Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | High Pike | |
| locality:- | Caldbeck Fells | |
| parish |
Caldbeck parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| hill | ||
| Altitude | 2159 feet | |
| coordinates:- |
NY319349 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY33
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| 1Km square | NY3134 | |
![]() High Pike -- Caldbeck Fells -- Caldbeck -- Cumbria / -- The top. -- 20.7.2009 | ||
| source:- |
Martineau 1855
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| 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 179:- | ||
| A TABLE OF THE HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS IN THE COUNTIES OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, AND LANCASHIRE. | ||
| No. : Names of Mountains. : Counties. : Height in Feet above the Sea Level. | ||
| 19 : High Pike, Caldbeck : Cumberland : 2101 | ||
| date:- | 1855 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1850s | |
| old map:- |
Garnett 1850s-60s H
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| Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. | ||
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| High Pike | ||
| hill hachuring | ||
| placename:- | High Pike | |
| date:- | 1850=1869 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s | |
| old map:- |
Ford 1839 map
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| Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839. | ||
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| High Pike | ||
| Hill hachuring. | ||
| placename:- | High Pike | |
| county:- | Cumberland | |
| date:- | 1839 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early; 1830s | |
| descriptive text:- |
Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
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| Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52. | ||
| Page 178:- | ||
| ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS, | ||
| ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES. | ||
| placename:- | High Pike | |
| date:- | 1839 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early; 1830s | |
| source:- |
Otley 1818
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| 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:- | High Pike | |
| hill | ||
| old map:- |
West 1784 map
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| A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821. | ||
| Marked by a small circle of hachures. | ||
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| placename:- | High Pike | |
| hill | ||
| county:- | Cumberland | |
| 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. | ||
| ... High Pike ... | ||
| placename:- | High Pike | |
| date:- | 1875 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late | |
| hearsay |
A slate memorial on the top of High Pike commemorates Mick
Lewis of Nether Row, died 1944 age 16:-
... who loved all these hills ... It also commemorates his mother, who died later. | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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