Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Grasmere
	other name:-	Gresma
	other name:-	Gersma
	parish	Lakes parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s
	coordinates:-	NY336075
	10Km square:-	NY30
	1Km square	NY3307
		Grasmere -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- 7.10.2009
		Grasmere -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- 7.10.2009
	source:-	Burrow 1920s
		Road strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, now Cumbria, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
		... At the northern end of the lake is Grasmere village, a great place of literary pilgrimage, for Wordsworth is buried in the churchyard. But Grasmere village is also resorted to for the famous lakeland sports held here.
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	text:-	Mason 1907 (edn 1930)
		Page 20:-
		...
		... Grasmere ... The grave of Wordsworth is in the village churchyard. ...
	person:-	: Wordsworth, William
	date:-	1907
	period:-	1900s
	old map:-	OS County Series (Wmd 25 4) OS County Series (Wmd 26 1)
		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.
		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.
	placename:-	Grasmere
		building/s
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	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 49:-
		... At the further end [of Grasmere lake] lies the village, with its old square church tower, beneath whose shadow Wordsworth is buried. ...
		Page 163:-
		... Grasmere and Grisedale have the same derivation,- Gris being the old Saxon for wild swine: and these are therefore the lake and the valley of the wild boar. A deep and still retreat must both have been in the days of wild boars.
	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.
		Grasmere
		blocks, settlement, and a cross, a church
	placename:-	Grasmere
	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 42:-
		...
		... felicitously described by the master-hand of Wordsworth:
		Page 163:-
		...
		GRASMERE is a mile beyond Rydal, and is surrounded by an amphitheatre of mountains, from any elevated situations on which, and wherever
		Page 164:-
		chosen, romantic views may be obtained of this most lovely vale and its green-enamelled lake, with the fine old church and the white-washed houses shining out from amidst their wood-girt enclosures. The Swan Inn stands by the road-side, and a little distant on the left, near the church, is the Red Lion. Both these inns will afford sufficient accommodation for a tourist, disposed to journey into the hidden beauties of this and its auxiliary vale of Easedale. ...
	placename:-	Grasmere
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	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.
		Grasmere
	placename:-	Grasmere
	county:-	Westmoreland
	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 155:-
		The SECOND division [of slate rocks] comprehends the mountains of Eskdale, Wasdale, Ennerdale, Borrowdale, Langdale, Grasmere, Patterdale, Martindale, Mardale, and some adjacent places; including the two highest mountains of the district, Scawfell and Helvellyn, as well as the Old Man at Coniston. All our fine towering crags belong to it; and most of the cascades among the lakes fall over it. There are indeed some lofty precipices in the former division; ...
		...
	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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		GRASMERE
	placename:-	Grasmere
	old map:-	Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick)
		Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in London etc, from 1787 to 1793.
		GRASMERE
	placename:-	Grasmere
		area
	date:-	1787
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	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 81:-
		... [Mr Gray] '... from the shore [of Grasmere], a low promontory pushes itself far into the water, and on it stands a white village, with a parish church rising in the midst of it; ...
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		Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
		Page 211:-
		... [from Dunmail Raise] ... from the shore [of Grasmere] a low promontory pushes itself far into the water, and on it stands a white village, with the parish church rising in the midst of it; hanging inclosures, corn-fields and meadows, green as an emerald, with their trees, and hedges, and cattle, fill up the whole space from the edge of the water; and just opposite to you is a large farm house, at the bottom of a deep smooth lawn, embosomed in old woods, which climb half way up the mountains' sides, and discover above them a broken line of crags that crown the scene. Not a single red tile, no gentleman's flaring house, or garden walls, break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradise; but all its peace, rusticity, and happy poverty, in its neatest, most becoming attire.
	person:-	: Gray, Mr
	date:-	1769; 1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s; 1770s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Gresmere / R
		circle, building and tower, rectory
	placename:-	Gresmere
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
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		Gresmere
		Circle.
	placename:-	Gresmere
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	descriptive text:-	Simpson 1746
		The three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
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		Page 1021:-
		It [Winander Mere] extends itself like a Sea on the West Side from North-bridge on the South, where it contracts itself again into a River to Gresmere North.
	placename:-	Gresmere
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Gresmere
		Circle.
	placename:-	Gresmere
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Gresmere
		Circle.
	placename:-	Gresmere
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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		In mile 16, Westmerland.
		Gresmere
		a church on the left of the road.
	placename:-	Gresmere
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Gresmere
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Gresmere
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Wmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Gresmere
		circle, building and tower
	placename:-	Gresmere
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1576
		Map, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576; published 1579-1645.
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		Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church.
		Gresmere
		Settlement.
	placename:-	Gresmere
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		village
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	source:-	Lloyd 1573
		Map, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.
		Grosmer
	placename:-	Grosmer
	date:-	1573
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	descriptive text:-	Myddylton 1544 -- perhaps relevant
		Book, Cronycle of Yeres, including an early table of highways, published by Wyllyam Myddylton, at the sign of the George, Fleet Street, London, 1544.
		And also the wayes leadynge to the / most notable places: and the dy- / staunce betwyxte the / same / Anno. 1544
		Here foloweth the waye fro~ Coker / mouth to lancastre, and so to London. / From Cokermouth to Kyswike. vi myle. / from Kyswike to Grosener. viii. myle. / from Grosener to Kendale. xiiii. myle. / from Kendale to Burton. vii. myle. / from Burton to Lancastre. viii. myle. / ...
	placename:-	Grosener
	date:-	1544
	period:-	16th century, early; 1540s
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1675
		Gresmere
	placename:-	Gresmere
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1670
		in Westmerland / The hundred of Kendall Barrony
		Grassmore
	placename:-	Grassmore
	date:-	1670
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	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 219:-
		GRASMERE.
		Airey, James, postmaster, Under How.
		Agar, Miss, Silver How.
		Atkinson, Thomas, shoemaker.
		Brown, Edward, auctioneer and appraiser, Hollins Hotel.
		Brocklebank, Edward, farmer, Underhelmn.
		Can, J., Esq., Beck Allans.
		Cookson, Thomas, farmer and lodging housekeeper, Dale End.
		Cookson, Mrs., How Foot.
		Cowperthwaite, William, lodging house keeper, Church Stile.
		Dixon, James, farmer & builder, Bove Beck.
		Fleming, Rev. Sir Richard, rector, Rectory.
		Fleming, James, yeoman, Knott's Houses.
		Fleming, John, provision dealer, Knott's Houses.
		Farquhar, Lady, Dale Cottage.
		Fletcher, Mrs., Lancrigg.
		Fleming, John, yeoman, Under How.
		Gibson, Mrs., Kelbarrow,
		Gibson, Miss, St. Oswalds.
		Green, John, Esq., Pavement End.
		Green, John, Esq., land agent, Rylands.
		Green, William, yeoman, Beck Allans.
		Garnett, Frank, shoemaker, Butterliphow.
		Greenwood, J. Y. Esq., Wyke.
		Green, Daniel, provision dealer, Pavement End.
		Harrison, Thomas, farmer and carrier, Gill Foot.
		Hayton, Robert, farmer, Score Cragg.
		Heelis, Stephen, Esq., solicitor, Forrest Side.
		Hodgson, Levi, waller & builder, Town End.
		Hodgson, Peter, boot and shoe maker, Town End.
		Howe, Rd., painter and glazier.
		Jenkinson, Daniel, farmer, Goody Bridge.
		Luff, Mrs., Dale Cottage.
		Mackereth, David, parish clerk, Wyke.
		Mackereth, Gawin, boatman & guide, Town End.
		Morse, Capt., Between Gates.
		Pettitt, A. artist, Belle Vue.
		Pettitt, George W., artist, Rose Cottage.
		Phillips, Captain, The Wray.
		Postlethwaite, Jos., blacksmith, White Bridge.
		Rothery, Mary, farmer, Goody Bridge.
		Sandford, Thomas, Esq., Ben Place.
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		Scott William, general trader, Swan Inn.
		Usher, Isaac, Red Lion Hotel.
		Walker, Isaac, farmer, Broad Rain.
		Webber, Mrs., Allan Banks.
		Walker, Mrs., grocer, 21 Moss Side.
		Walker, Edward, blacksmith, Town End.
		Wilson, J., yeoman, Goody Bge.
		Wilson, Edward & Sons, builders, Stubdale Cottage.
		Wilson, John, builder, Horse Stead Cottage.
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old print:-	Pearson 1900s
		Print, halftone photograph, Grasmere from the Old Road, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
		On p.7 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts.
		printed at bottom:-
		GRASMERE FROM THE OLD ROAD. (P.153). / (Silver Howe in the distance.)
	placename:-	Grasmere
	date:-	1900=1909
	period:-	1900s
	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.
	date:-	1833
	period:-	19th century, early
	old map:-	Hudson 1842 (4th edn 1853)
		Guide book, Complete Guide to the Lakes, edited and published by John Hudson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1842..
		Map, uncoloured engraving, Eight Miles round Grasmere, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Hudson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1853.
		Circular map, with a vignette view of Grasmere lake and Helm Crag below.
		Tipped in opp p.58 in A Complete Guide to the Lakes, edited John Hudson.
		printed at top:-
		EIGHT MILES ROUND GRASMERE.
		printed at bottom:-
		W. Banks, sc. Edinr.
	placename:-	Grasmere
	date:-	1853
	period:-	19th century, late
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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