Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Barrow Cascade
	site name:-	Barrow Beck
	parish	Borrowdale parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		waterfall
	coordinates:-	NY269199
	10Km square:-	NY21
	1Km square	NY2619
		Barrow Cascade -- Barrow Beck -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 4.5.2009
		Barrow Cascade -- Barrow Beck -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 19.1.2008
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		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 1855-71.
		Page 76:-
		... Up this by-road the explorer goes, and passes behind and above Barrow House, soon reaching the stream that feeds the Barrow fall, which may be visited by strangers in the grounds below. ...
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		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 1855-71.
		Page 180:-
		WATERFALLS.
		No. : Names and Situations of Falls. : Counties : Feet in Height.
		7 : Barrow Cascade, near Keswick : Cumberland : 122
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		Waterfall
		two lines across a stream, waterfall
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 55:-
		... The cascade, at the back of the house, may be seen by leave; there are two falls, but the upper one is artificial; fine trees, grassy banks, and rocks richly decked in many greened mosses, are the adornments of these falls, and their height is one hundred and twenty-two feet. ...
		Page 166:-
		...
		Barrow House is the residence of Joseph Pocklington Senhouse. Esq. Behind the house is a cascade, 122 feet in height, in two falls.
		Page 179:-
		WATERFALLS.
	placename:-	Barrow Cascade
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		Page 42:-
		BARROW CASCADE, two miles from Keswick, has an upper and lower fall, more perpendicular than
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		Page 43:-
		that of Lowdore, and exhibits to advantage a smaller quantity of water. From the top of the fall the lake and vale, when not intercepted by trees, were seen in fine perspective.
		...
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		... we pass Barrow House, the beautiful summer residence of Joseph Pocklington, Esq. A fine cascade behind the house may be seen by strangers on application at the lodge. ...
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old map:-	Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der)
		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.
		Pocklington's Cascade & two Summer Houses
	placename:-	Pocklington's Cascade
	person:-	: Pocklington, Joseph
		waterfall
	date:-	1783=1794
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
	old print:-	Rose 1832-35
		Engravings - Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated; from drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, and H Gastineau, described by Thomas Rose, published by H Fisher, R Fisher, and P Jackson, Newgate Street, London, 1832-35.
	placename:-	Barrow Fall
	date:-	1834
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Sylvan 1847
		Print, engraving, Barrow Falls, Borrowdale, Cumberland, drawn by Thomas Gilks, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
		Frontispiece to Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes.
		printed at bottom:-
		T. GILKS / BARROW FALLS.
	placename:-	Barrow Falls
	date:-	1847
	period:-	19th century, early
		photographs
		Barrow Cascade -- Barrow Beck -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 19.1.2008
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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