Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Little Langdale, Lakes

Little Langdale, Lakes

Little Langdale

locality:-

Langdales

civil parish:-

Lakes (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

locality type:-

valley

coordinates:-

NY31580339 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3103

10Km square:-

NY30

BVR82.jpg (taken 15.11.2011)
photograph

BMH15.jpg ... houses.
(taken 23.6.2006)

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Langdale Parva

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Langdale p~va"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)
placename:- Little Langdale

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

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"Little Langdale"
circle, building and tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-

old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:- Langdala

source data:-

Table of distances, with map, hand coloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Jacob van Langeren, published by Thomas Jenner, Cornhill, London, 1643.

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"Langdala"
dot, circle, tower
item:- private collection : 52.Wmd
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Little Langdale

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.

JAN3NY30.jpg
"Litt. Langdale"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:- Langdale

source data:-

Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Langdale"

evidence:-

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:- Langdaile

source data:-

Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Langdaile"

evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd)
placename:- Little Langdale

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL7.jpg
"Little Langdale"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Litle Langdale

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.

MD12NY20.jpg
"Litle Langdale"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Little Langdale

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

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BD12.jpg
"L. Langdale"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Langdale

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2NYF.jpg
"Langdale"
Building.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Langdale Far

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

BO18SD29.jpg
"Langdale Far"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Little Langdale
placename:- Langdale, Little

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.

J5NY20SE.jpg

J5NY30SW.jpg
"Little Langdale"
hill hachuring; valley, across county boundary
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Images © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
placename:- Higher Langdale

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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Rev Plumtre's Night Piece on Windermere, 1797
Page 230:- "Colwith-Force is a very fine, though a small cascade, in Little, or Higher Langdale. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Little Langdale
placename:- Langdale, Little

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24NY20.jpg
"Little Langdale"
valley in Westmorland and Lancashire
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old text:- Green 1814
placename:- Little Langdale

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 9:- "... the vales of Langdale are considered by some people of taste as the finest in the north of England. ..."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Langdale

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 162:- "..."
"A more extended excursion generally performed from Ambleside, is that into Langdale, which may be made partly in carriages, although it is more usual to effect it in carts, which way will indeed be found the most convenient and suitable to the roads, as well as enabling the tourist to carry the necessary creature comforts for a mountain ramble. The traveller may proceed, first, to Skelwith Bridge, three miles, just above which is the wild waterfall, called Skelwith Force; then by a road commanding views of Elter Water and great Langdale, he may proceed to Colwith Force, five miles from Ambleside. Three miles up Little Langdale, over a slack on the right, is Blea Tarn, so faithfully depicted in Wordsworth's 'Excursion.' ..."

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Page 163:- "... A road back by Langdale Chapel, will bring him again to Ambleside, after a circuit of nineteen miles, viz.:"


Miles.		Miles.

3	Skelwith Bridge	3
2	Colwith Force	5
2½	Blea Tarn	7½
4	Dungeon Gill	11½
4	Langdale Chapel	15½
3½	Ambleside, by Rydal	19

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Little Langdale

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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"Little Langdale"
Area.
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, outline sketch, farm near Fell Foot, Little Langdale, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1849.

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AS0162.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.487.62
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s

source data:-

Drawing, pencil and ink wash, farm near Fell Foot, Little Langdale, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1849.

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AS0163.jpg
"Farm nr Fell Foot"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.487.63
Image © see bottom of page

Martineau Directory 1855

evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, sepia, Blea Tarn in Little Langdale, the Langdale Pikes behind, Langdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

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HB0878.jpg
internegative at lower left:- "H. Bell"
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS549
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evidence:-

old print:- MacBride 1922
placename:- Little Langdale

source data:-

Print, colour, Farmstead, Little Langdale, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.

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MB0111.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.64 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride.
printed at bottom:- "SPRINKLING TARN AND GREAT GABLE"
signed at lower right:- "A. HEATON COOPER"
item:- JandMN : 195.13
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evidence:-

old drawing:- Brockbank 1870s

source data:-

Drawing, pencil and ink wash, roche moutonnee, Little Langdale? Langdales, Westmorland, by WH, 19 September July 1870, used by William Brockbank.

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PR1931.jpg
"WH. / Sept. 19. / 1870 / Langdale"
"Iceworn Rock in Langdale - / W. Brockbank. F.G.S / 26"
item:- Armitt Library : 1959.68.26
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BZL47.jpg Fire engine heading towards Wrynose.
(taken 15.10.2013)
photograph

BSA91.jpg Dovecote,
(taken 1.2.2010)
photograph

CCY22.jpg Are these drumlins?
(taken 22.4.2015)

places:-

NY31760337 Ash Lea (Lakes)

NY30750245 Betsy Crag Quarry (Lakes)

NY31030358 Bield Coppice (Lakes)

NY31290387 Bield Crag (Lakes)

NY31160365 Bield, The (Lakes) L

NY31550339 Birch House (Lakes)

NY31110282 Black Hole Quarry (Coniston)

NY29490343 Blea Moss (Lakes)

NY29500483 Bleatarn House (Lakes) L

NY30100292 Bridge End (Coniston) L

NY31400369 Brow (Lakes)

NY30840349 Busk Coppice (Lakes)

NY3003 Busk Gill (Lakes)

NY30530343 Busk House (Lakes)

NY31690418 Dale End Crag (Lakes)

NY31640377 Dale End (Lakes) L

NY29890319 Fell Foot (Lakes) L

NY30000316 Fellfoot Bridge (Lakes)

NY31550306 Fitz Steps (Lakes)

NY30890377 Five o'clock Thorn (Lakes)

NY31600289 ford, Little Langdale (Lakes / Coniston)

NY32560316 Forge Wood (Lakes)

NY30300374 Gill Grains (Lakes)

NY30480387 Gillgrains Crag (Lakes)

NY31950321 Greenbank Farm (Lakes)

NY32280306 Hacket Forge (Lakes)

NY31390328 High Birk Howe (Lakes) L

NY32370356 High Hacket (Lakes)

NY31830402 Howe Banks (Lakes)

NY32510306 Langdale Pool (Lakes)

NY30880428 Lingmoor Quarry (Lakes)

NY31540344 Little Langdale Chapel (Lakes)

NY31400283 Little Langdale Quarry (Coniston)

NY30910321 Little Langdale Tarn (Lakes)

NY31520324 Low Birk Howe (Lakes)

NY32390342 Low Hacket (Lakes)

NY30950288 Low Hall Garth (Coniston) L

NY31430242 Moss Rigg Wood (Coniston)

NY31570303 New Houses (Lakes)

NY3003 New Intake Gill (Lakes)

NY30160387 Old Scales (Lakes)

NY30040323 Poundfell Howe Bridge (Lakes)

NY31890405 How Banks Quarry (Lakes)

NY31370271 (Coniston)

NY30800388 Raven Nest (Lakes)

NY29750346 sheepfold, Little Langdale (Lakes)

NY29700385 Side Gates (Lakes)

NY31200300 Slater Bridge (Lakes / Coniston) L

NY31810313 Stang End Bridge (Lakes)

NY31580335 stone wall, Little Langdale (Lakes)

NY29400314 Sty Rigg (Lakes)

NY31550331 Sunny Bank Cottage (Lakes)

NY31660340 Three Shires Inn (Lakes) L

NY31810341 Wilson Place (Lakes) L

NY31490311 Woodlands (Lakes)

NY32240307 Forge Cottage (Lakes)

NY29300441 Blea Tarn (Lakes)

NY31510320 hedge, Little Langdale (Lakes)

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