Armboth Fell, St John's Castlerigg etc | ||
Armboth Fell | ||
civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | hill | |
locality type:- | fell | |
coordinates:- | NY293167 | |
1Km square:- | NY2916 | |
10Km square:- | NY21 | |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 7) placename:- Armboth Fell |
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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. |
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evidence:- | old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) |
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source data:- | Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to
Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about
1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675. OG96m020.jpg In miles 20 to 27, Cumberland. Mountains on the left of the road for 7 miles. item:- JandMN : 22 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) item:- geology |
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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. goto source Page 151:- "A reddish porphyritic rock occurs on both sides of St. John's Vale, from two to three miles east of Keswick; and a vein or dyke apparently related to the same, but far more beautiful, (being composed of crystals of quartz and bright red felspar, imbedded in a brownish red compact felspar,) is found on Armboth Fell, six miles S.S.E. of Keswick." |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Jenkinson 1875 placename:- Armboth Fells |
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source data:- | Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by
Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875. click to enlarge Jk01E1.jpg "... Armboth Fells ..." item:- JandMN : 28.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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