Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Hallsfell Top
	locality:-	Hall's Fell
	locality:-	Saddleback
	parish	Threlkeld parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		hill
	Altitude	2848 feet
	coordinates:-	NY32342773
	10Km square:-	NY32
	1Km square	NY3227
	old map:-	OS County Series (Cmd 56 12)
		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:-	Hallsfell Top
		locality
	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 99:-
		... the view of Derwent Water from the summit [of Saddleback]. Southey says, "Derwent Water, as seen from the top of Saddleback, is one of the finest moun-
		Page 100:-
		[moun]tain scenes in the country." That summit is called Linthwaite Fell; ...
	placename:-	Linthwaite Fell
		viewpoint
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) -- probably relevant
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 65:-
		...
		[Blancathra] ... From Linthwaite Pike, the highest point, the prospect is open to the north, east, and south. ...
	placename:-	Linthwaite Pike
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old print:-	Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) -- probably relevant
		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 47:-
		Outline View of Skiddaw, and Saddleback (formerly Blencathera) As seen on approaching Keswick from the South: With names prior to the inclosure of the Commons in 1810.
		The Dod / Ullock / Long Side / Carleside / Carsleddam / Broad End / Skiddaw Man / Little Man / Jenkin Hill / Lonscale Fell / Latrigg / High Row Fell / Little Fell / Priest Man / Linthwaite Pike / Knot Aller / Threlkeld Hall Fell
	placename:-	Linthwaite Pike
	date:-	1830
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old print:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) -- probably relevant
		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 49:-
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	placename:-	Linthwaite Pike
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old print:-	Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) -- probably relevant
		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, Skiddaw, and Saddleback ... as seen on entering Keswick from the South, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.46 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
	placename:-	Linthwaite Pike
	date:-	1849
	period:-	19th century, early; 1840s
	source:-	Gents Mag 1747 Gents Mag 1747
		Blen Carter Height
		Page 523:-
		... Saddle back, a Parnassian eminence, with two prominent peaks; the most northerly is called Blencarter, a suprizingly high precipice of the quarry kind.
	placename:-	Blen Carter Height
	other name:-	Blencarter
	date:-	1747
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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