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| viewpoint, White Moss Common | ||
| site name:- | White Moss Common | |
| locality:- | Grasmere | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | viewpoint | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3209 (?) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- station, Grasmere Hill |
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| 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. goto sourcePage 80:- "...station, Grasmere Hill" "Mount Grasmere hill, and from the top, have a view of as sweet a scene as travelled eye ever beheld [2]. Mr. Gray's description of this peaceful, happy vale, will raise a wish in every reader to see so primaeval a place." "'The bosom of the mountains, spreading" "[2] A little to the left of the road, is No.5, of Mr. Farrington's views." goto sourcePage 81:- "here into a broad bason, discover in the midst Grasmere water, its margin is hollowed into small bays, with eminences; some of rock, some of soft 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 a 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 you, is a large farm house, at the bottom of a steep smooth lawn, embosomed in old woods, which climb half way up the mountains' sides, and discover above, a broken line of crags, that crown the scene. Not a single red tile, no staring gentleman's house, break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradice (sic); but all is peace, rusticity and happy poverty, in its neatest, most becoming attire [1].'" "Mr. Gray's description is taken from the road descending from Dunmail-raise. ..." "[1] The whole of Mr. Gray's journal is given in the Addenda, Article III." |
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| person:- | author : West, Thomas |
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| date:- | 1778 |
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| period:- | 18th century, late | |
| period:- | 1780s | |
| item:- | guide book; Guide to the Lakes |
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