Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Rydal Head
	parish	Lakes parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		hill
	coordinates:-	NY362112
	10Km square:-	NY31
	1Km square	NY3611
		Rydal Head -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- Hart Crag at the dale head. -- 7.10.2009
	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.
		Plate, opposite p.104:-
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen on the Keswick Road approaching Ullswater, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		MOUNTAINS SEEN ON THE KESWICK ROAD APPROACHING ULLSWATER.
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr.
		The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-
		1 Place Fell, 2 Birk Fell, 3 Red Screes, 4 Scandale Head, 5 Dove Crag (Hartsop), 6 Birks, 7 Rydal Head, 8 St. Sundays Crag, 9, Fairfield, 10 Glenridding Dod, 11 Dolly Waggon Pike, 12 Bleaberry Fell, 13 Striding Edge, 14 Herring Pike, 15 Gowbarrow Park.
	person:-	artist : Aspland, T L
	person:-	engraver : Banks, W
	person:-	publisher : Garnett, John
	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.
		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.
		8 : Rydal Head : Westmorland : 2910
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	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.
		Rydal Head
		Hill hachuring.
	placename:-	Rydal Head
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	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 178:-
		ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,
		ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES.
	placename:-	Rydal Head
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old text:-	Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
		Page 155:-
		...
		Ridall head in this lordship is a very high mountain, from whence in a clear day may be seen Lancaster castle and much further.
	placename:-	Ridall Head
	date:-	1789
	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.
		goto source.
		Page 190:-
		A TABLE OF THE Height of Mountains and Lakes SEEN IN THIS TOUR, ... TAKEN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. ... by Mr. John Dalton.
		Rydalhead ... 1030 [yards]
		goto source.
		Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
		Page 211:-
		...
		... Near the house [Rydal Hall] rises a huge crag, called Rydal-head, which is said to command a full view of Windermere, and I doubt it not;
		goto source.
		Page 212:-
		for within a mile, that lake is visible even from the road; as to going up the crag, one might as well go up Skiddaw.
	placename:-	Rydalhead
	Altitude	3090 feet
	date:-	1769; 1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s; 1770s
	old print:-	Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900)
		Guide book, Black's Guide to the English Lakes, published by Adam and Charles Black, North Bridge, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, or Soho Square, London, 1856 to 1900s onwards.
		Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Windermere - Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Biscay How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
		... 6 Rydal Head ... 21 Rydal Head ...
	placename:-	Rydal Head
	date:-	1900
	period:-	1900s
	old print:-	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.
		Print, uncoloured engraving, outline view, Mountains seen on the Keswick Road approaching Ullswater, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		Used opposite p.104 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.
		The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image - 1 Place Fell, 2 Birk Fell, 3 Red Screes, 4 Scandale Head, 5 Dove Crag (Hartsop), 6 Birks, 7 Rydal Head, 8 St. Sundays Crag, 9, Fairfield, 10 Glenridding Dod, 11 Dolly Waggon Pike, 12 Bleaberry Fell, 13 Striding Edge, 14 Herring Pike, 15 Gowbarrow Park.
		printed at top:-
		MOUNTAINS SEEN ON THE KESWICK ROAD APPROACHING ULLSWATER.
		printed at bottom left, right:-
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr. / ...
	placename:-	Rydal Head
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-	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.
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen on the Keswick Road approaching Ullswater, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		Opposite p.104 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.
		The view is captioned, numbers refering to mountains in the image - 1 Place Fell, 2 Birk Fell, 3 Red Screes, 4 Scandale Head, 5 Dove Crag (Hartsop), 6 Birks, 7 Rydal Head, 8 St. Sundays Crag, 9, Fairfield, 10 Glenridding Dod, 11 Dolly Waggon Pike, 12 Bleaberry Fell, 13 Striding Edge, 14 Herring Pike, 15 Gowbarrow Park.
		printed at top:-
		MOUNTAINS SEEN ON THE KESWICK ROAD APPROACHING ULLSWATER.
		printed at bottom left, right:-
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr.
	placename:-	Rydal Head
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836
		Print, engraving, Rydal Water, from the South East, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
		The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view.
		Tipped in opposite p.44 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall.
		printed at bottom:-
		RYDAL WATER, / from the South East.
		printed at bottom left to right:-
		Loughrigg Fell. / Silver How. / Hammar Scarr. / Pt. of Helm Crag. / Rydal Head.
	placename:-	Rydal Head
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846)
		Guide book, Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes, published by Adam and Charles Blck, North Bridge, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, 1841 to 1888.
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Bisket How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, about 1844.
		... 6 Rydal Head ... 21 Rydal Head ...
	placename:-	Rydal Head
	date:-	1844
	period:-	19th century, early
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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