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Rydal Head, Lakes
Rydal Head
locality:-   Rydal
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY36281123 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3611
10Km square:-   NY31

photograph
BRS44.jpg  Hart Crag at the dale head.
(taken 7.10.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 19 6) 
placename:-  Rydale Head
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:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Rydalhead
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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Page 190:-  "A TABLE OF THE Height of Mountains and Lakes SEEN IN THIS TOUR, ... TAKEN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. ... by Mr. John Dalton."
"Rydalhead ... 1030 [yards]"
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 211:-  "..."
"... Near the house [Rydal Hall] rises a huge crag, called Rydal-head, which is said to command a full view of Windermere, and I doubt it not;"
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Page 212:-  "for within a mile, that lake is visible even from the road; as to going up the crag, one might as well go up Skiddaw."
evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Ridall Head
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 155:-  "..."
"Ridall head in this lordship is a very high mountain, from whence in a clear day may be seen Lancaster castle and much further."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Rydal Head
item:-  altitude, Rydal Head
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 178:-  "ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,"
"ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES."
No. Names of Mountains. Dalton. Otley. Trig. S. Jamieson
6 Rydal Head 3090
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Rydal Head
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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"Rydal Head"
Hill hachuring. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   outline view:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen on the Keswick Road approaching Ullswater, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
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Opposite p.104 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.  "MOUNTAINS SEEN ON THE KESWICK ROAD APPROACHING ULLSWATER."
"L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr."
The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-  "1 Place Fell, 2 Birk Fell, 3 Red Screes, 4 Scandale Head, 5 Dove Crag (Hartsop), 6 Birks, 7 Rydal Head, 8 St. Sundays Crag, 9, Fairfield, 10 Glenridding Dod, 11 Dolly Waggon Pike, 12 Bleaberry Fell, 13 Striding Edge, 14 Herring Pike, 15 Gowbarrow Park."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1159.15
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
item:-  altitude, Rydal Head
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.
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Page 179:-  "A TABLE OF THE HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS IN THE COUNTIES OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, AND LANCASHIRE."
"No. : Names of Mountains. : Counties. : Height in Feet above the Sea Level."
"8 : Rydal Head : Westmorland : 2910"
evidence:-   old drawing:- Brockbank 1870s
placename:-  Rydal Head
source data:-   Drawing, ink, mammilated rock, roche moutonnee, near Mirror Pool, Rydal Head, Rydal, Westmorland, by WH, 1872, used by William Brockbank.
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"Part of the mammilated rocks near Mirror pool / Rydal Head"
"WH. / 1872."
"Glaciated Rock: Rydal Head / W Brock[ ] / 23"
"In Rydale, which descends from Fairfield to the Rydal Valley, are some of the finest examples of / Ice worn or mammilated Rocks, to be seen in / the Lake district. They lie in the [mid] valley & / have evidently been ground away by the glacier / which filled the valley & formed its huge [ ] / [ ] There are no good examples of / Moraines in Rydale, the valley was apparently / too steep for them but the perched rocks are / frequent & very fine"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.68.23
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Rydal Head
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Windermere - Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Biscay How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 6 Rydal Head ... 21 Rydal Head ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Rydal Head
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Bisket How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, about 1844.
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"... 6 Rydal Head ... 21 Rydal Head ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.3
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Rydal Head
source data:-   Print, engraving, Rydal Water, from the South East, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
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The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. 
Tipped in opposite p.44 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "RYDAL WATER, / from the South East."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Loughrigg Fell. / Silver How. / Hammar Scarr. / Pt. of Helm Crag. / Rydal Head."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.12
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