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locality:-
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Bank Ground
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parish
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Coniston parish, once in
Lancashire
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county:-
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Cumbria
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viewpoint; station
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coordinates:-
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SD318971
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10Km square:-
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SD39
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1Km square |
SD3197 |
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source:- |
Martineau 1855
-- probably relevant
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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 27:-
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... There are many picturesque dwellings in the area which
is between the heights and the lake: but the best view of
these is from the point to which the stranger will proceed,
after his lunch or early dinner. He must order his car to
meet him in an hour at the junction of the two lake roads,
on the Hawkshead road; and then he must walk a mile to the
Waterhead, and then on, round the head of the lake, in the
direction
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Page 28:-
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of Tent Lodge, ... The first station is, however, from a
field,- the first beyond the new house on Coniston Bank.
Some people think this the finest view in the whole
district: and truly, the frequent visitor pronounces it
incomparable, every time he comes; and the passing tourist
feels that, once seen, it can never be forgotten. Nowhere
else, perhaps, is the grouping of the mountain peaks, and
the indication of their recesses so striking; and as to the
foreground, with its glittering waterfall, its green
undulations, its diversified woods, its bright dwellings,
and its clear lake,- it conveys the strongest impression of
joyful charm,- of fertility, prosperity and comfort,
nestling in the bosom of the rarest beauty.
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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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old print:- |
Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)
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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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Print, engraving, outline view of mountains, Coniston
Water from near Bank Ground, drawn by Mr Binns, Halifax,
engraved by Mr Jewitt, Headington, Oxfordshire, published by
Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1849.
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Opposite p.8 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes,
by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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printed at bottom:-
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CONISTON WATER: - / FROM NEAR BANK GROUND.
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printed at top:-
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Walney Scar / Brown Pike / Old Man / Buckbarrow / Carrs /
Wetherlam / Great Oukrigg / Prism / Tilberthwaite Fell /
Yewdale Crags / Yewdale / Raven Crag / Holm Fell / Oxen Fell
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printed at bottom:-
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Church. Tent Lodge. Waterhead.
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Looking NW; 100 degree view, WbyS to N.
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coordinates:-
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SD318971
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date:-
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1849
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period:-
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19th century, early
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photographs
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A panorama was taken from the roadside just north of
Brantwood, as this seems to be the most accessible match to
one of Jonathan Otley's outline views. |
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station, Bank Ground -- Bank Ground -- Coniston --
Cumbria /
-- SD31239586 (SW to NW)
-- 13.8.2010
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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