Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Dow Crag | |
| locality:- | Old Man of Coniston | |
| parish |
Torver parish, once in
Lancashire
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| parish |
Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite
parish, once in Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| rocks | ||
| Altitude | 2552 feet | |
| coordinates:- |
SD26259778 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD29
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| 1Km square | SD2697 | |
![]() Dow Crag -- Old Man of Coniston -- Torver and Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite -- Cumbria / -- ... the Great Gully -- 8.9.2010 | ||
![]() Dow Crag -- Old Man of Coniston -- Torver and Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite -- Cumbria / -- 8.9.2010 | ||
| descriptive text:- |
Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
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| 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 36:- | ||
| ... Gates Water, ... reposes between the Old Man's western side, and the foot of the precipitous Dow Crag; (Dove Crag.) ... | ||
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| Page 80:- | ||
| THE CRAGS. | ||
| ... Dow Crag (Dove Crag) in Coniston Fells, ... | ||
| placename:- | Dow Crag | |
| other name:- | Dove Crag | |
| date:- | 1823 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early; 1820s | |
| old print:- |
Jenkinson 1875
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| 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. | ||
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| Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875. | ||
| ... Dow Crags ... | ||
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| Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Scawfell Pike, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875. | ||
| ... Dow Crags ... | ||
| placename:- | Dow Crags | |
| date:- | 1875 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late | |
| photographs | ||
| Dow Crag -- Old Man of Coniston -- Torver and Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite -- Cumbria / -- 8.9.2010 | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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