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Blea Crag, Borrowdale
Blea Crag
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   rocks
coordinates:-   NY26791064
1Km square:-   NY2610
10Km square:-   NY21


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CDB30.jpg (taken 13.5.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 6) 
placename:-  Blea Crag
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:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Blea Crag
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains South West of Derwentwater as seen from Keswick, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.115 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains South-West of Derwentwater: / as seen from Keswick."
"Brund and Glaramara / Esk Hause / Castle Crag and Great End / Scawfell Pike / Gait Crag / Blea Crag / Bull Crag / Cat Bell / Hindscarth / Gold Scalp / Robinson / High Stile / Red Pike / Rawling end / Causey Pike / Sail / Ill Crags / Barrow / Swinside / Coledale Hause / Grisedale Pike"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.6
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Blea Crag
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Derwent Water from Crow Park, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.10 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.7
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains South West of Derwentwater, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.21 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH-WEST OF DERWENTWATER: as seen from Keswick"
"Brund and Glaramara / Esk Hause / Castle Crag and Great End / Scawfell Pike / Gait Crag / Blea Crag / Bull Crag / Cat Bell / Hindscarth / Gold Scalp / Robinson / High Stile / Newlands Hause / Red Pike / Rawling End / Causey Pike / Sail / Ill Crags / Barrow / Swinside / Coledale Hause / Grisedale Pike"
item:-  JandMN : 48.5
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