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| Thrang Crag, Rydal | ||
| Thrang Crag | ||
| Wordsworth's Seat | ||
| locality:- | Rydal | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| locality type:- | seat (?) | |
| coordinates:- | NY36060630 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3606 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) placename:- Thrang Crag |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Wordsworth 1810 placename:- Thrang Crag item:- viewpoint |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes, later A
Guide through the District of The Lakes, by William Wordsworth,
1810-35. goto sourcepage xxiv "..." "NOTE. - Vide p.xii. - About 200 yards beyond the last house on the Keswick side of Rydal village the road is cut through a low wooded rock, called Thrang Crag. The top of it, which is only a few steps on the south side, affords the best view of the Vale which is to be had by a Traveller who confines himself to the public road." |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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| source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Thrang Crag, Wordsworth's Seat, Rydal, Westmorland, by
Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlargeHB0697.jpg internegative at lower right:- "H. Bell" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS361 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Pearson 1900s placename:- Wordsworth's Seat |
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| source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, Wordsworth's Seat, near Rydal, Westmorland, published
by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s. click to enlargePS1E50.jpg On p.134 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. printed at bottom:- "'WORDSWORTH'S SEAT,' NEAR RYDAL." item:- Armitt Library : A1188.57 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | text:- Mason 1907 (edn 1930) placename:- Wordsworth's Seat |
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| source data:- | Text book, The Ambleside Geography Books bk.III, The Counties of
England, by Charlotte M Mason, published by Kegan Paul, Trench,
Trubner and Co, Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane, and the
Parents' Educational Union Office, 26 Victoria Street, London,
edn 1930. MSN1P017.txt Page 17:- "..." "... we reach Rydal Water,- a fairy mere, ... That rock, looking over the little lake, is "Wordsworth"s Seat," and on the slope of the fell is Rydal Mount, which was the home of this "Lake Poet."" |
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