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Kentmere
civil parish:-   Kentmere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   valley
coordinates:-   NY45760407 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4504
10Km square:-   NY40


photograph
BMF58.jpg  Rainsborrow Crag, Ill Bell, Froswick, and High Street, above Kentmere Valley (and a little vertical exageration).
(taken 4.6.2006)  
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BRJ98.jpg (taken 9.9.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 10) 
placename:-  Kentmere
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
placename:-  Kentmere
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.
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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.  "Kentmere"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Kentmere
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Kentmere"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Kentmere
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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JAN3NY40.jpg
"Kentmere"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Kentmere
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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SEL7.jpg
"Kentmere"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Kentmere
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.
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MD10NY40.jpg
"Kentmere"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Kentmere
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
"Kentmere"
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Kentmere
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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SMP2NYK.jpg
"Kentmere"
Circle. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Kentmere
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.
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BO18SD39.jpg
"Kentmere"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Kentmere
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.
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"Kentmere"
hill hachuring; valley, locality 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
item:-  longevity
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 1782 pp.550-551 
page 550:-  "Oct. 17. At Kentmere, in Westmoreland, Mr. Martin Stevenson, in the 117th year of his age. He began life in life with a capital of 16 shillings, and ended it with"
page 551:-  "leaving, by will, 18,000l. accumulated by parsimony. He lived and died a bachelor; his only domestics being his housekeeper and his dog, and left his whole fortune to a man who was no relation."

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Kentmere
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
"Kentmere"
circle; village or hamlet 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old text:- Green 1814
placename:-  Kentmere
source data:-   Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Small Prints, with text, A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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page 8:-  "... Kentmere is a rocky dale of great magnificence; ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Kentmere
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.
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"KENTMERE"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
item:-  geology
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 158:-  "The THIRD division - forming only inferior elevations - commences with a bed of dark-blue or blackish transition limestone, containing here and there a few shells and madrepores, and alternating with a slaty rock of the same colour; the different layers of each being in some places several feet, in others only a few inches in thickness. This limestone crosses the river Duddon near Broughton; passing Broughton Mills it runs in a north-east direction through Torver, by the foot of the Old Man mountain, and appears near Low Yewdale and Yew Tree. Here it makes a considerable slip to the eastward, after which it ranges past the Tarns upon the hills above Borwick Ground; and stretching through Skelwith, it crosses the head of Windermere near Low Wood Inn. Then passing above Dovenest and Skelgill, it traverses the vales of Troutbeck, Kentmere, and Long Sleddale;"

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 1825 part 1 p.513 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "--- Dr. Henry, author of some Calvinistic works, Kentmere, 1560."

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag 1825
placename:-  Kentmire
source data:-   image G825A514, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.514 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "GILPIN, BERNARD, eminent divine and reformer, called the 'Apostle of the North,' Kemtmire, 1517."
"..."
"Wharton, Sir George, Baronet, astronomer and loyalist, Kendal (ob. 1681)."

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag 1825
source data:-   image G825A515, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.515  "Compendium of County History. - Westmorland."
"KENDAL was one of the first provincial towns which printed a Newspaper. ..."

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Kentmere
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 139:-  "..."
"KENTMERE,"
"Or he may follow the course of the stream flowing out of Small Water, over the pass of Nanbield, then down a steep descent into Kentmere, a narrow vale, watered by the Kent, which expands into a tarn one mile long, abounding with trout, perch, and wild ducks, and margined by swampy grounds. The houses are scattered throughout the dale. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Kentmere
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.
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"Kentmere"
river valley 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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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.
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Page 175:-  "... Arrived at the top, he loses sight of Mardale, and greets Kentmere almost at the same moment. The dale behind is wild as any recess in the district: while before him lies a valley whose grandeur is all at the upper end, and which spreads out and becomes shallower with every mile of its recession from the great mountain cluster."
"When he has gone down a mile, he finds that he is travelling on one side of Kentmere Tongue,- the projection which in this and most other valleys, splits the head of the dale into a fork. When he arrives at the chapel, he finds that there is a carriage-road which would lead him forth to Staveley and Kendal. But he is probably intending to go over into Troutbeck: so he turns up to the right, and pursues the broad zigzag track which leads over the Fell, till Troutbeck opens beneath him on the other side."

evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Kentmere
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.
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"Kentmere"
locality 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Marr 1916
placename:-  Kentmere
source data:-   Photograph, halftone print, Asymetric Ridges, looking down Kentmere, Westmorland, 1916.
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MA1217.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 173.25
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evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35
source data:-   Print, engraving, Kentmere Head, and Slate Quarries, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by S Bradshaw, 1834.
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R263.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 39
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photograph
BMF73.jpg (taken 4.6.2006)  
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BOE70.jpg  with Ill Bell, Froswick, and High Street.
(taken 18.9.2007)  
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BMF60.jpg (taken 4.6.2006)  
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BJM27.jpg  Moonset over Kentmere valley from Shipman Knotts, about 9.00am.
(taken 26.12.2004)  
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BJM28.jpg  Sunrise glow over Kentmere valley from Shipman Knotts, about 9.00am.
(taken 26.12.2004)  
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CAC31.jpg  Track,
(taken 12.3.2013)  
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CCG11.jpg  Upper valley, snow.
(taken 22.1.2015)  
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CEM46.jpg  Upper valley, snow.
(taken 20.1.2016)  

story:-  
The last wild boar in England was killed by Richard Gilpin, Kentmere, late 17th century or about 1325? The boar:-
"had much indamaged the country people there"
(There are other 'last' killings.)

hearsay:-  
In Kentmere are Green Quarter, Hallowbank Quarter, Crag Quarter, and Wray Quarter. These areas each had a number of holdings which had a responsibility to provide a fighting man for the Border Service. The land tenure was based on this service, necessary to defend the border with Scotland.
After the union brought about by James VI of Scotland becoming James I of England, he tried to dispossess the border tenants of their old rights. The local tenants were not happy about this, and after a meeting at Staveley, petitioned for their ancient rights, and eventually won their case.

fiction:-  
Called Shanmore in

Ward, Humphrey, Mrs: 1888: Robert Elsmere

places:-  
NY46770488 barn, Kentmere (Kentmere)
NY46710736 Bowness Rakes (Kentmere)
NY45840399 Bridge End House (Kentmere)
NY44900663 bridge, Kentmere (Kentmere)
NY45910630 bridge, Kentmere (2) (Kentmere)
NY46110407 Bridgestone (Kentmere)
NY45740431 Brow Top Farm (Kentmere) L
NY4406 Bryant's Gill (Kentmere)
NY45990313 Calflay Wood (Kentmere)
NY44430701 Cauldron Quarry (Kentmere)
NY46230344 Cornclose Lane (Kentmere)
NY4504 Cowsty Beck (Kentmere)
NY45420442 Croft Head (Kentmere)
NY44800728 dam, Kentmere (Kentmere) gone
SD46699957 fence, Over Staveley (2) (Over Staveley)
NY46040440 Force Jumb (Kentmere)
NY43750466 Garburn (Kentmere)
NY46510423 gate, Kentmere (2) (Kentmere)
NY46020395 Grandy Barn (Kentmere)
NY454044 Green Head (Kentmere)
NY45510438 Grove, The (Kentmere)
NY45490731 guide stone, Kentmere (Kentmere)
NY442097 Hall Cove (Kentmere)
NY45940711 Hallowbank Quarter (Kentmere)
NY45960410 Hellwell Lane (Kentmere)
NY46120412 High Bridge House (Kentmere)
NY46280470 High Lane (Kentmere)
NY45590429 Hodge Bow (Kentmere)
NY45450414 Hodgson Brow (Kentmere)
NY45560424 Hollin Lane (Kentmere)
NY45820383 Hollinrigg Lane (Kentmere)
NY46910398 Hollow Moor (Kentmere)
NY44930742 Jumb Quarry (Kentmere)
NY45420241 Kentmere Hall Plantation (Kentmere)
NY45120423 Kentmere Hall (Kentmere) L
NY45590413 Kentmere Institute (Kentmere)
NY4603 Kill Gill (Kentmere)
NY44380708 Lambfold Quarry (Kentmere)
NY47110578 Ling Grassing (Kentmere)
NY45790402 Low Bridge Inn (Kentmere)
NY45800399 Low Bridge (Kentmere)
NY46030399 Low Fold (Kentmere)
NY45850410 Low Holme (Kentmere)
NY45970387 Lowfield Lane (Kentmere)
NY45320364 Lunsty Howe (Kentmere)
NY45300441 Nook (Kentmere)
NY45640422 Parsonage, The (Kentmere)
NY45800408 pinfold, Kentmere (Kentmere)
NY44120731 Rainsborrow Cove (Kentmere)
NY45840431 Rawe Cottage (Kentmere)
NY45570409 School Cottage (Kentmere)
NY45620407 school, Kentmere (Kentmere) gone
NY45610408 seat, Kentmere (Kentmere)
NY45170688 settlement, Kentmere (Kentmere)
NY46070251 settlement, Kentmere (2) (Kentmere)
NY43780533 sheepfold, Kentmere (2) (Kentmere)
NY44480733 Steelrigg Quarry (Kentmere)
NY43600602 stone wall, Kentmere (Kentmere)
NY44360808 stone wall, Kentmere (2) (Kentmere)
NY45400634 stone wall, Kentmere (3) (Kentmere)
NY44110433 Stunfell Howe (Kentmere)
NY45230686 Tongue House (Kentmere)
NY45090724 Tongue Quarry (Kentmere)
NY45310709 Tongue Scar (Kentmere)
NY44020889 Upper Kentmere Falls (Kentmere)
NY44780758 Wether Fold (Kentmere)
NY44960302 Whiteside End (Kentmere)
NY46070368 Wood Lane (Kentmere)
NY45810402 Low Bridge Mill (Kentmere)
NY45630411 St Cuthbert's Church (Kentmere) L
NY45040432 limekiln, Kentmere (Kentmere) L
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