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Dungeon Ghyll Force | ||||||||||||||
site name:- | Dungeon Ghyll | |||||||||||||
locality:- | Great Langdale | |||||||||||||
civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |||||||||||||
county:- | Cumbria | |||||||||||||
locality type:- | waterfall | |||||||||||||
coordinates:- | NY29030658 (about) | |||||||||||||
1Km square:- | NY2906 | |||||||||||||
10Km square:- | NY20 | |||||||||||||
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 3) placename:- Dungeon Gill Force |
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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:- Otley 1818 |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes,
Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to
1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies,
Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick,
Cumberland, et al, 1833. OT02NY20.jpg Marked by three chevrons across the stream. item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) placename:- Dungeon Gill Force |
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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 44:- "DUNGEON GILL is a stream issuing between the two Pikes of Langdale. The water falls about 20 yards into an awful chasm, with overhanging sides of rock, between which, a large block of stone is impended like the key-stone of an arch." "..." goto source Page 104:- "... A curious waterfall may be seen in Dungeon Gill - a stream issuing between the two Pikes, and falling among rocks of a peculiar flinty appearance. Mill Beck is the stream flowing from Stickle Tarn, and gives name to two farm-houses, at one of which it may be convenient to leave the horses, while visiting Dungeon Gill." |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Dungeon Gill item:- height, Dungeon Ghyll Force |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto source Page 38:- ".." "In a fissure of the mountain, and enclosed by gloomy rocks, is Dungeon Gill, a considerable stream tumbling from a lofty precipice, between sides of impending and perpendicular rock, into a deep dark basin. From the summit a fragment of rock is suspended, forming a rude arch; the stranger will admire, but shudder, to pass this natural bridge." goto source Page 179:- "WATERFALLS."
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evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Dungeon Gill |
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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. GAR2NY20.jpg "Dungeon Gill" two lines across a stream, waterfall item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print with text:- Pyne 1853 placename:- Dungeon Gill Force |
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source data:- | Print, tinted lithograph, Dungeon Gill Force, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by James
Baker Pyne, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853. click to enlarge PYN2T.jpg Title page of The English Lake District by J.B.Pyne. "THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT, / BY / J. B. PYNE. / [lithograph] DUNGEON GILL FORCE // MANCHESTER / PUBLISHED BY THOS. AGNEW & SONS. 1853. / HANHART IMPT." from the descriptive text for Dungeon Gill Force:- "... Mr. Wordsworth has made this picturesque spot the scene of one of his beautiful pastorals, "The Little Shepherd-Boys," in which it is thus described" "" ""If ever you to Langdale go;" "Into a chasm a mighty block" "Hath fallen, and made a bridge of rock." "The gulf is deep below;" "And in a basin, black and small," "Receives a lofty waterfall."" "The touching incident related by the poet is a real one. A shepherd-boy was passing, "with a staff in hand, across the cleft," when his steps were arrested by "a piteous moan," and looking down, he discovered,-" "" ""A lamb, that in the pool was pent" "Within that black and frightful rent,"" "which had been borne into the "gulf profound" by the torrent, and which, with the assistance of the poet, was rescued from it perilous situation. ..." item:- Armitt Library : A6678.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Pyne 1853 placename:- Dungeon Gill Force ??? |
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source data:- | Print, coloured lithograph, Dungeon Gill Force, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by James
Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire,
1853. click to enlarge PYN4T.jpg Title page of The English Lake District by J.B.Pyne. "THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT / BY / J. B. PYNE. / [lithograph] DUNGEON GILL FORCE // MANCHESTER / PUBLISHED BY THOS. AGNEW & SONS. 1853. / W. GAUCI. LITH. / HANHART IMPT." item:- Armitt Library : A6677.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 item:- placename, Dungeon Ghyll |
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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. goto source Page 146:- "..." "From that farmhouse [Milbeck], where travellers can make a good meal of farmhouse fare, there is one thing to be done without doubt;- to visit Dungeon Ghyll. ..." "Strangers who arrive untired generally go to the Ghyll while their ham and eggs are preparing. The green path on the hill side will be pointed out from the farm: and the traveller must take care not to make for the waterfall he sees in front. The path he wants tends to the left, till it reaches a fence and gate, when it turns sharp to the right; after which there is no possibility of losing the way. It presently joins the stream from the force, which leads up into a deep and dark fissure,- "Dungeon" and "Ghyll" both meaning a fissure. There is a well secured ladder, by which ladies easily descend to the mouth of the chasm; and when they have caught sight of the fall, they can please themselves about scrambling any further. There is the fall in its cleft, tumbling and splashing, while the light ash, and all the vegetation besides is everlastingly in motion from the stir of the air. Above, a bridge is made, high aloft, by the lodgment of a block in the chasm. The finest season for visiting this force is in a summer afternoon. Then the sun streams in obliquely," goto source Page 147:- "- a narrow, radiant, translucent screen; itself lighting up the gorge, but half concealing the projections and waving ferns behind it. The way in which it converts the spray into sparks and many-coloured gems can be believed only by those who have seen it." |
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evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 |
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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. goto source Page 180:- "WATERFALLS." "No. : Names and Situations of Falls. : Counties : Feet in Height." "2 : Dungeon Ghyll Force, Langdale : Westmorland : 90" |
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evidence:- | old print:- Nelson 1859 |
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source data:- | Print, Nelson print, Dungeon Gill, the force, Great Langdale, Westmorland, published
by T Nelson and Sons, London etc, 1859. click to enlarge NS0512.jpg printed, bottom "DUNGEON GILL." item:- Armitt Library : 2003.13.12 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Payn 1867 |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Dungeon Gill, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by W J Linton,
published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867. click to enlarge PN0324.jpg On p.47 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. item:- Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.24 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) placename:- Dungeon Gill |
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source data:- | Print, chromolithograph, Dungeon Gill, Great Langdale, Westmorland, published by Thomas
Nelson and Sons, London, 1880s? click to enlarge NS0327.jpg At the end of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. printed at bottom:- "DUNGEON GILL" item:- JandMN : 474.28 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Dungeon Ghyll Force, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by
Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlarge HB0924.jpg item:- Armitt Library : ALPS601 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, sepia, Dungeon Ghyll Force, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell,
photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlarge HB0638.jpg item:- Armitt Library : ALPS300 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Bemrose 1881 placename:- Dungeon Gill Fall |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured, Dungeon Gill Fall, Great Langdale, Westmorland, published by Bemrose
and Sons, 23 Old Bailey, London and Derby, by A B Moss, Carlisle, Cumberland, and
by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1881. click to enlarge BEM113.jpg On p.52 of a Handy Guide to the English Lakes and Shap Spa. printed at bottom:- "DUNGEON GILL FALL." item:- JandMN : 455.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) placename:- Dungeon Ghyll Force |
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source data:- | Print, colour halftone, Dungeon Ghyll Force, Langdale, Westmorland, from a watercolour
painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd
edn 1908. click to enlarge HC0111.jpg Opposite p.34 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. printed at tissue opposite the print:- "DUNGEON GHYLL FORCE, LANGDALE" printed at signed lower left:- "[A HEATON COOPER]" item:- JandMN : 468.11 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Reynolds 1915 placename:- Dungeon Ghyll Force |
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source data:- | Print, colour halftone, Dungeon Ghyll Force, Great Langdale, Westmorland, from a painting
by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1915. click to enlarge REY606.jpg "A HEATON COOPER" "DUNGEON GHYLL FORCE." item:- JandMN : 1071.6 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) |
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source data:- | Print, etching? Dungeon Ghyll, the force, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by Harry Goodwin,
published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890. click to enlarge PR1602.jpg Tipped in opposite p.168 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. printed at lower centre:- "Dungeon Ghyll" printed at lower right:- "HG" item:- JandMN : 382.32 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Sylvan 1847 |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, Dungeon Gill, the force, Great Langdale, Westmorland, published
by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847. click to enlarge SYL126.jpg On p.79 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes. printed at bottom:- "DUNGEON GILL." item:- Armitt Library : A1201.26 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Dungeon Ghyl |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Dungeon Ghyl, Westmorland, drawn by T L Rowbotham, engraved
by Whymper, 1920s-30s? click to enlarge PR0322.jpg On page 228 of Picturesque Europe, The Lake Country. printed at lower left, right:- "T. L. Rowbotham / WHYMPER" printed at bottom:- "Dungeon Ghyl" item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.322 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Robertson 1911 placename:- Dungeon Ghyll |
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source data:- | Print, lithograph? Dungeon Ghyll, Langdale, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published
by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911. click to enlarge RSN143.jpg Tipped in opposite p.272 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. printed at bottom:- "DUNGEON GHYLL, LANGDALE" signed at painting lower left:- "Arthur Tucker" item:- JandMN : 197.47 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Pearson 1900s placename:- Dungeon Gill |
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source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, Dungeon Gill, the force, Westmorland, published by C Arthur
Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s. click to enlarge PS1E46.jpg On p.125 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. printed at bottom:- "DUNGEON GILL. (p.124)." item:- Armitt Library : A1188.53 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Dungeon Gill |
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source data:- | Print, chromolithograph, Dungeon Gill, Westmorland, published by T Nelson and Sons,
London, 1900s? click to enlarge PR0163.jpg From a set of prints, The Scenery of the English Lakes printed at lower right:- "T. NELSON &SONS" printed at bottom left:- "DUNGEON GILL" item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.163 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Bogg 1898 placename:- Dungeon Ghyll |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale, Lakes, Westmorland, by Gilbert Foster
from photographs by T H Fearnley, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and
James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898. click to enlarge BGG167.jpg Included on p.182 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. item:- JandMN : 231.67 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Payn 1860s-70s placename:- Dungeon Gill |
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source data:- | Print, colour printed, Dungeon Gill, the force, Great Langdale, Westmorland, published
by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London,
1860s-70s? click to enlarge PN0107.jpg Tipped in opposite p.30 of England's Lakeland, a Tour Therein, by James Payn. printed at bottom:- "DUNGEON GILL." item:- Armitt Library : A1183.7 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Dungeon Ghyll |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Dungeon Ghyll, Cumberland, drawn by W Harvey, published
late 19th century? click to enlarge PR0344.jpg On a page of The Land We Live In. printed at lower left, right:- "[W. HARVEY ] / [ ]" printed at bottom:- "7.- DUNGEON GHYLL." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.344 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Pyne 1853 placename:- Dungeon Gill |
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source data:- | Dungeon Gill drawn by James Barker Pyne, 1848-1853, lithographed by W R Tymms, 1859. click to enlarge PY01.jpg "Dungeon Gill" item:- JandMN : 97.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Garnett 1850s-60s F placename:- Dungeon Ghyll item:- ladder |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Dungeon Ghyll, Cumberland, engraved by William Banks
and Son, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s? click to enlarge PR0548.jpg Same series as Views of the English Lakes. printed at bottom:- "Engd. by W. Banks &Son, Edinr. / DUNGEON GHYLL." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.497 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Garnett 1850s-60s F |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Dungeon Ghyll, Cumberland, engraved by William Banks
and Son, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s? click to enlarge GAR715.jpg Found with Views of the English Lakes. printed at bottom:- "Engd. by W. Banks &Son, Edinr. / DUNGEON GHYLL." item:- JandMN : 165.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Rose 1832-35 placename:- Dungeon Gill |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, Dungeon Gill, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by W Tombleson,
1832. click to enlarge R108.jpg item:- JandMN : 66.25 Image © see bottom of page |
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