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site name:-
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Dunmallard Hill
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parish
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Dacre parish, once in
Cumberland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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viewpoint; station
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coordinates:-
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NY4624
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10Km square:-
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NY42
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1Km square |
NY4624 |
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old map:- |
Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull)
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Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of
Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful
Lake of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of
Coniston Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes,
and Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal,
Cumberland now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794. |
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Centre of Dunmallet / West's first Station / Edwd. Hasell's
Esq.
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placename:-
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Dunmallet
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other name:-
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station, Ullswater, West 1
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viewpoint
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coordinates:-
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NY46792462
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person:-
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: Hasell, Edward
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date:-
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1783=1794
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
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descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
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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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goto source.
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Page 153:-
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[Mr Gray] 'gained the summit [of Dunmallet]. From hence, saw
the lake opening directly at my feet, majestic in calmness,
clear and smooth as a blue mirror, with winding shores, and
low points of land, covered with green inclosures, white
farm houses looking out among the trees, and cattle feeding.
The water is almost everywhere bordered with cultivated
lands, gently sloping upwards, from a mile to a quarter of a
mile in breadth, till they reach the feet of the mountains,
which rise very rude and awful, with their broken tops, on
each hand. Directly in front, at better than three miles
distance, Place-fell, one of the bravest among them, pushes
its bold breast into the midst of the lake, and forces it to
alter its course, forming first a large bay to the left, and
then bending to the right. ...'
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goto source.
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
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Page 201:-
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Oct. 1. A grey autumnal day, the air perfectly calm, and
mild, went to see Ulls-water, ... Approached Dunmallet, a
fine pointed hill, covered with wood, ... with some toil
gained the summit. From hence saw the lake open directly at
my feet, majestic in its calmness, clear and smooth as a
blue mirror, with winding shores and low points of land
covered with green inclosures, white farm houses looking out
among the trees, and cattle feeding.- The water is almost
everywhere bordered with cultivated lands, gently sloping
upwards from a mile to a quarter of a mile in breadth, till
they reach the feet of the mountains which rise very rude
and awful with their broken tops on each hand. Directly in
front, at better than three miles distance, Place-fell, one
of the bravest among them, pushes its bold broad breast into
the midst of the lake, and forces it to alter its course,
forming first a large bay to the left, and then bending to
the right. ...
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date:-
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1769; 1778
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1760s; 1770s
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013
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