Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Troutbeck
	parish	Lakes parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s; locality; valley
	coordinates:-	NY4103
	10Km square:-	NY40
	1Km square	NY4103
		Troutbeck -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- 30.9.2005
		Troutbeck -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- 22.1.2011 -- AA village sign:- -- 'AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION / AA / LOWWOOD 2 / TROUTBECK / PATTERDALE 9 3/4 / LONDON 271 / SAFETY FIRST' -- NY40710216 (at)
	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.
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		... The singular valley of Troutbeck was once a wooded basin, where the terrified Britons took refuge from the Romans, while the latter were making their great road from Kendal to Penrith. That road actually ran along the very ridge of the
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		Troutbeck hills, ... After Romans and Saxons were gone, the valley was a great park, and the inhabitants were virtually serfs, in danger of the gallows, (which had a hill to itself, named after it to this day) at the will and pleasure of the one great man. In course of time,- that is, a good many centuries ago,- the valley was disparked, and divided among the inhabitants,- only one very large estate being left,- the new park, containing 2,000 acres. This was the estate given by Charles I, to Huddlestone Phillipson, for his services in the civil wars. The valley now contains a string of hamlets,- Town End, Town Head, High Green, Crag, and High Fold; and its farmsteads and outbuildings show some of the most curious specimens of ancient edifices that are to be seen in the district. Josiah Brown, whom we mentioned in connexion with Orrest Head, found nearly his match in oddity in this vale. A "rum fellow" in Troutbeck had a prodigious bull; and so had Josiah: and what must they do but meet half-way, and have a bull-fight; the terms being that the winner should have the fallen animal. Josiah actually came riding his bull. The battle was tremendous and the Troutbeck animal went down before Josiah's, and
		Page 35:-
		was given by him to the poor of Troutbeck. These anecdotes appear very strange to people who have lived in towns, or among the more level manners of the south: and this is why we relate them. They are among the curiosities of the district. Troutbeck is the most primitive of the frequented valleys of the district. To find any other so antique and characteristic, it is necessary to leave the high road, and explore the secluded dales of which the summer tourist sees and hears nothing. The dale looks from the uplands as if it had been scooped out between the ridges with a gigantic scoop. Its levels are parcelled out into small fields, of all manner of shapes; and the stream,- the beck abounding in trout,- winds along the bottom, from the foot of High Street, to fall into the lake just by Calgarth.
	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.
		Troutbeck
		river valley
	placename:-	Troutbeck
	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.
		Troutbeck
		Dispersed settlement.
	placename:-	Troutbeck
	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 31:-
		...
		... Troutbeck, a mountain valley, distinguished by the Fells at its head - the picturesque remains of cottage architecture - ... The village is half a mile long, wildly scattered on the side of a steep hill, at the foot of which are the chapel and school. ...
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		[Troutbeck] ... The village, or rather string of hamlets, bears the names of Town-end, Town-head, High-green, Cragg, and Highfold, and is distant from three to four miles north by east of Bowness, and south-east of Ambleside. From the elevated parts of the road above Troutbeck Bridge, splendid views of Windermere are obtained. The valley of Troutbeck is well worth visiting, and pleasant walks may be contrived to it from Ambleside, Low Wood Inn, and Bowness.
	placename:-	Troutbeck
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		This is presumably the Coniston Limestone Series?
		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 THIRD division - forming only inferior elevations - commences with a bed of dark-blue or blackish transition limestone, containing here and there a few shells and madrepores, and alternating with a slaty rock of the same colour; the different layers of each being in some places several feet, in others only a few inches in thickness. This limestone crosses the river Duddon near Broughton; passing Broughton Mills it runs in a north-east direction through Torver, by the foot of the Old Man mountain, and appears near Low Yewdale and Yew Tree. Here it makes a considerable slip to the eastward, after which it ranges past the Tarns upon the hills above Borwick Ground; and stretching through Skelwith, it crosses the head of Windermere near Low Wood Inn. Then passing above Dovenest and Skelgill, it traverses the vales of Troutbeck, Kentmere, and Long Sleddale;
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	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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		TROUTBECK
	placename:-	Troutbeck
		valley; area; building/s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd)
		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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		Troutbeck
		Circle.
	placename:-	Troutbeck
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	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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		Troutbeck
		Circle, building and tower.
	placename:-	Troutbeck
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Troutbek
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Troutbek
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Wmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Troutbek
		circle, tower
	placename:-	Troutbek
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1576
		Map, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576; published 1579-1645.
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		Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.
		Troutbek
		Settlement.
	placename:-	Troutbek
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		hamlet
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old print:-	Sylvan 1847
		Print, engraving, Windermere from Troutbeck, Westmorland, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
		On p.39 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes.
		printed at bottom:-
		WINDERMERE FROM TROUTBECK.
	placename:-	Troutbeck
	date:-	1847
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836
		Print, engraving, Windermere from Rayrigg Bank, 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.31 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall.
		printed at bottom:-
		WINDERMERE from RAYRIGG BANK.
		printed at bottom left to right:-
		Furness Fells. / Coniston Old Man. / Wetherlam Foot. / Wrynose. / Langdale Pikes. / Hardknot. / Loughrigg Fell. / Fairfield. / Troutbeck Hundred. / Kirkstone. / Wansfell. / Applethwaite Common. / High Street. / Hill Bell.
	placename:-	Troutbeck Hundred
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1675
		Troutbeck
	placename:-	Troutbeck
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1670
		in Westmerland / The hundred of Kendall Barrony
		Troutbecke
	placename:-	Troutbecke
	date:-	1670
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	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.
		TROUTBECK.
		Beaumont Thos., farmer, Crag.
		Benson, Anthony, yeoman, Coat Syke.
		Benson, William, farmer, Low Longmire.
		Benson, Thomas, yeoman, High Green.
		Benson, John, yeoman, Crosses.
		Bigland, John, farmer, near Borrane.
		Birkett William, yeoman, Town Head.
		Birkett Thomas, yeoman, Great House.
		Birkett, Robert, yeoman, Middleriggs.
		Braithwaite, James, yeoman, Town Foot.
		Braithwaite, Elizabeth, school-mistress, Mathew How.
		Braithwaite, John, mechanic, Troutbeck Bridge.
		Brownrigg, George, joiner, Beckside.
		Browne, Harrison, yeoman, Drummermire Head.
		Browns, Mrs. Lucy, Town End.
		Browne, Richard, farmer, Low Wood.
		Brown, Ben., yeoman, Boot.
		Coffee, Jeremiah, tailor, Crag.
		Dawson, Mrs, Crag House.
		Fell, Robert H., bobbin-maker, Troutbeck Bridge.
		Forrest, Birkett, yeoman, Low House.
		Forrest, Matthew, farmer, Low Skelgill.
		Green, Elizabeth, innkeeper, Mortal Man.
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		Harrison, Thomas, schoolmaster, Crag.
		Hartley, William, farmer, Troutbeck Park.
		Hayton, George, joiner, Town Head.
		Hopkirk, James, Brow Head.
		Hunter, Thomas, farmer, Town Head.
		Hutchinson, John, Esq., Broad Oaks.
		Jenkinson, Thomas, yeoman, Near Orrest.
		Kennedy, Simon, letter carrier.
		Lancaster, J., innkeeper, Kirkstone Top.
		Lancaster, Henry, bootmaker, Longmire Gate.
		Lancaster, Thomas, bootmaker, Lane.
		Leather, Thomas, tailor & draper Mathew How.
		Lingard, J. H. Esq., Holeherd.
		Longmire, Jas., farmer, Orrest.
		Longmire, W., churchwarden, Crosses.
		Longmire, John, yeoman, Longmire.
		Longmire, J., yeoman, Butt Hill.
		Mackereth, Benson, innkeeper, Head.
		Mackereth, W., yeoman, High Fold.
		Mounsey, William, relieving-officer, and registrar of births and deaths, Highfold.
		Parker, William, farmer, Limefit.
		Pool, Joe., yeoman, Slack Foot.
		Pool, Abram, yeoman, Beckside.
		Rigg, George, blacksmith, Longmire Gate.
		Sewell, Rev. William, Low Fold.
		Stainton, Thomas, farmer, Town Head.
		Storey, Thomas, yeoman, High Green.
		Storey, Alison, farmer, Lane Foot.
		Storey, Geo., waller, Lane Foot.
		Storey, Christopher, farmer, Brow Top.
		Todd, George, farmer, Longgreen Head.
		Todd, James, farmer, Crag.
		Towneon, Rd., farmer, Midtown.
		Tyson, Henry, innkeeper, Troutbeck Bridge.- Post-office.
		Tyson, Thomas, farmer, High Skelgill.
		Tyson, Isaac, farmer, Town Head
		Wilson, Nicholas, yeoman, Town End.
		Wilson, Nicholas, junr., farmer, Town End.
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	hearsay	In the mid 19th century the local farmers would pass pest-striken cattle, and womenfolk and children, through a 'need fire' to cure them.
	hearsay	In 1799 the first hunt mayor, R Birkett, was elected by the Troutbeck Hunt, to lead the 'mayor hunt' and to officiate at the subsequent merry neet.
	hearsay	Troutbeck had three hundred bridges, three hundred constables, and three hundred bulls. The valley is divided into three hundreds, each with a bridge, a constable, and a bull.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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