Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Newlands Hause
	parish	Buttermere parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
	parish	Above Derwent parish, once in Cumberland
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	coordinates:-	NY192175
	10Km square:-	NY11
	1Km square	NY1917
		Newlands Hause -- Buttermere and Above Derwent -- Cumbria / -- Looking down Newlands Hause towards Buttermere, from the path up knott Rigg. -- NY19561772 (NE) -- 25.12.2005
	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 84:-
		... till the road winds in among what the oldest guide-books truly call the solemn pastoral scenes that open after leaving Keskadale. The houses of Keskadale are the last seen before entering on the ascent of Newlands Haws. The vale formed by the rapid slope of mountains that are bare of trees, boggy in parts, and elsewhere showing marks of winter slides, is wholly unlike any thing else in the district. Its silence, except for the bleating of sheep; its ancient folds, down in the hollow, the length and steepness of the ascent, and the gloom of the mountain,- Great Robinson, with its tumbling white cataract,- render this truly "a solemn pastoral scene." At the head of the vale, it is found not to be shut in. A turn to the right discloses a new landscape. A descent between green slopes of the same character leads down directly upon Buttermere. The opposite side of the hollow is formed by the mountain Whitelees. The stream at the bottom flows into Crummock Water; and the four peaks of High Crag, Hayrick, High Stile, and Red Pike, are ranged in front.
	placename:-	Newlands Haws
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	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.
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		PASSES.
		: : Height above the Level of the Sea
		Buttermere Hawes, Newlands : Cumberland : 1160
	placename:-	Buttermere Hawes
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	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 92:-
		...
		NEWLANDS.
		The road through Newlands leaves the chapel of Buttermere, and advances by a very steep and
		Page 93:-
		long ascent between Robinson and Whiteless Hill. These mountains present nothing but endless grassy slopes, which is the characteristic of the scenery all the way till you get down to Keskadale, the first houses in Newlands. ...
		Page 169:-
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		The road leads up from the inn by the humble little chapel, between Whiteless and Robinson, diversified by little of scenery, till the traveller approaches Keskadale, whence there is a prospect of the smiling vale of Newlands. ...
	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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		On leaving Buttermere we encounter a steep hill; but the road, as well as the mountain side, is much smoother than the ascent from Borrowdale. In about a mile and a half we reach the top of the hause, and suddenly glance upon the further edge of Derwentwater, with the wooded rock of Castlehead, and the mountain Saddleback. The first part of the descent into the vale of Newlands is steep, but the road soon becomes smooth and pleasant. From the foot of Rawling End we gain a beautiful view over Derwent Lake and the vale of Keswick; ...
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		... through the vale of Newlands. The road over the hause is very steep, rising to the height of 760 feet in less than a mile and a half; and for a short distance on the other side descending very rapidly: but, with steady horses, it is quite practicable.
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	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, Buttermere Hawse, Cumberland, engraved and published by John Harwood, 26 Fenchurch Street, London, 1846.
		printed at bottom left, right, centre:-
		London, J. Harwood, 26, Fenchurch Street. / No.700 July 1, 1846. / Buttermere Hawse. / Cumberland.
	placename:-	Buttermere Hawse
	date:-	1846
	period:-	19th century, early
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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