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| Cumrew Fell, Cumrew | ||
| Cumrew Fell | ||
| civil parish:- | Cumrew (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| locality type:- | fell | |
| coordinates:- | NY56585173 (etc etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5651 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY55 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 25 14) placename:- Cumrew 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 text:- Pennant 1773 item:- cairn |
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| source data:- | Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas
Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801. goto sourcePennant's Tour 1773, page 186 "... I went next through Cumrew, at the foot of its fells, on the top of which appeared two cairns." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Cumrew Fell |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY55SE.jpg "Cumrew Fell" hill hachuring; a hill or mountain item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | perhaps old painting:- |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, Cumrew, East Fellside, Cumberland, by William James Blacklock,
1850-58? click to enlargePR0948.jpg This watercolour is a view facing west of Cumrew, East Fellside on the edge of the Pennines in northern Cumbria; not far from his family home at Cumwhitton. Foreground consists of moorland scattered with birch trees in front of a drystone wall. Beyond this can be seen to left of composition a low stone cottage. Beyond are shadowy distant fells of the Eden Valley and the northern fells of the Lake District in the far distance. A fine example of a Blacklock watercolour painted on the spot. item:- Tullie House Museum : 1946.67.16 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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