Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Grasmere lake

Grasmere lake

runs into:-

Rothay, River

Grasmere

civil parish:-

Lakes (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

lake

coordinates:-

NY33900652

1Km square:-

NY3306

10Km square:-

NY30

BPS41.jpg From Loughrigg Terrace.
(taken 6.10.2008)
photograph

BTU82.jpg From near the Lakeside hotel.
(taken 19.11.2010)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1)
placename:- Grasmere Lake

source data:-

Maps, 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.

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, 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.

Sax9NY30.jpg
Lake.
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:-

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.

MER5WmdA.jpg
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outline, coast shaded, tinted blue; lake, includes Rydal Water
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL7.jpg
outline with shaded shore; lake; joined with Rydal Water
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.

MD12NY30.jpg
Outline with shore shading, single area for two lakes, between Grasmere and Ambleside, with an island.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

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Outline with shore shading, tinted blue.
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

perhaps old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

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BD12.jpg
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outline with form lines
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2NYF.jpg
Outline with form lines.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

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outline with form lines
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

J5NY30NW.jpg
"Tarn"
outline with form lines; lake or tarn
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
placename:- Grasmere Water

source data:-

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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Page 80:- "..."
"GRASMERE-WATER,"
"The river Rothay is their common [with Rydal Water] outlet."
"..."

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Page 190:- "A TABLE OF THE Height of Mountains and Lakes SEEN IN THIS TOUR, ... TAKEN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. ... by Mr. John Dalton."
"Grasmere-water ... 60 [yards]"

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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
Page 211:- "... [descending Dunmail Raise] ... opens one of the sweetest landscapes that art ever attempted to imitate. The bosom of the mountains spreading here into a broad bason discovers in the midst Grasmere-water: its margin is hollowed into small bays, with bold eminences; some of rock, some of turf, that half conceal and vary the figure of the little lake they command; from the shore a low promontory pushes itself far into the water, and on it stands a white village, with the parish church rising in the midst of it; hanging inclosures, corn-fields and meadows, green as an emerald, with their trees, and hedges, and cattle, fill up the whole space from the edge of the water; and just opposite to you is a large farm house, at the bottom of a deep smooth lawn, embosomed in old woods, which climb half way up the mountains' sides, and discover above them a broken line of crags that crown the scene. Not a single red tile, no gentleman's flaring house, or garden walls, break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradise; but all its peace, rusticity, and happy poverty, in its neatest, most becoming attire."
"The road here winds over Grasmere-hill, whose rocks soon conceal the water from your sight; yet it is continued along behind them, and contracting itself to a river, communicates with Rydal-water, ..."

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Mr Cumberland's Ode to the Sun, 1776
Page 228:- "... Thee, savage Wyburn, now I hail, / Delicious Grasmere's calm retreat, / And stately Windermere I greet, / ..."

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Grasmere Water

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.

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"GRASMERE WATER"
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

old text:-

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placename:- Grassmere Water

source data:-

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Page 120:- "..."
"I shall here give an extract from Mr Gray's journal, (because I would wish to be thought impartial in every description.)"
""... Just beyond it [Helm Crag] opens one of the sweetest landscapes that art ever attempted to imit[ate]: the bosom of the mountains spreading here into a broad bason, discovers in the midst Grassmere-Water; its margin is hollowed into small bays, with bold eminences; some of rock, some of turf, that half conceal and vary the figure of the little lake they command: from the shore, a low promontory pushes itself far into the water, and on it stands a white village with the parish church rising in the midst of it; hanging inclosures, corn-fields, and meadows with their trees, hedges, and cattle, fill up the whole space from the edge of the water; ...""

evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick)
placename:- Grasmere Water

source data:-

Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.

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"Grasmere Water"
item:- private collection : 10.9
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evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

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outline with shore form lines; lake or tarn
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old print:- Farington 1789
placename:- Grasmere

source data:-

Print, uncoloured engraving, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by B T Pouncy, published by William Byrne, 79 Titchfield Street, London, 1785.

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FA0305.jpg
printed, bottom left, right, centre "Drawn by Josh. Farington / Engraved by B. T. Pouncy / GRASMERE. / Published as the Act directs, 1 Feb. 1785, by W. Byrne, No 79, Titchfield Str. London."
item:- Armitt Library : A6668.5
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evidence:-

old map:- Aikin 1790 (Wmd)
placename:- Gresmere

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Aikin, London, 1790.

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AIK2.jpg
"Gresmere"
outline with form lines; lake
item:- JandMN : 51
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evidence:-

old painting:- Green 1790s-1820s (1802)
item:- fishing; rowing boat; boat

source data:-

Painting, watercolour, fishing, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1802.

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PR1734.jpg
item:- Dove Cottage : 1991.73.2
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evidence:-

old painting:- Green 1790s-1820s (1810)
item:- sheep

source data:-

Painting, watercolour, Grasmere from Holme Scar, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1810.

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PR1756.jpg
item:- Dove Cottage : B38
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evidence:-

old print:- Smith 1795
placename:- Grasmere Lake

source data:-

Print uncoloured engraving, with some aquatint, Grasmere Lake, Westmorland, drawn by John 'Warwick' Smith, engraved by F Merigot, published by R Blamire, Strand, London, 1795.

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PR1852.jpg
printed, bottom left, right, centre "Drawn by J. Smith. / Engraved by Merigot. / GRASMERE LAKE. / Published as the Act directs, May, 1795, by Rd. Blamire, Strand, London."
item:- Armitt Library : 2011.67
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evidence:-

old map:- Housman 1800 map 4
placename:- Grasmere Water

source data:-

Maps, hand coloured engraving, Lakes in Lancashire and Westmorland, 7 lakes on one sheet, engraved by McIntyre, Edinburgh, published by F Jollie, Carlisle, Cumberland, and C Law, Ave Maria Lane, London, 1800.

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HM02Gra.jpg
"Grasmere Water"
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.97
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802

source data:-

Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Lk.jpg
outline with form lines; lake or tarn
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Wd.jpg
outline with form lines; lake or tarn
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1804 (plate 9)

source data:-

Print, uncoloured aquatint, Grasmere Church and Lake, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1804.

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GN1609.jpg
Plate 9 from a series.
printed at bottom:- "Grasmere Church &Lake. / Drawn and Engraved by Wm. Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1804."
printed at top right:- "9"
item:- Armitt Library : 2014.151
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag

source data:-

Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1805 p.1010 "... The Lake of Grasmere, basoned in rock, a frontier so terrible, as even to strike the warrior with dismay, might have lain for ages beneath the veil of primaeval obscurity; and it is much to be feared that the facility of access to a scene of such commanding beauty, may prove fatal to its most bewitching attractions. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Grasmere Water

source data:-

Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.

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Lw18.jpg
"Grasmere Water"
lake
item:- private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
outline, shaded; lake
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1814 (plate 20)
placename:- Grasmere

source data:-

Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Grasmere from Loughrigg Fell, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.

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GN0920.jpg
Plate 20 in Sixty Small Prints.
printed at top right:- "20"
printed at bottom:- "GRASMERE FROM LOUGHRIGG FELL. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6656.20
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1814 (plate 20)
placename:- Grasmere

source data:-

Print, tinted soft ground etching, Grasmere from Loughrigg Fell, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.

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GN1020.jpg
Plate 20 in Sixty Small Prints.
printed at top right:- "20"
printed at bottom:- "GRASMERE FROM LOUGHRIGG FELL. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6653.20
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1814 (plate 21)
placename:- Grasmere
item:- cattle

source data:-

Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Grasmere from Town End, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.

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GN0921.jpg
Plate 21 in Sixty Small Prints.
printed at top right:- "21"
printed at bottom:- "GRASMERE FROM TOWN END. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6656.21
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1814 (plate 21)
placename:- Grasmere
item:- cattle

source data:-

Print, tinted soft ground etching, Grasmere from Town End, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.

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GN1021.jpg
Plate 21 in Sixty Small Prints.
printed at top right:- "21"
printed at bottom:- "GRASMERE FROM TOWN END. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6653.21
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1815
placename:- Grasmere
item:- cattle

source data:-

Print, coloured aquatint, Grasmere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.

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GN0528.jpg
Dunmail Raise behind.
Plate 30 in Lake Scenery.
printed at upper right:- "30"
printed at bottom:- "GRASMERE. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6646.28
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.

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The island is drawn.
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 21)

source data:-

Print, coloured aquatint, Grasmere Church and Helm Crag, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by John Walton, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.

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FW0121.jpg
St Oswald's Church.
Tipped in opposite p.106 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes.
item:- Dove Cottage : 1993.R566.21
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evidence:-

old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 22)
placename:- Grasmere

source data:-

Print, coloured aquatint, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by Theodore H A Fielding, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.

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FW0122.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.112 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes.
item:- Dove Cottage : 1993.R566.22
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evidence:-

outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)
placename:- Grasmere

source data:-

Engraving, outline view of mountains, Grasmere from Red Bank Head, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.4 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.

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O80E04.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1180.5
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
placename:- Grasmere Water
item:- cattle; pike; perch; eel; trout; fishing

source data:-

Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.

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Page 2:- "..."
"Before this country became so much the resort of strangers, the word LAKE was little known to the native inhabitants; but to the ancient termination mere, WATER was usually superadded, as ... Grasmere-Water."
"..."

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Page 13:- "GRASMERE LAKE"
"Is not large, but well formed; and placed near the confines of a cultivated valley, which, as well as the parish, takes the name of Grasmere. The island, containing about four acres of verdant pasture, forms a striking contrast to the massive wooded islands on some of the neighbouring lakes. It rises boldly from the water, in a fine swelling form; and its smooth green surface, when spotted with grazing cattle, has a beautiful appear-"

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Page 14:- "[appear]ance. Should it, however, be thought wanting in trees, there is scarcely an island in Windermere or Derwent, but what could supply the deficiency. Most of the lakes, in order to be seen to advantage, require the progress to be made from the foot, towards the head of the lake; but Grasmere, being completely encircled by mountains, is an exception to the general rule. The view from Dunmail Raise was much admired by Mr. Gray; others have spoken highly of that from Townend; and Mr. West chose his station on Dearbought hill, on the opposite side. In short, from whatever point the approach of Grasmere is made, the prospect is always pleasing."

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Page 14:- "..."
"The fish in Grasmere and Rydal Waters, are pike, perch, (provincially called bass,) and eels, with a few trout."

evidence:-

old map:- Leigh 1830 map

source data:-

Map, Grasmere Rydal and Langdale, scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Josiah Neele, 352 Strand, published by Leigh and Son, 421 Strand, London, about 1830.

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LE04.jpg
item:- JandMN : 1.3
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Grasmere
item:- depth, Grasmere lake

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 41:- "..."
"GRASMERE."
"This water is oval, and lies at the south end of an oval valley. Its dimensions are a mile one way,"

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Page 42:- "and half a mile the other. In its centre, a single island of verdant pasture, rising boldly from the water in a fine swelling form. Being completely encircled by mountains, a view of Grasmere from any direction is varied with bold and ennobling mountains, but those are the most awakening which include the Church. ..."

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Page 42:- "..."
"The finest views are from the terrace-road under Loughrigg. Here the lake is at your feet, with the church and village scattered amid green enclosures at the base of Butterlip How. On the left are the beetling rocks and woods which ornament the front of Silver How; on the right, Fairfield and Seat Sandale; and in front, Helm Crag, with its rugged top, surnamed the Lion and Lamb; beyond which is seen the road stretching through bare enclosures up to the Raise Gap. ..."

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Page 43:- "... The views on the descent from the Raise Gap, which are in the opposite direction, were much admired and most charmingly described by the poet Gray. There is a most extensive view in the approach from Patterdale, in which this Lake forms the foreground, and Coniston Water and the Duddon Estuary gleam in the distance."

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Page 177:- "A TABLE"
"OF THE LENGTH, BREADTH, &c. OF THE LAKES,"
"COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES."


No.	Names of Lakes.	Height above sea in feet.	Length in miles.	Breadth in miles.	Depth in fathoms.

15	Grasmere	180	1 -	- ½	12 -

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Grasmere Lake

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

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"Grasmere Lake"
Outline with form lines.
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:- Grasmere

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Grasmere lake, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1847.

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AS0286.jpg
"Grasmere"
page number "75"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.488.86
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evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:- Grasmere

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1 August 1857.

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AS0501.jpg
"Grasmere from Dale End Aug 1. 1857"
page number "1"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.389.1
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evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Lion and Lamb, Helm Crag and Grasmere, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1857.

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AS0509.jpg
"see page 48"
page number "7"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.389.9
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evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Grasmere village and lake, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1857.

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AS0564.jpg
"from the top of Helm Crag. / see p.7"
page number "48"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.389.64
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evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Grasmere lake, from near the Prince of Wales Hotel, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1853.

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AS0387.jpg
"see page 3"
"from the high road near Browns Hotel"
page number "70"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.390.87
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evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:- Grasmere

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Grasmere lake, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1849.

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AS0143.jpg
"Grasmere. / See Green's Tourists New Guide. 1819 / p.262."
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.487.43
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evidence:-

old map:- Wyld 1847
placename:- Grasmere Water

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Windermere, Rydal, Grasmere, Esthwaite and Coniston Waters, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by James Wyld, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.

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WLD3M1.jpg
printed at bottom:- "WINDERMERE, RYDAL, GRASMERE, / ESTHWAITE AND CONISTON WATERS."
item:- Armitt Library : A1201.64
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evidence:-

old print:- Garnett 1850s-60s F
placename:- Grasmere

source data:-

Print, uncoloured lithograph, Grasmere, from Loughrigg Terrace, Westmorland, drawn by G W Pettit, engraved by William Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Post Office, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s?

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GA1303.jpg
printed, bottom left, right, centre "G. W. Pettit, Delt. / Engd. by W. Banks, Edinr. / GRASMERE. / FROM LOUGHRIGG TERRACE. / PUBLISHED BY J. GARNETT, WINDERMERE."
item:- Armitt Library : ALMA335.3
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Grasmere Lake

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

GAR2NY30.jpg
"GRASMERE LAKE"
outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn
item:- JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-

old print:- Pyne 1853
placename:- Grasmere lake

source data:-

Print, tinted lithograph, Grasmere, from Loughrigg Fell, Westmorland, by James Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853.

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PYN217.jpg
"PAINTED BY J. B. PYNE. / W. GAUCI LITH. / MANCHESTER, PUBLISHED BY THOMAS AGNEW & SONS, 1853. / Grasmere, from Loughrigg Fell. / M & N HANHART IMPT."
item:- Armitt Library : A6678.18
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evidence:-

old print:- Pyne 1853
placename:- Grasmere

source data:-

Print, coloured lithograph, Grasmere, from Loughrigg Fell, Westmorland, by James Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853.

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PYN417.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A6677.18
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outline view, old text:- Martineau 1855

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Plate, opposite p.49 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.

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Print, engraving, Grasmere from Red Bank, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855. "L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr. / GRASMERE from RED BANK."
item:- Armitt Library : A1159.7
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old text:- Martineau 1855
item:- depth, Grasmere lake

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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 1855-76.

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Page 180:- "A TABLE OF THE LENGTH, BREADTH, AND DEPTH OF THE LAKES."
"No. : Names of Lakes. : Counties : Length in Miles. : Extreme breadth in Miles : Extreme depth in Feet : Height above the Sea"
"3 : Grasmere : Westmorland : 1¾ : [⅓] : 180 : 180"

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old print:- Payn 1867
placename:- Grass Mere

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Print, uncoloured engraving, Grass Mere, Westmorland, by T L Aspland, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867.

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On p.35 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn.
item:- Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.18
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old photograph:- Payn 1867
placename:- Grasmere

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Photograph, sepia, Grassmere, from Dale End, Westmorland, by Garnett and Sproat, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867.

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Tipped in opposite p.83 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn.
printed at bottom:- "GRASSMERE, FROM DALE END."
item:- Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.45
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old map:- Jenkinson 1875 map1
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Map, Windermere Section, Westmorland and Lancashire, ?colour lithograph, scale about 1 mile to 1 inch, by Stanford's Geographical Establishment, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.

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item:- JandMN : 28.3
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old print:- Walton 1876
placename:- Grasmere

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Print, colour lithograph, Grasmere, Westmorland, from a painting by Elijah Walton, published by W M Thompson, 20 Cockspur Street, Pall Mall, and Burlington Gallery, Piccadilly, London, 1876.

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Plate 11 in English Lake Scenery, with a description by T G Bonney.
item:- JandMN : 469.11
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old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s)
placename:- Grasmere

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Print, chromolithograph, Grasmere, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1880s?

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At the end of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes.
printed at bottom:- "GRASMERE"
item:- JandMN : 474.27
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