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Waterfoot, Dacre
Waterfoot
civil parish:-   Dacre (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   NY46052457
1Km square:-   NY4624
10Km square:-   NY42


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BLN49.jpg (taken 4.1.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 66 2) 
placename:-  Waterfoot
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Water Foot
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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"Water Foot"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Water Foot
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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D4NY42SE.jpg
"Water Foot"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
placename:-  Water Foot
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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CT5NY42S.jpg
"Water foot"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
placename:-  Waterfoot
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 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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CL4NY42S.jpg
"Waterfoot"
Plotted out of position. 
item:-  private collection : 10.4
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Water Foot
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY42.jpg
"Water Foot"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Water Foot
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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OT02NY42.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
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.
image OT01P009, button  goto source
Page 9:-  "... On the Cumberland side [of Ullswater], Colonel Salmond's beautiful residence at Waterfoot, retires from the view; ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Ulles Water Foot
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.
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"Ulles Water Foot"
Building and park. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Waterfoot Hotel
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WATERFOOT HOTEL / / / DACRE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73797 / NY4605024575"

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