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| Grange Fell, Borrowdale | ||
| Grange Fell | ||
| civil parish:- | Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| locality type:- | fell | |
| coordinates:- | NY26331636 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2616 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY21 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 6) placename:- Grange 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 photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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| source data:- | Photograph, sepia, Tarn Hows, Coniston, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland,
1890s? click to enlargeHB0280.jpg item:- Armitt Library : ALPS637 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- Jenkinson 1875 placename:- Grange Fell |
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| source data:- | Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin
A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875. click to enlargeJk01E2.jpg "... Grange Fell ..." item:- JandMN : 28.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Green 1809 placename:- Grange Fell item:- tree; birch; oak |
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| source data:- | Print, soft ground etching, Birch, Grange Fell, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by William
Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees
and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809. click to enlargeGN0357.jpg Plate 57 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. printed in introductory pages to set of prints:- "Number 57. This Birch tree was drawn on the side of Grange Fell, above Bowder Stone. The leaves of young Oak, Dock, and Briar are added." printed at bottom:- "BIRCH. / Published Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green." item:- Armitt Library : A6637.57 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
When Edward VII died, 1910, the National Trust purchased King's How, the Bowder Stone
and Borrowdale Birches as a memorial. On a rock near the summit is inscribed:- |
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| "In loving memory of King Edward VII / Grange Fell is dedicated by his sister Louise
/ As a sanctuary of rest and peace / Here may all beings gather strength and / Find
in scenes of beautiful nature a cause / For gratitude and love to God giving them
/ Courage and vigour to carry out His Will" |
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