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Grasmere lake
runs into:-    Rothay, River

Grasmere
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   lake
coordinates:-   NY33900652
1Km square:-   NY3306
10Km square:-   NY30


photograph
BPS41.jpg  From Loughrigg Terrace.
(taken 6.10.2008)  
photograph
BTU82.jpg  From near the Lakeside hotel.
(taken 19.11.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) 
placename:-  Grasmere Lake
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 map:- Saxton 1579
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.
image
Sax9NY30.jpg
Lake. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.
image
MER5WmdA.jpg
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outline, coast shaded, tinted blue; lake, includes Rydal Water 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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SEL7.jpg
outline with shaded shore; lake; joined with Rydal Water 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
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.
image
MD12NY30.jpg
Outline with shore shading, single area for two lakes, between Grasmere and Ambleside, with an island. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
image
MD10NY30.jpg
Outline with shore shading, tinted blue. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  
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
""
outline with form lines 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
image
SMP2NYF.jpg
Outline with form lines. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
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.
image
BO18NY20.jpg
outline with form lines 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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.
image
J5NY30NW.jpg
"Tarn"
outline with form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Grasmere Water
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.
image WS21P080, button  goto source
Page 80:-  "..."
"GRASMERE-WATER,"
"The river Rothay is their common [with Rydal Water] outlet."
"..."
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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."
"Grasmere-water ... 60 [yards]"
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 211:-  "... [descending Dunmail Raise] ... opens one of the sweetest landscapes that art ever attempted to imitate. The bosom of the mountains spreading here into a broad bason discovers in the midst Grasmere-water: its margin is hollowed into small bays, with bold eminences; some of rock, some of turf, that half conceal and vary the figure of the little lake they command; from the shore a low promontory pushes itself far into the water, and on it stands a white village, with the parish church rising in the midst of it; hanging inclosures, corn-fields and meadows, green as an emerald, with their trees, and hedges, and cattle, fill up the whole space from the edge of the water; and just opposite to you is a large farm house, at the bottom of a deep smooth lawn, embosomed in old woods, which climb half way up the mountains' sides, and discover above them a broken line of crags that crown the scene. Not a single red tile, no gentleman's flaring house, or garden walls, break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradise; but all its peace, rusticity, and happy poverty, in its neatest, most becoming attire."
"The road here winds over Grasmere-hill, whose rocks soon conceal the water from your sight; yet it is continued along behind them, and contracting itself to a river, communicates with Rydal-water, ..."
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Mr Cumberland's Ode to the Sun, 1776 
Page 228:-  "... Thee, savage Wyburn, now I hail, / Delicious Grasmere's calm retreat, / And stately Windermere I greet, / ..."

evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Grasmere Water
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
image
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"GRASMERE WATER"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old text:- image CL13P120, button  goto source
placename:-  Grassmere Water
source data:-   image CL13P120, button  goto source
Page 120:-  "..."
"I shall here give an extract from Mr Gray's journal, (because I would wish to be thought impartial in every description.)"
""... Just beyond it [Helm Crag] opens one of the sweetest landscapes that art ever attempted to imit[ate]: the bosom of the mountains spreading here into a broad bason, discovers in the midst Grassmere-Water; its margin is hollowed into small bays, with bold eminences; some of rock, some of turf, that half conceal and vary the figure of the little lake they command: from the shore, a low promontory pushes itself far into the water, and on it stands a white village with the parish church rising in the midst of it; hanging inclosures, corn-fields, and meadows with their trees, hedges, and cattle, fill up the whole space from the edge of the water; ...""

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
placename:-  Grasmere Water
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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CL9NY30I.jpg
"Grasmere Water"
item:-  private collection : 10.9
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24NY30.jpg
outline with shore form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old print:- Farington 1789
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by B T Pouncy, published by William Byrne, 79 Titchfield Street, London, 1785.
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FA0305.jpg
printed, bottom left, right, centre  "Drawn by Josh. Farington / Engraved by B. T. Pouncy / GRASMERE. / Published as the Act directs, 1 Feb. 1785, by W. Byrne, No 79, Titchfield Str. London."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6668.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Aikin 1790 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Gresmere
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Aikin, London, 1790.
image  click to enlarge
AIK2.jpg
"Gresmere"
outline with form lines; lake 
item:-  JandMN : 51
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evidence:-   old painting:- Green 1790s-1820s (1802) 
item:-  fishingrowing boatboat
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, fishing, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1802.
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PR1734.jpg
item:-  Dove Cottage : 1991.73.2
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evidence:-   old painting:- Green 1790s-1820s (1810) 
item:-  sheep
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Grasmere from Holme Scar, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1810.
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PR1756.jpg
item:-  Dove Cottage : B38
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evidence:-   old print:- Smith 1795
placename:-  Grasmere Lake
source data:-   Print uncoloured engraving, with some aquatint, Grasmere Lake, Westmorland, drawn by John 'Warwick' Smith, engraved by F Merigot, published by R Blamire, Strand, London, 1795.
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PR1852.jpg
printed, bottom left, right, centre  "Drawn by J. Smith. / Engraved by Merigot. / GRASMERE LAKE. / Published as the Act directs, May, 1795, by Rd. Blamire, Strand, London."
item:-  Armitt Library : 2011.67
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evidence:-   old map:- Housman 1800 map 4
placename:-  Grasmere Water
source data:-   Maps, hand coloured engraving, Lakes in Lancashire and Westmorland, 7 lakes on one sheet, engraved by McIntyre, Edinburgh, published by F Jollie, Carlisle, Cumberland, and C Law, Ave Maria Lane, London, 1800.
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HM02Gra.jpg
"Grasmere Water"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.97
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
source data:-   Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
image  click to enlarge
GRA1Lk.jpg
outline with form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
source data:-   Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
image  click to enlarge
GRA1Wd.jpg
outline with form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1804 (plate 9) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured aquatint, Grasmere Church and Lake, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1804.
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GN1609.jpg
Plate 9 from a series. 
printed at bottom:-  "Grasmere Church &Lake. / Drawn and Engraved by Wm. Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1804."
printed at top right:-  "9"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2014.151
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1805 p.1010  "... The Lake of Grasmere, basoned in rock, a frontier so terrible, as even to strike the warrior with dismay, might have lain for ages beneath the veil of primaeval obscurity; and it is much to be feared that the facility of access to a scene of such commanding beauty, may prove fatal to its most bewitching attractions. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Grasmere Water
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw18.jpg
"Grasmere Water"
lake 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP4.jpg
outline, shaded; lake 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 20) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Grasmere from Loughrigg Fell, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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GN0920.jpg
Plate 20 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "20"
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE FROM LOUGHRIGG FELL. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6656.20
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 20) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, tinted soft ground etching, Grasmere from Loughrigg Fell, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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GN1020.jpg
Plate 20 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "20"
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE FROM LOUGHRIGG FELL. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6653.20
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 21) 
placename:-  Grasmere
item:-  cattle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Grasmere from Town End, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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GN0921.jpg
Plate 21 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "21"
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE FROM TOWN END. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6656.21
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 21) 
placename:-  Grasmere
item:-  cattle
source data:-   Print, tinted soft ground etching, Grasmere from Town End, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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GN1021.jpg
Plate 21 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "21"
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE FROM TOWN END. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6653.21
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1815
placename:-  Grasmere
item:-  cattle
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.
image  click to enlarge
GN0528.jpg
Dunmail Raise behind. 
Plate 30 in Lake Scenery. 
printed at upper right:-  "30"
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6646.28
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
image
OT02NY30.jpg
The island is drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 21) 
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Grasmere Church and Helm Crag, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by John Walton, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
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FW0121.jpg
St Oswald's Church. 
Tipped in opposite p.106 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 1993.R566.21
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evidence:-   old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 22) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by Theodore H A Fielding, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
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FW0122.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.112 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 1993.R566.22
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Grasmere from Red Bank Head, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.4 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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O80E04.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.5
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Grasmere Water
item:-  cattlepikepercheeltroutfishing
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 2:-  "..."
"Before this country became so much the resort of strangers, the word LAKE was little known to the native inhabitants; but to the ancient termination mere, WATER was usually superadded, as ... Grasmere-Water."
"..."
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Page 13:-  "GRASMERE LAKE"
"Is not large, but well formed; and placed near the confines of a cultivated valley, which, as well as the parish, takes the name of Grasmere. The island, containing about four acres of verdant pasture, forms a striking contrast to the massive wooded islands on some of the neighbouring lakes. It rises boldly from the water, in a fine swelling form; and its smooth green surface, when spotted with grazing cattle, has a beautiful appear-"
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Page 14:-  "[appear]ance. Should it, however, be thought wanting in trees, there is scarcely an island in Windermere or Derwent, but what could supply the deficiency. Most of the lakes, in order to be seen to advantage, require the progress to be made from the foot, towards the head of the lake; but Grasmere, being completely encircled by mountains, is an exception to the general rule. The view from Dunmail Raise was much admired by Mr. Gray; others have spoken highly of that from Townend; and Mr. West chose his station on Dearbought hill, on the opposite side. In short, from whatever point the approach of Grasmere is made, the prospect is always pleasing."
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Page 14:-  "..."
"The fish in Grasmere and Rydal Waters, are pike, perch, (provincially called bass,) and eels, with a few trout."

evidence:-   old map:- Leigh 1830 map
source data:-   Map, Grasmere Rydal and Langdale, scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Josiah Neele, 352 Strand, published by Leigh and Son, 421 Strand, London, about 1830.
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LE04.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 1.3
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Grasmere
item:-  depth, Grasmere lake
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 41:-  "..."
"GRASMERE."
"This water is oval, and lies at the south end of an oval valley. Its dimensions are a mile one way,"
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Page 42:-  "and half a mile the other. In its centre, a single island of verdant pasture, rising boldly from the water in a fine swelling form. Being completely encircled by mountains, a view of Grasmere from any direction is varied with bold and ennobling mountains, but those are the most awakening which include the Church. ..."
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Page 42:-  "..."
"The finest views are from the terrace-road under Loughrigg. Here the lake is at your feet, with the church and village scattered amid green enclosures at the base of Butterlip How. On the left are the beetling rocks and woods which ornament the front of Silver How; on the right, Fairfield and Seat Sandale; and in front, Helm Crag, with its rugged top, surnamed the Lion and Lamb; beyond which is seen the road stretching through bare enclosures up to the Raise Gap. ..."
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Page 43:-  "... The views on the descent from the Raise Gap, which are in the opposite direction, were much admired and most charmingly described by the poet Gray. There is a most extensive view in the approach from Patterdale, in which this Lake forms the foreground, and Coniston Water and the Duddon Estuary gleam in the distance."
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Page 177:-  "A TABLE"
"OF THE LENGTH, BREADTH, &c. OF THE LAKES,"
"COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES."
No. Names of Lakes. Height above sea in feet. Length in miles. Breadth in miles. Depth in fathoms.
15 Grasmere 180 1 - - ½ 12 -

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Grasmere Lake
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.
image
FD02NY30.jpg
"Grasmere Lake"
Outline with form lines. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Grasmere lake, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1847.
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AS0286.jpg
"Grasmere"
page number  "75"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.488.86
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1 August 1857.
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AS0501.jpg
"Grasmere from Dale End Aug 1. 1857"
page number  "1"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.389.1
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Lion and Lamb, Helm Crag and Grasmere, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1857.
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AS0509.jpg
"see page 48"
page number  "7"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.389.9
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Grasmere village and lake, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1857.
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AS0564.jpg
"from the top of Helm Crag. / see p.7"
page number  "48"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.389.64
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Grasmere lake, from near the Prince of Wales Hotel, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1853.
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AS0387.jpg
"see page 3"
"from the high road near Browns Hotel"
page number  "70"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.390.87
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Grasmere lake, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1849.
image  click to enlarge
AS0143.jpg
"Grasmere. / See Green's Tourists New Guide. 1819 / p.262."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.487.43
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evidence:-   old map:- Wyld 1847
placename:-  Grasmere Water
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Windermere, Rydal, Grasmere, Esthwaite and Coniston Waters, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by James Wyld, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
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WLD3M1.jpg
printed at bottom:-  "WINDERMERE, RYDAL, GRASMERE, / ESTHWAITE AND CONISTON WATERS."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1201.64
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evidence:-   old print:- Garnett 1850s-60s F
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Grasmere, from Loughrigg Terrace, Westmorland, drawn by G W Pettit, engraved by William Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Post Office, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s?
image  click to enlarge
GA1303.jpg
printed, bottom left, right, centre  "G. W. Pettit, Delt. / Engd. by W. Banks, Edinr. / GRASMERE. / FROM LOUGHRIGG TERRACE. / PUBLISHED BY J. GARNETT, WINDERMERE."
item:-  Armitt Library : ALMA335.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Grasmere Lake
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
image
GAR2NY30.jpg
"GRASMERE LAKE"
outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Pyne 1853
placename:-  Grasmere lake
source data:-   Print, tinted lithograph, Grasmere, from Loughrigg Fell, Westmorland, by James Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853.
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PYN217.jpg
"PAINTED BY J. B. PYNE. / W. GAUCI LITH. / MANCHESTER, PUBLISHED BY THOMAS AGNEW & SONS, 1853. / Grasmere, from Loughrigg Fell. / M & N HANHART IMPT."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6678.18
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evidence:-   old print:- Pyne 1853
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, coloured lithograph, Grasmere, from Loughrigg Fell, Westmorland, by James Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853.
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PYN417.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A6677.18
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evidence:-   outline view, old text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Plate, opposite p.49 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.
image MNU1E07, button  goto source
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MNU107.jpg
Print, engraving, Grasmere from Red Bank, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.  "L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr. / GRASMERE from RED BANK."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1159.7
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
item:-  depth, Grasmere lake
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 180:-  "A TABLE OF THE LENGTH, BREADTH, AND DEPTH OF THE LAKES."
"No. : Names of Lakes. : Counties : Length in Miles. : Extreme breadth in Miles : Extreme depth in Feet : Height above the Sea"
"3 : Grasmere : Westmorland : 1¾ : [⅓] : 180 : 180"

evidence:-   old print:- Payn 1867
placename:-  Grass Mere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Grass Mere, Westmorland, by T L Aspland, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867.
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PN0318.jpg
On p.35 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. 
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.18
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Payn 1867
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Grassmere, from Dale End, Westmorland, by Garnett and Sproat, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867.
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PN0345.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.83 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASSMERE, FROM DALE END."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.45
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evidence:-   old map:- Jenkinson 1875 map1
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, Windermere Section, Westmorland and Lancashire, ?colour lithograph, scale about 1 mile to 1 inch, by Stanford's Geographical Establishment, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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JK04.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 28.3
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evidence:-   old print:- Walton 1876
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, colour lithograph, Grasmere, Westmorland, from a painting by Elijah Walton, published by W M Thompson, 20 Cockspur Street, Pall Mall, and Burlington Gallery, Piccadilly, London, 1876.
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WLT311.jpg
Plate 11 in English Lake Scenery, with a description by T G Bonney. 
item:-  JandMN : 469.11
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evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, chromolithograph, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1880s?
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NS0326.jpg
At the end of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE"
item:-  JandMN : 474.27
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0949.jpg
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.4251
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Grasmere lake looking towards Dunmail Raise, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0913.jpg
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS588
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Grasmere village and lake from Hunting Stile, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0869.jpg
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS540
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Grasmere lake, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0564.jpg
stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS224
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Grasmere, from the old road, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0563.jpg
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS223
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Grasmere lake, from Red Bank, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0562.jpg
stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS222
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Grasmere lake, from Loughrigg Terrace, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0561.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS221
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Grasmere lake, from Huntingstile, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0560.jpg
stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS220
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, Grasmere lake, Dunmail Raise, etc, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0281.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS638
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, Grasmere lake, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0283.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS640
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  cattlelanding stagerowing boat
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, Grasmere lake, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0316.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS675
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  cattleboat house
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, Grasmere lake, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0317.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS676
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evidence:-   old print:- Bemrose 1881
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Grasmere from Town End, Westmorland, published by Bemrose and Sons, 23 Old Bailey, London and Derby, by A B Moss, Carlisle, Cumberland, and by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1881.
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BEM116.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.57 of a Handy Guide to the English Lakes and Shap Spa. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE FROM TOWN END."
item:-  JandMN : 455.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Pearson 1900s map (Win/Ryd/Gra) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Map, lithograph, From Windermere to Rydal Water and Grasmere, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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PSN1M2.jpg
On p.xxviii of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "By permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. / FROM WINDERMERE TO RYDAL WATER AND GRASMERE."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.4
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evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Grasmere Looking towards Dunmail Raise, Westmorland, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
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On page 231 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
printed at bottom:-  "Grasmere Looking towards Dunmail Raise."
item:-  JandMN : 464.59
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evidence:-   old print:- Brabant 1902
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Grasmere from Red Bank, Westmorland, by Edmund H New, published by Methuen and Co, 36 Essex Street, Strand, London, 1902.
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BBT106.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.142 of The English Lakes, by F G Brabant. 
printed at bottom left:-  "E. H. N"
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE FROM RED BANK"
item:-  JandMN : 502.11
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evidence:-   old map:- Green 1902
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Map, hand coloured? lithograph, Bathymetrical Survey of Grasmere Lake, scale about 25 ins to 1 mile, by T A Green, Grasmere, Westmorland, 1902.
"BATHYMETRIC SURVEY OF GRASMERE LAKE"
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M084.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.195
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evidence:-   old map:- Green 1902
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Map, hand coloured? lithograph, Bathymetrical Survey of Grasmere Lake, scale about 25 ins to 1 mile, by T A Green, Grasmere, Westmorland, 1902.
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M084Vgn1.jpg
"LOOKING SOUTH"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.195
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evidence:-   old map:- Green 1902
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Map, hand coloured? lithograph, Bathymetrical Survey of Grasmere Lake, scale about 25 ins to 1 mile, by T A Green, Grasmere, Westmorland, 1902.
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M084Vgn2.jpg
"LOOKING WEST"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.195
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evidence:-   old map:- Green 1902
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Map, hand coloured? lithograph, Bathymetrical Survey of Grasmere Lake, scale about 25 ins to 1 mile, by T A Green, Grasmere, Westmorland, 1902.
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M084Vgn3.jpg
"LOOKING EAST"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.195
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evidence:-   old map:- Green 1902
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Map, hand coloured? lithograph, Bathymetrical Survey of Grasmere Lake, scale about 25 ins to 1 mile, by T A Green, Grasmere, Westmorland, 1902.
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M084Vgn4.jpg
"LOOKING NORTH"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.195
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evidence:-   old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, A Glimpse of Grasmere, evening sun, Westmorland, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908.
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HC0109.jpg
Opposite p.30 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. 
printed at tissue opposite the print:-  "A GLIMPSE OF GRASMERE / Evening sun"
printed at signed lower right:-  "[A HEATON COOPER]"
item:-  JandMN : 468.9
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evidence:-   text:- Mason 1907 (edn 1930) 
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.
MSN1P020.txt
Page 20:-  "..."
"... on by Grasmere, which lies at the foot of Silver How. It is another lovely mere, larger than Rydal, set in a soft green vale, hemmed in by rugged mountains. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
image
PST2NY30.jpg
"GRASMERE"
lake 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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evidence:-   old print:- Reynolds 1915
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Grasmere, Evening Sun, Westmorland, from a painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1915.
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REY603.jpg
"A HEATON COOPER"
"GRASMERE - EVENING SUN"
item:-  JandMN : 1071.3
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evidence:-   old text:- Burrow 1920s
placename:-  
source data:-   Road book, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scales about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
"... [the road] almost immediately touching Grasmere Lake with wonderful views across to the mountains beyond. At the northern end of the lake is Grasmere village, ..."

evidence:-   old photograph:- Photochrom 1930s
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Photograph, black and white halftone print, Grasmere, from Red Bank, Westmorland, published by Photochrom Co, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1930s?
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PCH113.jpg
printed,  "Grasmere, from Red Bank. / ..."
item:-  JandMN : 1015.13
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evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Grasmere, from near Red Bank, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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PS1E49.jpg
On p.133 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE, FROM NEAR RED BANK. (pp.131, 132)."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.56
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evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Grasmere, from the Prince of Wales Hotel, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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PS1E25.jpg
On p.57 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE, FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL (p.136). / (Silver How in the Background.)"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.32
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evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:-  Grasmere lake
item:-  boatrowing boat
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Boats on Grasmere, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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PS1E14.jpg
On p.27 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "BOATS ON GRASMERE. (p.135)."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.21
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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Jenkinson 1875 B
source data:-   Advertisement for Edward Brown, Prince of Wales Lake Hotel, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875 edn 1884?
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JK1202.jpg
Adverts p.6 at the back of Jenkinson's Smaller Practical Guide to Carlisle, Gilsland, Roman Wall and Neighbourhood. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1717.3
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evidence:-   old print:- Payn 1860s-70s
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, colour printed, Grasmere, from the Wishing Gate, Westmorland, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 1860s-70s?
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PN0108.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.37 of England's Lakeland, a Tour Therein, by James Payn. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1183.8
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evidence:-   old print:- Sylvan 1847
placename:-  Grasmere Lake
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grasmere Lake, Westmorland, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
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SYL117.jpg
On p.54 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE LAKE."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1201.17
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, hand coloured, Grasmere, from Loughrigg Fell, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
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TAT205.jpg
Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE, / from Loughrigg Fell."
printed at bottom:-  "Silver How. / Hammar Scarr. / The Carrs. / Easdale. / Helm Crag. / Steel Fell. / Dunmail Hause. / Helvellyn. / Seat Sandal. / Fairfield."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1067.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
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TAT110.jpg
The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. 
Tipped in opposite p.43 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Silver How. / Hammar Scarr. / The Carrs. / Easdale. / Helm Crag. / Steel Fell. / Dunmail Raise. / Helvellyn. / Seat Sandal. / Fairfield."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.11
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1819
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, aquatint, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, 1819, published by R Lough and Co, Chronicle Office, Finkle Street, Kendal, and others, 1820.
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GN0105.jpg
Tipped in opposite vol.1 p.263 of The Tourist's New Guide, by William Green. 
printed at bottom right, centre:-  "Vol.I, page 263, line 24. / GRASMERE. / Published at Ambleside, Augt. 1. 1819., by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1141.6
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evidence:-   old print:- Robertson 1911
placename:-  Grasmere Lake
source data:-   Print, lithograph? Grasmere Lake, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
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RSN135.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.218 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE"
signed at painting lower left:-  "Arthur Tucker"
item:-  JandMN : 197.37
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, chromolithograph, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by T Nelson and Sons, London, 1900s?
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PR0162.jpg
From a set of prints, The Scenery of the English Lakes 
printed at lower right:-  "T. NELSON &SONS"
printed at bottom left:-  "GRASMERE"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.162
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evidence:-   old print:- Bogg 1898
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grasmere lake, from Red Bank, Grasmere, Lakes, Westmorland, by Gilbert Foster, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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BGG165.jpg
Included on p.181 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.65
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Grasmere, Westmorland, published late 19th century?
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PR0333.jpg
On page 155 of The English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.333
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evidence:-   old print:- Religious Tract Society 1860s
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grasmere, published by the Religious Tract Society, London, 1860s?
image  click to enlarge
RL01E2.jpg
Tipped in opp.p.34 in How To See the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1150.3
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Grasmere, from Dunmail Raise, Westmorland, drawn by Dastin? published late 19th century?
image  click to enlarge
PR0346.jpg
On a page of The Land We Live In. 
printed at lower left:-  "[ D]ASTIN"
printed at bottom:-  "9.- GRASMERE, FROM DUNMAIL RAISE. DERWENT WATER AND CONISTON IN THE DISTANCE."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.346
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evidence:-   outline view:- Nelson 1859
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grasmere from Loughrigg Terrace, drawn by Keeley Halswelle, Edinburgh, published by T Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, London, and Edinburgh and New York, United States, 1859.
image  click to enlarge
NS0105.jpg
Mountains are labelled along the top of the picture, making this an outline view. 
Tipped in oppposite p.198 of a guide book, The English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE FROM LOUGHRIGG TERRACE."
item:-  JandMN : 336.6
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evidence:-   old print:- Pyne 1853
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Grasmere from Loughrigg Fell drawn by James Barker Pyne, 1848-1853, lithographed by T Picken, 1859.
image  click to enlarge
PY08.jpg
"Grasmere from Loughrigg Fell"
item:-  JandMN : 97.9
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evidence:-   old print:- Garnett 1850s-60s F
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Grasmere from Red Bank, Westmorland, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by William Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s?
image  click to enlarge
GAR718.jpg
Found with Views of the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "L. Aspland Delt. / GRASMERE from RED BANK. / W. Banks Sc. Edinr."
item:-  JandMN : 165.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Hudson 1842 (4th edn 1853) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Eight Miles round Grasmere, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Hudson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1853.
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HUD1M1.jpg
Map, uncoloured engraving, Eight Miles round Grasmere, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Hudson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1853. 
Circular map, with a vignette view of Grasmere lake and Helm Crag below. 
Tipped in opp p.58 in A Complete Guide to the Lakes, edited John Hudson. 
printed at top:-  "EIGHT MILES ROUND GRASMERE."
printed at bottom:-  "W. Banks, sc. Edinr."
item:-  JandMN : 327.4
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evidence:-   old print:- Harwood 1842
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Grasmere, Westmorland, engraved and published by John Harwood, 26 Fenchurch Street, London, 1845.
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HRW206.jpg
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "London, J. Harwood, 26, Fenchurch Street. / No.599. Aug. 6, 1845. / Grasmere."
item:-  JandMN : 166.6
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Grassmere from the Raise Gap, Westmorland, drawn by W Westall, published by Edward Moxon, Dover Street, London, 1840.
image  click to enlarge
PR0158.jpg
printed at bottom left, centre:-  "W. Westall, ARA. delt. / GRASSMERE, / from the Raise Gap. / London. Edwd. Moxon, Dover Street, 1840."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.158
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evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.3 no.42) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Rydal Water and Grassmere, from Rydal Park, Westmorland, by George Pickering, engraved by W J Cooke, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1835.
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Originally vol.3 no.42 in Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "G. Pickering. / W. J. Cooke. / RYDAL WATER & GRASSMERE, FROM RYDAL PARK, WESTMORLAND. / FISHER, SON &Co. LONDON, 1835."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.416
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evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.3 no.13) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Grassmere from Loughrigg Fell, Westmorland, by George Pickering, engraved by le Petit, 1835, published by Peter Jackson, London, 1830s.
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Opposite p.47 in Westmorland, its Lakes and Mountains Illustrated. 
printed at bottom, left, right, centre:-  "G. Pickering. / A. Le Petit. / GRASSMERE FROM LOUGHRIGG FELL. / PETER JACKSON, LONDON &PARIS."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.363
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evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grasmere from Butler Crags, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by S Lacey, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 66.53
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evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grasmere Lake and Village, by George Pickering, engraved by C Mottram,1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 66.12
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evidence:-   old print with text:- Farington 1789 (plate 5) 
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grasmere, Lakes, Cumbria, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by B T Pouncy, published by W Byrne, 69 Titchfield Street, London, 1785.
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Grasmere lake, Grasmere and St Oswald's Church, and Helm Crag etc, in the background. 
Plate 5 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789; with descriptive text:-.  "GRASMERE"
"LIES about four Miles from Ambleside, near the Road to Keswick. The Vale in which it is situated is about four Miles in Circumference. In the centre of this View, beyond the Lake, stands the Church and Village of Grasmere, above which rises Helme-Crag, of a pyramidal Form, and particularly distinguished by the broken Outline of its Summit. On the Right of this Mountain are Steel-Fell and Seat-Sandle; between them passes the Road leading to Keswick, the highest Point of which, as seen in this View, marks the Situation of Dunmail-Raise, a Heap of Stones, which perpetuate the Name and Fall of the last King of Cumberland, defeated there by the Saxon Monarch, Edmund, about the Year 944. Grasmere contains one Island, and is not of great Extent, but, with its Vale, possesses peculiar Beauty. Enriched with Cultivation, the Vale exhibits a variegated Scene of peaceful Industry, while the lofty Mountains which surround it throw a gentle Shade over the Bosom of this secluded Retreat, which adds to the Air of Stillness and Retirement."
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.4
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Grasmere Water
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Grassmere Water, Westmerland, drawn by S Fenton, engraved by C Williams, published late 18th century.
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printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "[S] Fenton Delt. / C. Williams sculpt. / Grassmere-Water, Westmerland."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.281
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evidence:-   old postcard:- 
placename:-  Grasmere Lake
source data:-   Postcard, colour photograph, Grasmere lake, Westmorland, published by Sanderson and Dixon, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1959.
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printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE LAKE SHOWING THE LION AND LAMB"
The Lion and Lamb are not distinct. 
item:-  JandMN : 976.5
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evidence:-   old print:- Gresham Publishing 1900s
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Grasmere from Loughrigg, Westmorland, by Ernest W Haslehurst, published by The Gresham Publishing Co, 66 Chandos Street, London, 1900s?
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Tipped in opposite p.16 of The English Lakes section of a volume of Our Beautiful Homeland. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE FROM LOUGHRIGG"
printed at lower right:-  "[E. W. HASLEHURST]"
item:-  JandMN : 381.4
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evidence:-   old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) 
source data:-   Print, etching? The Island, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
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Tipped in opposite p.82 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. 
printed at lower right of centre:-  "H Goodwin / The Island Grasmere"
item:-  JandMN : 382.18
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evidence:-   old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) 
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, etching? Grasmere, Westmorland, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
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Tipped in opposite p.52 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. 
printed at lower centre:-  "Grasmere"
item:-  JandMN : 382.13
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evidence:-   old painting:- 
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Grasmere Lake, Westmorland, by Edward Arden, 1881-99.
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Distant view of Grasmere from an elevated perspective. A narrow path leads from foreground downhill towards a farm; a woman and child, their backs to the viewer, walk hand in hand towards it. To left of composition lies an ares of woodland amidst the rolling landscape of fields, smoke rising from the buildings which stand amongst the trees. The lake lies in the centre of the composition; beyond it rise barren fells. 
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1938.93
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Grasmere
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.
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Plate 51 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. 
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:-  "Number 51. This view of the lake and vale of Grasmere is from the side of Loughrigg Fell, below the road to Langdale Chapel from Ambleside. There is only one island on this lake, but from it there is a fine panorama of the circumjacent country; Helme Crag, a mountain of good figure from some parts of the valley, is seen above the church; beyond which is Steel Fell. Seat Sandal rises high; and at the intersection of the sweeping lines of Steel Fell and Seat Sandal is Dunmail Raise, a considerable heap of stones, dividing Westmoreland and Cumberland; the zigzag line below the raise is part of the road between Keswick and Ambleside."
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE. / Published Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6637.51
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photograph
BPS42.jpg  From Loughrigg Terrace.
(taken 6.10.2008)  
photograph
BRR55.jpg  From about the Wishing Gate.
(taken 7.10.2009)  


photograph
BMW46.jpg  Grasmere in winter.
 

see:-    viewpoint, Loughrigg Fell Thomas West 
 viewpoint, White Moss Common Thomas West 

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