Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Helm Crag
	parish	Lakes parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		hill
	Altitude	1299 feet
	coordinates:-	NY32670930
	10Km square:-	NY30
	1Km square	NY3209
		Helm Crag -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- 7.10.2009
		Helm Crag -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- From the north. -- 15.2.2006
	old map (vignette):-	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.
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	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:-
		... The remarkable and beautiful hill behind the village is Helm Crag; and its rocky crest forms the group called the Lion and the Lamb. ...
	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.
		Helm Crag
		hill hachuring
	placename:-	Helm Crag
	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 164:-
		... On the left, in passing up this valley [from Grasmere], the traveller will observe a lofty conical hill; it is called Helm Crag. The summit is composed of vast rocks, in whose forms fancy has discovered the resemblance of a lion and a lamb.
	placename:-	Helm Crag
	date:-	1839
	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, Grasmere from Red Bank Head, 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.
	placename:-	Helm Crag
	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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		Page 109:-
		... that admired vale. At the further end of which, between the branches of Easdale and Greenburn, stands Helm Crag, distinguished, not so much by its height, as by its summit of broken rocks, which Mr. Gray likens to 'some gigantic building demolished;' Mr. West to 'a mass of antediluvian ruins;' Mr. Green to the figures of a 'lion and a lamb;' and Mr. Wordsworth to an 'astrologer and old woman;' and the traveller who views it from Dunmail Raise, may think that a
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		mortar elevated for throwing shells into the valley, would be no unapt comparison. ...
	person:-	: Gray, Mr
	person:-	: West, Thomas
	person:-	: Wordsworth, William
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old print:-	Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 21)
		Set of prints, Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, illustrated with hand coloured aquatints by Theodore Henry Fielding and John Walton, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
		Print, coloured aquatint, Grasmere Church and Helm Crag, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by John Walton, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
		St Oswald's Church.
		Tipped in opposite p.106 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes.
	placename:-	Helm Crag
	date:-	1821
	period:-	19th century, early
	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:-	Helm
		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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		Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
		Page 210:-
		...
		... Helm-crag, distinguished from its rugged neighbours, not so much by its height as by
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		the strange broken outline of its top, like some gigantic building demolished, and the stones that composed it flung across each other in wild confusion. ...
	date:-	1769
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old print:-	Robertson 1911
		Wordsworthshire, by Eric Robertson, Windermere, Westmorland, illustrated by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Print, lithograph? Helm Crag, Grasmere, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Tipped in opposite p.264 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson.
		printed at bottom:-
		HELM CRAG, GRASMERE
		signed at painting lower left:-
		Arthur Tucker
	placename:-	Helm Crag
	date:-	1911
	period:-	1910s
	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.
		... 15 Helm Crag ...
		Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Grasmere and Coniston - Mountains as seen from Redbank, Grasmere, and Mountains as seen a little beyond Tent Lodge on the Road from Coniston to Ulverstone, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
		... Helm Crag ...
	placename:-	Helm Crag
	date:-	1900
	period:-	1900s
	old print:-	Pyne 1853
		Set of prints, The English Lake District, or Lake Scenery of England, scenes painted by James Barker Pyne, lithographed by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, 1853; published 1853-70.
		Grasmere from Loughrigg Fell
		Drawn by James Barker Pyne, 1848-1853, lithographed by T Picken, 1859.
	date:-	1848=1853
	period:-	19th century, early; 19th century, late; 1840s; 1850s
	old print:-	Harwood 1842
		Set of prints, uncoloured engravings bound in a booklet, Harwood's Views of the Lakes, drawn by John and Frederick Harwood, 26 Fenchurch Street, London, about 1842.
		Print, uncoloured engraving, Grasmere, Westmorland, engraved and published by John Harwood, 26 Fenchurch Street, London, 1845.
		printed at bottom left, right, centre:-
		London, J. Harwood, 26, Fenchurch Street. / No.599. Aug. 6, 1845. / Grasmere.
	date:-	1845
	period:-	19th century, early
	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 print:-	Farington 1789 (plate 5)
		20 engravings, Views of the Lakes in Cumberland and Westmorland, drawn by Joseph Farington, published by William Byrne, London, 1789.
		Print, engraving, Grasmere, Lakes, Cumbria, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by B T Pouncy, published by W Byrne, 69 Titchfield Street, London, 1785.
		Grasmere lake, Grasmere and St Oswald's Church, and Helm Crag etc, in the background.
		Plate 5 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789.
	placename:-	Helme Crag
	date:-	1785
	period:-	18th century, late
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836 (version 1869)
		Print, hand coloured, Grasmere, from Loughrigg Fell, 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:-
		GRASMERE, / from Loughrigg Fell.
		printed at bottom:-
		Silver How. / Hammar Scarr. / The Carrs. / Easdale. / Helm Crag. / Steel Fell. / Dunmail Hause. / Helvellyn. / Seat Sandal. / Fairfield.
	placename:-	Helm Crag
	date:-	1836
	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.
	date:-	1853
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-
		Print, chromolithograph, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by T Nelson and Sons, London, 1900s?
		From a set of prints, The Scenery of the English Lakes
		printed at lower right:-
		T. NELSON & SONS
		printed at bottom left:-
		GRASMERE
	date:-	1900=1909
	period:-	1900s
	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.
		... 15 Helm Crag ...
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from Red Bank, Grasmere, and Mountains as seen a little beyond Tent-Lodge on the Road from Coniston to Ulverston, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
		... Helm Crag ...
	placename:-	Helm Crag
	date:-	1844
	period:-	19th century, early
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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