Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Saddleback
	other name:-	Blencathra
	parish	Threlkeld parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		hill
	Altitude	2847 feet
	coordinates:-	NY32342773
	10Km square:-	NY32
	1Km square	NY3227
		Saddleback -- Threlkeld -- Cumbria / -- 26.3.2012
		Saddleback -- Threlkeld -- Cumbria / -- 5.2.2007
	old map:-	OS County Series (Cmd 56 12)
		County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
	placename:-	Saddleback
		locality
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	text:-	Mason 1907 (edn 1930)
		Page 23:-
		...
		... to know that ... Saddleback rises like a saddle; ...
	date:-	1907
	period:-	1900s
	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.69:-
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen from the West Side of Thirlmere, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		MOUNTAINS SEEN FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THIRLMERE.
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr.
		The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-
		1 Raven Crag, 2 Castlerigg, 3 Blancathra vulgariter Saddleback, 4 Great How, 5 Green Crag, 6, Great Dod, 7 Part of Helvellyn.
	placename:-	Blencathra
	other name:-	Saddleback
	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.
		10 : Blencathra, Saddleback : Cumberland : 2787
	placename:-	Blencathra
	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.
		Saddleback
		hill hachuring
	placename:-	Saddleback
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	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.
		Saddleback
		Hill hachuring.
	placename:-	Saddleback
	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.
		... THE Lake district ... consists of large masses or clusters of mountains, generally terminating in one aspiring and pre-eminent point, with the intermediate valleys occupied either by lakes and their subsidiary tarns, or by winding rivers.
		The chief nuclei of these clusters are, Skiddaw and Blencathra, Helvellyn, Fairfield, Coniston Old Man, Blackcomb, Scafell, Gable, Red Pike, Grasmoor, Grisdale Pike, and the Langdale Pikes. Many noble and commanding mountains rise around these, rivalling them in height and grandeur, but still
		Page iv:-
		serving as large buttresses only. In the presentation of endlessly-diversified forms, these Mountains yield to none, however individually inferior they may be, owing to their being seldom seen in a detached point of view; although, on the other hand, they have thus the advantage of forming combinations at once grand and sublime, towering above each other, or rising in ridges, like the mighty billows of the ocean.
		Page 65:-
		...
		BLENCATHRA OR SADDLEBACK.
		In order to reach the top of this mountain, it is best to go along the road towards Penrith as far as Scales, a hamlet six miles from Keswick; here a bye-road keeps close under the fell, which must be pursued till a shepherd's green path can be traced, winding up the hill-side. The first ridge this path reaches, gives a glimpse down into the vale, watered by the Glenderamaken; thence to the summit it is easy. From Linthwaite Pike, the highest point, the prospect is open to the north, east, and south. At the base of an enormous perpendicular crag, called Tarn Crag, depending from the top, is Scales Tarn, a beautiful circular piece of transparent water, with a well defined shore, covering an area of three acres and a half, and being eighteen feet deep. Here you are engulphed in a basin of steeps, having Tarn Crag on the north, the rocks falling from Sharp Edge on the east, and on the west the soft turf on which the descent has been made. From the summit of the mountain you may descend either directly upon Threlkeld, or by Lile Fell, Priestman, and Knott Crags, to the Glenderaterra, the stream
		Page 178:-
		ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,
		ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES.
	placename:-	Blencathra
	other name:-	Saddleback
	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, outline view of mountains, Skiddaw, and Saddleback ... as seen on entering Keswick from the South, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.46 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
	placename:-	Saddleback
	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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		Page 49:-
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		Page 69:-
		SADDLEBACK
		- Being at a greater distance from the station at Keswick than Skiddaw, of somewhat inferior elevation, and the ascent not quite so easy - is seldom visited by strangers. It is better situated than Skiddaw for a view towards the south, and also of the neighbourhood of Lowther and Penrith; but the western view is greatly intercepted. It has formerly been called Blencathera, and it is from its shape, as seen from the vicinity of Penrith, that it has received the name of Saddleback. Its height is 2787 feet, and its rock is a primitive clay slate, similar to that of Skiddaw. In walking along the ridge it is worth while to notice, how the southern side is formed into a series of deep ravines and rocky projections; while to the north, it descends in a smooth grassy slope: and in a deep hollow, below a rocky precipice on its eastern end, a small, dark tarn is curiously placed.
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		Page 78:-
		STATION II.- SKIDDAW.
		Latitude 54° 39′ 12″ N. Longitude 3° 8′ 9″ W. Height 3022 feet.
		...
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		Page 152:-
		The greatest bulk of these mountain rocks have been commonly included under the general appellation of slate; although many of them shew no disposition to the slaty cleavage. They may be classed in three principal divisions.
		Of these divisions, the FIRST or lowest in the series, forms ... Saddleback, ...
		...
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		Page 154:-
		... Veins of lead ore occur in several places; and have been worked between Skiddaw and Saddleback, in Thornthwaite, Newlands, and Buttermere; but one in the parish of Loweswater, and one below the level of Derwent Lake, are the most productive at present in this district.
	other name:-	Blancathera
	Altitude	2787 feet
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old print:-	Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 1)
		Set of prints, Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, illustrated with hand coloured aquatints by Theodore Henry Fielding and John Walton, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
		Print, coloured aquatint, Saddleback and St John's Vale, Cumberland, drawn by Theodore H A Fielding, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
		Frontispiece in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes.
	placename:-	Saddleback
	date:-	1821
	period:-	19th century, early
	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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	placename:-	Saddleback
		hill
	old map:-	West 1784 map
		A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
		SADDLE BACK
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	placename:-	Saddle Back
	county:-	Cumberland
	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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		Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
		Page 202:-
		...
		Oct. 2. I set out at ten for Keswick [from Penrith], ... passed through Penruddock and Threlkeld at the foot of Saddleback, whose furrowed sides were gilt by the noon-day sun, whilst its brow appeared of a sad purple, from the shadow of the clouds as they sailed slowly by it. ...
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		Page 208:-
		[from Fawe Park] ... in front rises Wallow-crag and Castle-hill, the town, the road to Penrith, Skiddaw, and Saddleback. ...
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		Mrs Radcliffe's Ride over Skiddaw, 1794
		Page 308:-
		[on Skiddaw] ... an indistinct multitude of Westmorland and Yorkshire highlands, whose lines disappeared behind Saddleback, now evidently pre-eminent over Skiddaw, so much so as too exclude many a height beyond it.- ...
	placename:-	Saddleback
	date:-	1769; 1794
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s; 1790s
	old print:-	Sylvan 1847
		Print, engraving, Vale of St John, and Saddleback, Cumberland, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
		On p.182 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes.
		printed at bottom:-
		VALE OF ST. JOHN, AND SADDLEBACK.
	placename:-	Saddleback
	date:-	1847
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836 (version 1869)
		Print, hand coloured, Vale of St John, from the South, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
		Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham.
		printed at bottom:-
		VALE OF ST. JOHN, / from the South.
		printed at bottom:-
		Naddle Fell. / Saddleback. / Pt. of White Pike. / Castle Rock.
	placename:-	Saddleback
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	source:-	Gents Mag 1747 Gents Mag 1747
		Sadleback Mount
		Page 523:-
		... Saddle back, a Parnassian eminence, with two prominent peaks; the most northerly is called Blencarter, a suprizingly high precipice of the quarry kind.
	placename:-	Sadleback Mount
	other name:-	Saddle Back
	date:-	1747
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old print:-	LMS 1920s
		Guide book, LMS Route Book no.3, The Track of the Royal Scot, part 1 London Euston to Carlisle, by Edmund Vale, published by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
		Hills from Penrith Station, published in the LMS Route Book No.3, The Track of the Royal Scot, by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	old print:-	Robertson 1911
		Wordsworthshire, by Eric Robertson, Windermere, Westmorland, illustrated by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Print, lithograph? Threlkeld Hall and Blencathra, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Tipped in opposite p.52 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson.
		printed at bottom:-
		THRELKELD HALL AND BLENCATHRA / (Scene of 'Shepherd Lord's' early life)
		signed at painting lower left:-
		Arthur Tucker
	placename:-	Blencathra
	date:-	1911
	period:-	1910s
	old print:-	Jenkinson 1875
		Guide book, A Practical Guide to the English Lake District, by Henry Irwin Jenkinson, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 4th edition 1875.
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Blencathra ...
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Blencathra ...
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Scawfell Pike, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Blencathra ...
	placename:-	Blencathra
	date:-	1875
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-	Matthew 1866
		Print, engraving, outline view, Helvellyn from above Harrop Tarn, Poney Road from Wythburn to Whatendlath and Borrowdale, Cumberland, published by J Richardson, Highgate, Kendal, Westmorland, 1866.
		Tipped in before p.1 of The English Lakes, Peaks and Passes, from Kendal to Keswick, by George King Matthew.
		printed at bottom:-
		HELVELLYN FROM ABOVE HARROP TARN, PONEY ROAD FROM WYTHBURN TO WHATENDLATH AND BORROWDALE.
		printed at caption to mountains:-
		... Saddleback or Blencathra. ...
	placename:-	Saddleback
	other name:-	Blencathra
	date:-	1866
	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, uncoloured engraving, outline view, Mountains seen from the West Side of Thirlmere, 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.69 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.
		The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image - 1 Raven Crag, 2 Castlerigg, 3 Blancathra vulgariter Saddleback, 4 Great How, 5 Green Crag, 6, Great Dod, 7 Part of Helvellyn.
		printed at top:-
		MOUNTAINS SEEN FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THIRLMERE.
		printed at bottom left, right:-
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr. / ...
	placename:-	Saddleback
	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 from the West Side of Thirlmere, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		Opposite p.69 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.
		The view is captioned, numbers refering to mountains in the image - 1 Raven Crag, 2 Castlerigg, 3 Blancathra vulgariter Saddleback, 4 Great How, 5 Green Crag, 6, Great Dod, 7 Part of Helvellyn.
		printed at top:-
		MOUNTAINS SEEN FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THIRLMERE.
		printed at bottom left, right:-
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr.
	placename:-	Blancathra
	other name:-	Saddleback
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late
	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, Saddleback from the Vale of St John, Cumberland, engraved and published by John and Frederick Harwood, 26 Fenchurch Street, London, 1842.
		printed at bottom left, right, centre:-
		London, J & F. Harwood, 26, Fenchurch Street. / No.471 Augt. 18, 1842. / Saddleback from the Vale of St. John.
	date:-	1842
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Farington 1816 (plate 33)
		Set of prints, 43 engravings, The Lakes of Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland, drawings by Jospeph Farington, with text by Thomas Hartwell Horne, published by T Cadell, and W Davies, Strand, and by J M'Creery, Black Horse Court, Fleet Street, London, 1816.
		Print, uncoloured engraving, Saddleback and the River Rothay (the Greta), drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by W Woolnoth, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand, London, 1815.
		Plate 33 in The Lakes of Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland ... with text by Thomas Hartwell Horne:-
		SADDLEBACK AND THE RIVER GRETA. / SADDLEBACK, a vast mountain united with the declivities of Skiddaw, forms the Eastern boundary of the alpine heights in this part of Cumberland. The road between Penrith and Keswick runs along its Southern base. It has obtained its appellation from its shape somewhat resembling a Saddle, when seen from different points of view. Its height is 2787 feet. (Observations made in the course of the Trigonmetrical Survey. 1811. 4to.) White farms, each with its grove to shelter it from descending gusts of wind, and pastures of brightest verdure, intermingled with corn-fields, enliven the skirts of this mountain, at whose foot flows the little river Greta, which adds much to the picturesque effect of the scenery. The southern face of this lofty mountain is furrowed by several hideous chasms; and its summit is, in many parts, frightful and desolate. The view here given comprehends Saddleback only, and represents its appearance as seen from the western side of the mountain.
	placename:-	Saddleback
	date:-	1815
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836
		Print, engraving, Newlands Vale, from Robinson Fall, Cumberland, 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.75 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall.
		printed at bottom:-
		NEWLANDS VALE, / from Robinson Fall.
		printed at bottom left to right:-
		Saddle End. / Caskettle. / Causey Pike. / Rawling End. / Saddleback. / Cross Fell. / Cat-bells. / Robinson.
	placename:-	Saddleback
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-
		Print, uncoloured engraving, Skiddaw and Saddleback from Bolton Moor, Cumberland, drawn by C Stansfield, engraved by R Brandard, published by R Cadel, Edinburgh, late 19th century?
		A family travelling on a bleak road; the viewpoint is about NY2638, perhaps on the road from Caldbeck to Boltongate?
		printed at bottom left, right, centre:-
		C. Stansfield, R.S. / R. Brandard. / Skiddaw and Saddleback from Bolton Moor. / R. CADELL, EDINBURGH.
	placename:-	Saddleback
	date:-	1860=1899
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-
		Print, hand coloured engraving, Vale of St John from the South, Cumberland, published by Sherwood and Co, London, 1836?
		Objects in the view are identified by a caption at the bottom - Naddle Fell, Saddleback, Pt. of White Pike, Castle Rock.
		printed at bottom:-
		VALE of ST. JOHN, / from the South. / London, Pubd. April 15th 1836 by Sherwood & Co.
	placename:-	Saddleback
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
		photographs
		Saddleback -- Threlkeld -- Cumbria / -- 3.4.2006
		Saddleback -- Threlkeld -- Cumbria / -- From the north. -- 1.6.2007
		Saddleback -- Threlkeld -- Cumbria / -- From St John's in the Vale. -- 11.11.2009
		Saddleback -- Threlkeld -- Cumbria / -- Looking up Doddick Gill. -- 26.3.2012
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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