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Loughrigg Terrace, Lakes
Loughrigg Terrace
Laughrigg Terrace
locality:-   Loughrigg
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY34570583 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3405
10Km square:-   NY30


photograph
BPS36.jpg (taken 6.10.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 5) 
placename:-  Loughrigg Terrace
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 text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
image MNU1P050, button  goto source
Page 50:-  "... The lane he has just passed [on Red Bank] to the right leads him to the grassy bridle-road called Loughrigg Terrace, whence the best views are obtained of both Grasmere and Rydal lakes, and which leads along the uplands and then by Rydal Lake back to the valley of the Rothay. ..."

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Loughrigg Terrace from White Moss, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0688.jpg
internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS352
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Loughrigg Terrace
source data:-   Print, coloured wood engraving? Rydal Water, from Loughrigg Terrace, Westmorland, published or sold by John Walker and Co, 85 Farringdon Street, London, 1880s-90s?
image  click to enlarge
PR0532.jpg
A small flock of sheep being driven in the foreground. 
printed at bottom:-  "RYDAL WATER, FROM LOUGHRIGG TERRACE."
stamped at bottom left:-  "JOHN WALKER &CO. / LONDON. / 85 FARRINGDON ST."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.481
Image © see bottom of page

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