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Atkinson Pike, Threlkeld
Atkinson Pike
locality:-   Saddleback
civil parish:-   Threlkeld (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Mungrisdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY32552830 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3228
10Km square:-   NY32


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BPC98.jpg (taken 2.5.2008)  
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BPR45.jpg  Blue Screes.
(taken 26.9.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 56 12) 
placename:-  Atkinson Pike
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:- Gents Mag 1747
placename:-  Blen Carter Height
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, perspective view, Caudbeck Fells ie Caldbeck Fells, scale about 1+ miles to 1 inch, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1747.
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"Blen Carter Height"
knobbly hillocks; mountains; marked with a Slate quarry for which I have no other evidence 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 43
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   perhaps old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 3) 
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Purple Tarn, Top of Saddleback, ie Scales Tarn, Threlkeld, Cumberland, drawn by Theodore H A Fielding, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
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Atkinson Pike in the background? 
Tipped in opposite p.4 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 1993.R566.3
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   possibly outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Little Fell
source data:-   Print, engraving, Outline View of Skiddaw, and Saddleback, as seen on approaching Keswick from the South, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.47 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "Outline View of Skiddaw, and Saddleback (formerly Blencathera) As seen on approaching Keswick from the South: With names prior to the inclosure of the Commons in 1810."
"The Dod / Ullock / Long Side / Carleside / Carsleddam / Broad End / Skiddaw Man / Little Man / Jenkin Hill / Lonscale Fell / Latrigg / High Row Fell / Little Fell / Priest Man / Linthwaite Pike / Knot Aller / Threlkeld Hall Fell"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   possibly old text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Lile Fell
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.
image FD01P065, button  goto source
Page 65:-  "..."
"BLENCATHRA OR SADDLEBACK."
"... From the summit of the mountain you may descend either directly upon Threlkeld, or by Lile Fell, Priestman, and Knott Crags, to the Glenderaterra ..."


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CDI40.jpg  and Sharp Edge.
(taken 11.6.2015)  
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CDI60.jpg (taken 11.6.2015)  
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CDI66.jpg  Cairn, boundary mark,
(taken 11.6.2015)  

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