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Easedale Tarn, Easedale
runs into:-    Sour Milk Gill (3)
Easedale Tarn
locality:-   Grasmere Common
locality:-   Far Easedale
locality:-   Easedale
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tarn
coordinates:-   NY30730876 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3008
10Km square:-   NY30
altitude:-   948 feet
altitude:-   289m

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 18 15) 
placename:-  Easedale Tarn
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:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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outline, shaded 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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Outline with shore shading, tinted blue. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   possibly old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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outline with form lines 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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Outline with form lines. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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outline with form lines 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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outline with form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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outline with shore form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
source data:-   Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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outline with form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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outline, shaded; lake 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old text:- Green 1814
placename:-  Easedale Tarn
source data:-   Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Small Prints, with text, A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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page 13:-  "... Easedale Tarn, which will be found by following the frothy stream, is engulphed in precipitous mountains, with large rocks projecting from their sides."
evidence:-   old print:- Green 1815
placename:-  Easedale Tarn
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Easedale Tarn, Easedale, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.
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Plate 31 in Lake Scenery. 
printed at upper right:-  "31"
printed at bottom:-  "EASEDALE TARN. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6646.29
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
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.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Easdale Tarn
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.
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Page 34:-  "... Easdale Tarn, which is one of the largest mountain tarns, seated in the western branch of Grasmere vale among rocky precipices, of which Blakerigg, or Blea Crag, is the principal. Its stream - from its frothy whiteness called Sour-milk Gill - is a striking object from the road. ..."
evidence:-   possibly old map:- Perrot 1823
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 38 miles to 1 inch, by Aristide Michel Perrot, engraved by Migneret, 1823, published by Etienne Ledoux, 9 Rue Guenegaud, Paris, France, 1824-48.
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outline with form lines; lake 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.45
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Easedale Tarn
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Easedale Tarn from Helm Crag, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1857.
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"Easdale Tarn from Helm Crag"
page number  "11"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.389.14
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Easedale Tarn
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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"Easedale T."
outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
item:-  sundial
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 51:-  "... Up and on he goes, ... and at last, when he is heated and breathless, the dark cool recess opens in which lies Easedale Tarn. Perhaps there is an angler standing besides the great boulder on the brink. Perhaps there is a shepherd lying among the ferns. But more probably the stranger finds himself perfectly alone. There is perhaps nothing in natural scenery which conveys such an impression of stillness as tarns which lie under precipices: and here the rocks sweep down to the brink almost round the entire margin. For hours together the deep shadows move only like the gnomon of the sundial; and, when movement occurs, it is not such as disturbs the sense of repose;- the dimple made by a restless fish or fly, or the gentle flow of water in or out; or the wild drake and his brood, paddling so quietly as not to break up the mirror, or the reflection of some touch of sunlight, or passing shadow."
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Page 52:-  "If there is commotion from gusts or eddies of wind, the effect is even more remarkable. Little white clouds are driven against the rocks,- the spray is spilled in unexpected places; now the precipices are wholly veiled, and there is nothing but the ruffled water to be seen: and again, in an instant, the rocks are disclosed so fearfully that they seem to be crowding together to crush the intruder. If this seems to the inexperienced like extravagance, let him go alone to Easedale Tarn, or to Angle Tarn on Bowfell, on a gusty day, and see what he will find."
evidence:-   old print:- Payn 1867
placename:-  Easedale Tarn
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Easedale Tarn, near Grasmere, Westmorland, by T L Aspland, engraved by W T Green, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867.
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On p.86 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. 
printed at lower right:-  "W. T. GREEN."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.46
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Easedale Tarn, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS179
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evidence:-   old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) 
placename:-  Easedale Tarn
source data:-   Print, etching? Easedale Tarn, Easedale, Westmorland, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
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Tipped in opposite p.128 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. 
printed at lower left:-  "Easedale Tarn"
item:-  JandMN : 382.26
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evidence:-   perhaps old painting:- 
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Easedale near Grasmere, Westmorland, by Edward Arden, 1880s-90s.
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Sunset scene of a lake; a rowing boat is guided between the reedbeds towards the open water by one man whilst a second man fishes. 
signed at bottom left:-  "Edward Arden"
annotated at reverse:-  "Edward Arden Easedale near Grasmere"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.111
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Brockbank 1870s
placename:-  Easedale Tarn
source data:-   Drawing, ink and ink wash, glacial moriane at foot of Easedale Tarn, Easedale, Grasmere, Westmorland, 1870s, used by William Brockbank.
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"Easedale No 1."
"Moraines / Easdale. / W. Brockbank F.G.S. / 13"
"Conical Hill at foot of Easedale Tarn. Has a rockb[ase] but / is covered with moraine matter and evidently owes its / form to glacial action. Has many large perched blocks / upon it. / The foot of Easedale Tarn is closed in by / moraines & the whole valley is peculiarly rich in every / variety of glacial evidence. It widens out at its head / into a very wide basin, which has evidently held a / large glacier in former times."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.68.13
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Brockbank 1870s
placename:-  Easedale Tarn
source data:-   Drawing, ink and ink wash, glacial moriane at foot of Easedale Tarn, Easedale, Grasmere, Westmorland, 1870s, used by William Brockbank.
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"No 2. Easedale."
"Moraine at foot of Easdale Tarn / W. Brockbank F.G.S. / 12"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.68.12
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