Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	place:-	Gough Memorail
	site name:-	Striding Edge
	site name:-	Helvellyn
	parish	Patterdale parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		memorial; monument
	coordinates:-	NY34441498
	10Km square:-	NY31
	1Km square	NY3414
		Gough Memorial, Patterdale -- Striding Edge -- Helvellyn -- Patterdale -- Cumbria / -- 9.7.2009
		Gough Memorial, Patterdale -- Striding Edge -- Helvellyn -- Patterdale -- Cumbria / -- 9.7.2009
	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 46:-
		... [Helvellyn] at its foot are Keppel Cove Tarn and Red Tarn, on the edge of which Gough's remains, after having been watched over by his dog, 'through three months' space,' were accidentally found by a shepherd; ...
	person:-	: Gough, Charles
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	hearsay	Quaker poet Charles Gough fell from Striding Edge. A memorial erected 1890:- Beneath this spot were found in 1805 the remains of Charles Gough, killed by a fall from the rocks. His dog was still guarding the skeleton. A shepherd found the body 20 July 1805. Foxey, an irish terrier, her new born pups dead beside her. Foxey was cared for after by Thomas Brunskill, Crosby Garrett. Sir Walter Scott asked:- Also see 'Fidelity' by William Wordsworth.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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