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Dodd, Underskiddaw
Dodd
civil parish:-   Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY24422735 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2427
10Km square:-   NY22
altitude:-   1612 feet
altitude:-   491m

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BMX41.jpg  Keswick, Dodd, Skiddaw, Lonscale Fell, Blease Fell and Latrigg, viewed from the south.
(taken 23.10.2006)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 56 9) 
placename:-  Dodd
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:-  Dod, The
source data:-   Print, engraving, Outline View of Skiddaw, and Saddleback, as seen on approaching Keswick from the South, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.47 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "Outline View of Skiddaw, and Saddleback (formerly Blencathera) As seen on approaching Keswick from the South: With names prior to the inclosure of the Commons in 1810."
"The Dod / Ullock / Long Side / Carleside / Carsleddam / Broad End / Skiddaw Man / Little Man / Jenkin Hill / Lonscale Fell / Latrigg / High Row Fell / Little Fell / Priest Man / Linthwaite Pike / Knot Aller / Threlkeld Hall Fell"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.2
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Dod, The
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Skiddaw, and Saddleback ... as seen on entering Keswick from the South, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.46 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.17
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Dod, The
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Skiddaw and Saddleback, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.49 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "SKIDDAW, AND SADDLEBACK (FORMERLY BLENCATHRA): As seen entering Keswick from the South: With ancient names."
"The Dod / Hullock / Long Side / Carlside / Carsleddam / Broad End, near the highest point / Skiddaw Man / Little Man / Howgill Tongue / Jenkin Hill / Lonscale Fell / Latrigg / High Row Fell / Priest Man / Linthwaite Pike, Saddleback / Knot Aller / Scales Fell"
item:-  JandMN : 48.9
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evidence:-   old print:- Westall 1830s
placename:-  Skiddaw Dod
source data:-   Print, aquatint panorama, Bassenthwaite Lake, from the Keswick Road, near the 6 Mile Stone, Cumberland, drawn and engraved by William Westall, published by Ackermann and Co, 96 Strand, London, 1835.
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"Caldbeck. Westfell. Dead crags. Bassenthwaite high side. Summit of Skiddaw. Ullock. Carlside. Skiddaw dod. Great dod. Helvellen. Walla crag. Catbell. / Drawn & Engraved by W. Westall A.R.A. / Bassenthwaite Lake, from the Keswick Road, near the 6 mile stone. / Published by Ackermann and Co, 96 Strand. 1835."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6658.16
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Dod Fell
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.
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"Dod Fell"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   outline view:- Matthew 1866
placename:-  Dodd, The
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, View from Watendlath Road of Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite, Cumberland, published by J Richardson, Highgate, Kendal, Westmorland, 1866.
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Tipped in before p.1 of The English Lakes, Peaks and Passes, from Kendal to Keswick, by George King Matthew. 
printed at bottom:-  "VIEW FROM WATENDLATH ROAD OF / DERWENT WATER AND BASSENTHWAITE."
printed at caption to mountains:-  "... The Dodd ..."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1168.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Dod
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Skiddaw and Derwent Water - Mountains as seen at Lodore Hotel, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 5 Dod ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.14
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Dod
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen at Lowdore Inn, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 5 Dod ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.7
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hearsay:-  
 On the side of Dodd, on a ledge above Scalebeck Gill, above Dancing gate, a hermit, George Smith, made his home of sticks and stones, with a bed of leaves. He was born in Banffshire about 1825; is said to have worn no shoes, or coat, or hat, and to have had a single shirt; was partial to a dram and was sometimes arrested, drunk. He sold portraits to visitors who managed to find him. His lair was destroyed by 19th century hooligans, and he went to live in Keswick. George Smith suffered from religious mania, was removed to an asylum in Banfshire, where he died 1875.
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