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Catstye Cam, Patterdale
Catstye Cam
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY34811582
1Km square:-   NY3415
10Km square:-   NY31
altitude:-   2920 feet
altitude:-   890m

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 9) 
placename:-  Catstye Cam
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:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  Casticand
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
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"Some of the Mountains in Cumberland are very remarkable for their Height, viz. ... The third is Lauvellin, the fourth Castinand, of which, and the former, they have a proverbial Speech among them:"
"Skiddaw, Lauvellin, and Castinand,"
"Are th' highest Hills in all England."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Cachidecam
placename:-  Casticand
item:-  snow; weather
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 84:-  "... Helvellyn and Cachidecam are ... according to Wythburn shepherds, much higher than Skiddaw. It is, however, certain that these mountains retain snow many weeks after Skiddaw; ..."
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 208:-  "... [from Castlerigg] ... the summits of Cachidecam (called by Camden Casticand) and Helvellyn, said to be as high as Skiddaw, and to rise from a much higher base."
evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Casticand
placename:-  Castycam
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 116:-  "... the highest of our northern Alps, Helvellyn."
"Cambden speaking of Helvellyn calls it Lauvellin, and says that the country people had a proverb concerning it."
""Skiddow, Lauvellin, and Casticand,
Are the highest hills in all England.""
""But the bye-word (as he calls it,) that he was taught when a child, and which continues the same still, is,"
""Kidstowpike, Castycam, Helveyllin and Skiddow-man,
Are the highest hills ever clumb by Englishmen.""
evidence:-   old print:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Catsty
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"Catsty"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6615.12
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evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789
placename:-  Casticand
item:-  proverb
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 170:-  "..."
"And that other of the height of these [Skiddaw] and two other mountains in these parts,"
"Skiddaw, Lawellin, and Casticand
Are the highest hills in all England."
evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Catchety Cam
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, The Mountains of Ullswater as seen from Pooley Bridge, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.109 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains of Ulswater: / as seen from Pooley Bridge."
"Swarth Fell / Cawdale Moor / Winter Crag / Dove Crags / Hallen Fell, and Place Fell / Stone Cross Pike / Birk Fell / Dolly Waggon Pike / Nether Cove Head / Helvellyn High Man / Catchety Cam / Helvellyn Low Man / Herring Pike / Keppel Cove Head / Raise / Greenside / Gowbarrow"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Catchety Cam
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Ullswater from Pooley Bridge, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.12 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Catchety Cam
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Mountains of Ullswater, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.113 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "MOUNTAINS OF ULLSWATER: as seen from Pooley Bridge."
Mountains are listed:-  "Swarth Fell / Cawdale Moor / Winter Crag / Dove Crags / Martindale Hause / Hallen Fell, and Place Fell / Stone Cross Pike / Birk Fell / Dolly Waggon Pike / Nether Cove Head / Helvellyn High Man / Catchety Cam / Helvellyn Low Man / Herring Pike / Keppel Cove Head / Raise / Greenside / Gowbarrow"
item:-  JandMN : 48.13
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Catsty Cam
placename:-  Catchedecam
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 35:-  "... Swirrel Edge, which branches off from Helvellyn and is terminated by a peak called Catsty Cam, modernized into Catchedecam; ..."
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Catchedecam
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Catchedecam ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.5
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