Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Bow Fell
	parish	Lakes parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Eskdale parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		hill; fell
	Altitude	2959 feet
	coordinates:-	NY24460645
	10Km square:-	NY20
	1Km square	NY2406
		Bow Fell -- Lakes and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- 26.3.2007
		Bow Fell -- Lakes and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- 26.3.2007
	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.
		Plate, folded in opposite p.7:-
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains on the West Side of Windermere, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		MOUNTAINS ON THE WEST SIDE OF WINDERMERE
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinburgh.
		The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-
		1 Coniston Old Man 1a Carrs 2 Wetherlam 3 Wrynose Gap 4 Crinkle Crags 5 Pike of Bliscow 6 Scawfell Pike 7 Bowfell 8 Hanging knotts 9 Glaramara 10 Great End 11 Pike of Stickle 12 Harrison Stickle 13 Paveyark 14 Lingmoor 15 High Raise 16 Silver How 17 Loughrigg Fell 18 Ullscarth
	placename:-	Bowfell
	person:-	artist : Aspland, T L
	person:-	engraver : Banks, W
	person:-	publisher : Garnett, John
	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 179:-
		A TABLE OF THE HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS IN THE COUNTIES OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, AND LANCASHIRE.
		No. : Names of Mountains. : Counties. : Height in Feet above the Sea Level.
		7 : Bowfell : Westmorland : 2914
	placename:-	Bowfell
	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.
		Bowfell
		hill hachuring
	placename:-	Bowfell
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		Bow Fell
		Hill hachuring.
	placename:-	Bow Fell
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	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 178:-
		ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,
		ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES.
	placename:-	Bow Fell
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old print:-	Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830)
		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.
		Page 57:-
		Some of the Western Mountains: / as seen from Helvellyn.
		Wetherlam / Old Man - Coniston Fell / Carrs, or Scars / Gray Friar / Black Combe / Crinkle Crags / Bowfell / Scawfell Pike / Great-end Crag / Glaramara / Great Gable / Kirkfell / Pillar Fell / Honister and High Crag / High Stile / Dalehead and Red Pike / Robinson / Blake Fell / Witeless Pike / Grasmoor / Ill Crags / Grisedale Pike
		Page 97:-
		The Mountains of Coniston, Langdale, &c. / as they appear from the road between Troutbeck Bridge and Bowness.
		Old Man - Coniston Fell / The Carrs / Wetherlam / Wrynose Gap / Pike of Bliscow / Crinkle Crags / Scawfell Pike / Bowfell / Great End / Great Gable / Pike of Stickle / Harrison Stickle / Paveyark
	placename:-	Bowfell
	date:-	1830
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old print:-	Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)
		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.
		Engraving, outline view of mountains, Windermere looking towards the West from the Road between Troutbeck and Bowness, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.4 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
		Engraving, outline view of mountains, A Group of Mountains seen from Helvellyn, looking towards the South West, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.50 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
	placename:-	Bowfell
	date:-	1849
	period:-	19th century, early; 1840s
	old print:-	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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		BOWFELL
		Rises proudly in view from Windermere and Esthwaite Lakes. It is 2911 feet in height, and sheds the rain water into Borrowdale, Langdale, and Eskdale. It is easiest of access from Langdale, but may be reached from any of the above mentioned vales, or from the vale of Duddon.
	placename:-	Bowfell
	Altitude	2911 feet
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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	placename:-	Bowfell
		hill
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		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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		Page 190:-
		A TABLE OF THE Height of Mountains and Lakes SEEN IN THIS TOUR, ... TAKEN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. ... by Mr. John Dalton.
		Bowfell (Langdale) ... 1030 [yards]
	placename:-	Bowfell
	Altitude	3090 feet
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old print:-	MacBride 1922
		Wild Lakeland, by MacKenzie MacBride illustrated by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1922-28.
		Print, colour, Stake Pass and Bowfell, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.
		Tipped in opposite p.44 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride.
		printed at bottom:-
		STAKE PASS AND BOWFELL
		signed at lower right:-
		A. HEATON COOPER
	placename:-	Bowfell
	date:-	1922
	period:-	1920s
	old print:-	LMS 1920s
		Guide book, LMS Route Book no.3, The Track of the Royal Scot, part 1 London Euston to Carlisle, by Edmund Vale, published by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
		Hills of Lakeland in Outline, published in the LMS Route Book No.3, The Track of the Royal Scot, by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	old print:-	Jenkinson 1875
		Guide book, A Practical Guide to the English Lake District, by Henry Irwin Jenkinson, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 4th edition 1875.
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Bow Fell ...
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Bow Fell ...
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Scawfell Pike, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Bow Fell ...
	placename:-	Bow Fell
	date:-	1875
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-	Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900)
		Guide book, Black's Guide to the English Lakes, published by Adam and Charles Black, North Bridge, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, or Soho Square, London, 1856 to 1900s onwards.
		Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Windermere - Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Biscay How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
		... 3 Bowfell ...
	placename:-	Bowfell
	date:-	1900
	period:-	1900s
	old print:-	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.
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains on the West Side of Windermere, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		Folded in opposite p.7 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.
		The view is captioned, numbers refering to mountains in the image - 1 Coniston Old Man 1a Carrs 2 Wetherlam 3 Wrynose Gap 4 Crinkle Crags 5 Pike of Bliscow 6 Scawfell Pike 7 Bowfell 8 Hanging Knotts 9 Glaramara 10 Great End 11 Pike of Stickle 12 Harrison Stickle 13 Paveyark 14 Lingmoor 15 High Raise 16 Silver How 17 Loughrigg Fell 18 Ullscarth
		printed at top:-
		MOUNTAINS ON THE WEST SIDE OF WINDERMERE
		printed at bottom left, right:-
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinburgh.
	placename:-	Bowfell
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-	Garnett 1850s-60s A
		Guide to the English Lake District, by a Cambridge Man, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 2nd edn 1860s?
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	1860s; 1850s
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836 (version 1869)
		Print, hand coloured, Valley of the Stake, Mickleden etc, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
		Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham.
		printed at bottom:-
		VALLEY OF THE STAKE.
		printed at bottom:-
		Pike o'Bliscoe. / The Band. / Style End. / Bowfell. / The Stake. Pike o'Stickle. / Pt. of Harrison Stickle.
	placename:-	Bowfell
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836
		Print, engraving, Little Langdale, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
		The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view.
		Tipped in opposite p.39 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall.
		printed at bottom:-
		LITTLE LANGDALE.
		printed at bottom left to right:-
		Hard Knot. / Oxen Fell. / Wrynose. / Bowfell. / Lingmire. / Colwith. / Langdale Pikes. / Gt. Langdale. / Borrowdale Fells.
	placename:-	Bowfell
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Prior 1865
		Print, uncoloured engraving, Scafell and Bowfell from Hardknott, Cumberland, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 1865.
		Included on page 101 of the guide book, Ascents and Passes in the Lake District of England, by Herman Prior.
		printed at bottom:-
		SCAFELL AND BOWFELL FROM HARDKNOTT.
	placename:-	Bowfell
	date:-	1865
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-	Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846)
		Guide book, Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes, published by Adam and Charles Blck, North Bridge, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, 1841 to 1888.
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Bisket How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, about 1844.
		... 3 Bowfell ...
	placename:-	Bowfell
	date:-	1844
	period:-	19th century, early
		photographs
		Bow Fell -- Lakes and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- 26.3.2007
		Bow Fell -- Lakes and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- Bow Fell and Crinkle Crags from Langdale. -- 17.11.2005
		Bow Fell -- Lakes and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- Outline view from Stybarrow Dodd; Bowfell, Esk Pike, Scafell, Lingmell, Great Gable. -- 17.3.2008
		photographs
		Bow Fell -- Lakes and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- Rocks. -- 20.4.2009
		Bow Fell -- Lakes and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- Rocks. -- 20.4.2009
		Bow Fell -- Lakes and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- Rocks at the summit. -- 20.4.2009
		Bow Fell -- Lakes and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- Rocks at the summit. -- 20.4.2009
		Bow Fell -- Lakes and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- Cairn, and a bench mark -- 20.4.2009
		Bow Fell -- Lakes and Eskdale -- Cumbria / -- Bench mark, 2959.7 feet on the OS County Series 25inch map. -- 20.4.2009
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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