY11
SummaryText:-   A hause is a neck of land.


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CAY03.jpg (taken 11.6.2014)  
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CAY04.jpg  The zigzag path starting right of centre is the old road, a new footpath laid with stones is more direct; both paths take a route above two humps in the hause.
(taken 11.6.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 69 2) 
placename:-  Buttermere Hause
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:- Gents Mag 1751
placename:-  Buttermeerhause
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.
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GM1306.jpg
"Buttermeerhause"
gap between knobbly hillocks; mountainsls 
item:-  JandMN : 114
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Buttermire Hause
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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D4NY11NE.jpg
"Buttermire Hause"
hill hachuring; a hill or mountain 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Randon Knot
placename:-  Buttermere Hawse
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.
image WS21P138, button  goto source
Page 138:-  "..."
"... A fine expanse of water [Crummock Water] sweeps away to the right under a rocky promontory, Randon-knot, or Buttermere-hawse. The road then serpentizes round the rock, and under a rugged, pyramidal, craggy mountain. ..."

evidence:-   probably old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Buttermere House
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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FD02NY11.jpg
"Buttermere Ho."
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page


photograph
BLY26.jpg (taken 24.4.2006)  

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