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Hardknott Pass, Eskdale
Hardknott Pass
civil parish:-   Eskdale (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Ulpha (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   pass
coordinates:-   NY23150146 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2301
10Km square:-   NY20
altitude:-   1289 feet
altitude:-   393m

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BMW32.jpg  From near the roman fort.
(taken 13.10.2006)  
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BMW35.jpg (taken 13.10.2006)  
evidence:-   probably old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Hard Knot
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.
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Ws02NY20.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page
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 MNU1P117, button  goto source
Page 117:-  "..."
"From Cockley Beck, the road climbs the side of Hardknot, and from the highest point commands a view of the sea. The descent into Eskdale is charming,- the ravine to the left, in which the infant river flows down, being beautifully wooded, and the whole valley, with its few hamlets and many sheep, lying open, as far as the sea. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Unknown 1860
source data:-   Map, manuscript ink on paper, Sketch of the Pass into West Cumberland, ie Hardknott Pass, Eskdale, scale about 25 ins to 1 mile, 1860.
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M001P2.jpg
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 45
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Hardknott Pass, Eskdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0527.jpg
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS190
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evidence:-   old print:- MacBride 1922
placename:-  Hardknott Pass
source data:-   Print, colour, Scawfells from Hardknott Pass, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.
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MB0105.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.21 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride. 
printed at bottom:-  "THE SCAWFELLS FROM HARDKNOTT PASS"
signed at lower right:-  "A. HEATON COOPER"
item:-  JandMN : 195.7
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BMW43.jpg  Looking down on the west side.
(taken 13.10.2006)  
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BMW44.jpg  Sunset.
(taken 13.10.2006)  
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BVN60.jpg  Rainbow.
(taken 7.10.2011)  
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BVM45.jpg  Sunset.
(taken 7.10.2011)  
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BYL73.jpg  Roadsigns,
(taken 4.6.2013)  
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CAQ86.jpg  East side.
(taken 14.5.2014)  
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