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Dove Nest
Street:-   Windermere Road
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY38410255
1Km square:-   NY3802
10Km square:-   NY30

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 14) 
placename:-  Dove Nest
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:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Dove's Nest
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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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 205:-  "... The wood of the mountains increases [south of Grange], and their summits grow loftier to the eye, and of more fantastic forms; among them appear Eagle's-cliff, Dove's-nest, Whitedale pike, &c. celebrated in the annals of Keswick. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Dove's Nest
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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"Dove's nest, / Mr. Benson"
block, building/s 
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"Dove's nest / Mr. Benson's"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
placename:-  Dove Nest
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Dove Nest / Mr. Benson"
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old text:- Green 1810
placename:-  Dove Nest
source data:-   Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Studies from Nature, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn 1808-10, published 1810.
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page 13:-  "..."
"Dove Nest, belonging to Mrs. Benson, but at present inhabited by Edward Pedder, Esq. who has greatly improved it, ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Doves Nest
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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"Doves Nest"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) 
placename:-  Dove's Nest
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Dove's Nest, near Ambleside, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s?
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On p.30 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "DOVE'S NEST."
item:-  JandMN : 474.10
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   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 18:-  "... Just above Lowwood, high up on the wooded side of Wansfell, will be seen Dove Nest, once the abode of Mrs."
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Page 19:-  "Hemans, when its appearance was more primitive and less pretty than it is now,- improved as it has been by its present resident, her then young friend, the Rev. Robert Perceval Graves. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Dove Nest
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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"Dove Nest"
block/s; building/s 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Dove Nest, Windermere Road, near Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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Owned? by Mrs Felicia Hemans. 
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS8
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Dove Nest
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"DOVE NEST / / WINDERMERE ROAD / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 451910 / NY3839602551"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ARBOUR IN GARDEN AT DOVE NEST / / WINDERMERE ROAD / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 451911 / NY3841402512"
evidence:-   old print:- Sylvan 1847
placename:-  Dove's Nest
source data:-   Print, engraving, Dove's Nest, near Lowwood, Westmorland, drawn by Thomas Gilks, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
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On p.42 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "T. GILKS / DOVE'S NEST."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1201.9
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Dove's Nest
item:-  sketching
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Dove's Nest, Windermere, Westmorland, drawn by T C Dibdin from a sketch by Mrs Hughes, engraved by J H Kernot, published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, about 1835?
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Two ladies are sketching by the lake, in the foreground. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Drawn by T C Dibdin. from a Sketch by Mrs Hughes / Engraved by J H Kernot. / Dove's Nest Windermere. / William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh &London."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.482
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personal
person:-   poet
 : Hemans, Felicia Dorothea, Mrs
place:-   home
date:-   1830
item:-   poem; Boy Stood on the Burning Deck, The
Mrs Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet, author of the Boy Stood on the Burning Deck, lived here about 1830.
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