Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Loughrigg Tarn
	locality:-	Loughrigg
	parish	Lakes parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		lake
	coordinates:-	NY344043
	10Km square:-	NY30
	1Km square	NY3404
		Loughrigg Tarn -- Loughrigg -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- 13.4.2006
		Loughrigg Tarn -- Loughrigg -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- 6.10.2008
	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 47:-
		... After a while, he comes to a sheet of water, so still, if the day be calm, that he might possibly miss it, unless the precision of the reflections should strike his eye. It is more likely, however, to be rippled by some breeze, and to show how deeply blue, or darkly grey, these mountain tarns may be. This is Loughrigg tarn, well known to all readers of Wordsworth. ...
	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.
		Tarn
		lak
	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 35:-
		...
		LOUGHRIGG FELL AND TARN.
		... Loughrigg Tarn lies under the west end of the Fell [Loughrigg Fell], having a margin of firm green meadows, reeds, and lilies, adorning its tiny bays, which are bordered here and there with gravel, whilst a small stream issues out of it. A few cottages are reflected in its bosom, above which rise rocky and barren steeps, intermingled with wood; and the solemn
		Page 36:-
		Pikes of Langdale overlook the low, cultivated ridge of land, that forms the northern boundary of this small, quiet, and fertile spot.
	placename:-	Loughrigg Tarn
	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, Loughrigg Tarn with Langdale Pikes, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, on p.1 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
	placename:-	Loughrigg Tarn
	date:-	1849
	period:-	19th century, early; 1840s
	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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		... Loughrigg Tarn is a circular piece of water of about twenty acres, environed by green meadows, intermixed with rocky woods and cultivated grounds. Its glassy surface displays beautiful reflections of the farm-houses, fields, and trees, surmounted by rocky steeps; and when taken in combination with Langdale Pikes in the distance, it makes an excellent picture. ...
		...
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		AMBLESIDE TO LOUGHRIGG FELL, AND LOUGHRIGG TARN.
		... on reaching the top of Ivy Crag, a
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		Page 106:-
		large rock overlooking Loughrigg Tarn, he will have an instantaneous burst upon a most extraordinary assemblage of landscape beauties. Returning from the top of the rock, and proceeding by the path, he will soon perceive Loughrigg Tarn in the best position for a picture; having Langdale Pikes in the distance. ...
	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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		lake
	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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		Rev Plumtre's Night Piece on Windermere, 1797
		Page 231:-
		[1] The river Brathay is formed chiefly from two steams,- the one rising in Little Langdale, the other in Great Langdale, ... Another of its feeders is the stream from Loughrigg Tarn, a very small but beautiful lake, in the bosom of the mountains, a little to the right of the road as you cross over from Elter-water, or Skelwith-bridge, to Grasmere. / ...
	date:-	1797
	period:-	18th century, late; 1790s
	old print:-	Garnett 1850s-60s F
		Set of prints, engravings, Views of the English Lakes or Views in the English Lake District, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s?
		Print, uncoloured engraving, Loughrigg Tarn, Westmorland, engraved by William Banks and Son, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s?
		Found with Views of the English Lakes.
		printed at bottom:-
		Engd. by W. Banks & Son Edinr. / LOUGHRIGG TARN.
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-	Green 1819
		Print, aquatint, Loughrigg Tarn, Westmorland, by William Green, 1819, published by R Lough and Co, Chronicle Office, Finkle Street, Kendal, and others, 1820.
		Tipped in opposite vol.1 p.274 of The Tourist's New Guide, by William Green.
		printed at bottom right, centre:-
		Vol.I, page 274, line 17. / LOUGHRIGG TARN. / Published at Ambleside, Augt. 1. 1819., by Wm. Green.
	placename:-	Loughrigg Tarn
	date:-	1819
	period:-	19th century, early
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