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place:-
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floating island, Priest Pot
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site name:-
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Priest Pot
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locality:-
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Hawkshead
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parish
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Claife parish, once in
Lancashire
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county:-
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Cumbria
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island
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coordinates:-
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SD35789781
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10Km square:-
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SD39
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1Km square |
SD3597 |
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source:- |
OS County Series (Lan 5)
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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. |
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Floating Island
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date:-
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1847=1851
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period:-
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19th century, late; 1840s; 1850s
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source:- |
Martineau 1855
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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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Page 29:-
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... A round pond at the northern end of the lake [Esthwaite
Water], connected with it by a narrow creek, exhibits a
strange phenoemenon. It has a floating island,- not like
that of Derwentwater, which is a mass of mud and vegetable
tangle,- but actually bearing trees: and this island is
carried by strong winds from the one side to the other. The
name of the pond is Priest's Pot ...
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date:-
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1855
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period:-
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19th century, late; 1850s
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descriptive text:- |
Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
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Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William
Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839;
published 1839-52. |
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Page 16:-
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[Esthwaite Water] ... A small floating island also
occasionally appears to astonish the beholder.
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date:-
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1839
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period:-
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19th century, early; 1830s
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descriptive text:- |
Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
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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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goto source.
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Page 13:-
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On a pond called Priest Pot, near the head of this lake
[Esthwaite Water], there is a Floating Island 24 yards in
length, and 5 or 6 in breadth; supporting several alder and
willow trees of considerable size. Differing from one in
Derwent lake, which rises occasionally from the bottom, this
remains always upon the surface, generally resting against
the shore; but when the water is high, it is frequently
moved from side to side by a change of wind; and has
undoubtedly been thus torn from the bank at some remote
period.
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date:-
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1823
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period:-
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19th century, early; 1820s
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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