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placename:- Seatoller
parish Borrowdale parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
building/s
coordinates:- NY244137
10Km square:- NY21

1Km square NY2413

photograph

Seatoller -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 11.5.2009

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.
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Seatoller
blocks, settlement

placename:- Seatoller
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.
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Seatallor

placename:- Seatallor
county:- Cumberland
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 88:-
... Seatoller, a small hamlet seated on the mountain's side, in a recess, filled with oak, ash, birch, and larch. ...
Page 168:-
...
Seatoller is a hamlet in the upper part of Borrodale. A carriage may proceed as far as this
Page 169:-
place; but here begins the ascent of Borrodale Hawse, and the road is so narrow, rugged, and steep, that cars pass with great difficulty.

placename:- Seatoller
date:- 1839
period:- 19th century, early; 1830s

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:- Seatoller

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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