Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Ambleside to Hawkshead
	other name:-	Hawkshead to Ambleside
	parish	Hawkshead parish, once in Lancashire
	parish	Claife parish, once in Lancashire
	parish	Lakes parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		route; road
	10Km square:-	NY30
	10Km square:-	SD39
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		H to A 5 Ms.
	county:-	Lancashire
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old map:-	Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N)
		Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in London etc, from 1787 to 1793.
		To Hawkshead
		road
	date:-	1787
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	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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		Page 54:-
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		At Water-head, the road to the east leads to Ambleside, eight miles; to Hawkshead, three. Ascend a steep hill surronded (sic) with
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		Page 55:-
		wood, and have a back view of the lake. ... turn your face to the east, and you have a view of some part of Windermere-water. The road soon divides; the left leads to Ambleside, the right to Hawkshead, which stands under a mountain, at the upper end of a narrow valley. The church is seated on the front of an eminence that commands the vale, which is floated with
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	places
	mapping:-	Ambleside Clappersgate, Lakes Outgate, Hawkshead Hawkshead
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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