Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Patterdale to Penrith
	other name:-	Penrith to Patterdale
	parish	Patterdale parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Matterdale parish, once in Cumberland
	parish	Dacre parish, once in Cumberland
	parish	Barton parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Sockbridge and Tirril parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Yanwath and Eamont Bridge parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Penrith town, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		road; route
	10Km square:-	NY31
	10Km square:-	NY42
	10Km square:-	NY52
	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.
	county:-	Westmoreland
	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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		The only carriage road lies on the north-west side of the water [Ullswater], sometimes on a level with its surface and commanding an unobstructed view; at other times deeply shaded in ancient woods, permitting only occasional glimpses of the lake; ...
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		Ullswater may be visited from Penrith, going either by Eamont Bridge and Tirrel, or by Dalemain, to the Inn at Pooley Bridge; with carriages the former road is generally preferred.
		... the carriage may be driven along the side of the lake, by Watermillock, and through Gowbarrow Parks, by Lyulph's Tower to the inn at Patterdale, 15 miles.
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		KESWICK TO ULLSWATER.
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		Page 137:-
		... after entering Gowbarrow Park, the prospect of Ullswater is presented in one of its richest points of view. Airey Force and Lyulph's Tower lie a little to the left, and it is then five miles of delightful road to the inn at Patterdale. Some who travel in carriages, go from Keswick to Pooley Bridge, and thence to Penrith or Ambleside; but the want of post-horses at Pooley Bridge is sometimes felt as an inconvenience.
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old map:-	Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater)
		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.
		Road to Penrith
		road
	date:-	1787
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old text:-	Gilpin 1786 Gilpin 1786
		Guide book, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, on Several Parts of England, Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland Westmoreland, by Rev William Gilpin, 1772-74; published 1786-1808.
		vol.2 p.56
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		Having spent some time in examining this very inchanting scene, we skirted the lake towards Patterdale, on a tolerable road, which runs from one end of it to the other: on the south it is continued to Ambleside; on the north to Penrith. I call it a tolerable road; but I mean only for horses. It has not the
		vol.2 p.57
		quartering and commodious width of a carriage road.
		As we left Gobray-park, we took our rout along the margin of the first of those woody promontories on the right. We were carried by the side of the lake, through close lanes, and thick groves: yet not so thick, but that we had every where, through the openings of the trees, and windings of the road, views in front, and on the right, into woody recesses; some of which were very pleasing: and on the left, the lake, and all it's distant furniture, broke frequently upon us.
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		Guide book, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, on Several Parts of England, Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland Westmoreland, by Rev William Gilpin, 1772-74; published 1786-1808.
		vol.2 p.83
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		I cannot leave the scenes of Ulleswater, without taking notice of an uncommon fish, which frequents it's waters; and which is equally the object of the naturalist, and of the epicure. It is of the trout-species; beatifully clad in scales of silver; firm, and finely
	date:-	1786
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull)
		Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of Coniston Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, and Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794.
		Road from Penrith to Ambleside, 24 Miles viz. the lower end of the Lake is 5 Miles from Penrith in the N.E. & the upper end 11 Miles from Ambleside which bears South from it.
		road
	date:-	1783=1794
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
	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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		The higher end of the lake [Ullswater] is fourteen miles from Penrith, and ten from Ambleside, of good turnpike road, save only at Styboar-crag, where it is cut into the rock that awfully overhangs it, and is too narrow.
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
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	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old print:-	Gilpin 1786 (?edn)
		Guide book, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, on Several Parts of England, Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland Westmoreland, by Rev William Gilpin, 1772-74; published 1786-1808.
		Print, oval sepia tinted aquatint, Ulleswater or Ullswater, Westmorland and Cumberland, by William Gilpin, 1772-74, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand, London, 1786.
		Included in vol.2 opposite p.53 in Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made in the year 1772.
		The list of plates in the preface of the book has:-
		XVIII. This print illustrates that kind of scenery, which is presented by Ulleswater. It is, by no means, a portrait: but it gives some idea of the view towards Patterdale, in which the rocky promontory on the left, and the two woody promontories on the right, are conspicuous features. Page 55.
		The text pp.54-57 has:-
		...
		Having spent some time in examining this very inchanting scene, we skirted the lake towards Patterdale, on a tolerable road, which runs from one end of it to the other: on the south it is continued to Ambleside; on the north to Penrith. I call it a tolerable road; but I mean only for horses. It has not the quartering an commodious width of a carriage road.
		As we left Gobray-park, we took our rout along the margin of the first of those woody promontories on the right. We were carried by the side of the lake, through close lanes, and thick groves: yet not so thick, but that we had every where, through the openings of the trees, and windings of the road, views in front, and on the right, into woody recesses; some of which were very pleasing: and on the left, the lake, and all it's distant furniture, broke frequently upon us. ...
	date:-	1772=1774
	period:-	18th century, late
	mapping:-	Patterdale Pooley Bridge, Barton Dalemain, Dacre Penrith
	mapping:-	Patterdale Pooley Bridge, Barton Tirril, Sockbridge and Tirril Eamont Bridge bridge, Yanwath etc Penrith
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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