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Green Gable, Ennerdale and Kinniside
Green Gable
civil parish:-   Ennerdale and Kinniside (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY21461072
1Km square:-   NY2110
10Km square:-   NY21
altitude:-   2628 feet
altitude:-   801m

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CAZ04.jpg (taken 23.6.2014)  
photograph
BNG80.jpg  and Great Gable behind.
(taken 26.2.2007)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 74 8) 
placename:-  Green Gable
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:- Gents Mag 1751
placename:-  Green Gevil
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.
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"Green gevil"
knobbly hillocks; mountains 
item:-  JandMN : 114
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Green Gable
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains of Ennerdale as seen from Kirkland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.131 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains of Ennerdale: / as seen from Kirkland."
"Herdhouse / Green Gable / Great Gable / The Pillar / Wind Yate / Black Crag / Steeple / Matlin Cove / Hay Cock / Iron Crag / Revelin / Crag Fell - Grike"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.9
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Green Gable
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, A Group of Mountains seen from Helvellyn, looking towards the South West, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.50 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.18
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains of Ennerdale, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.27 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "THE MOUNTAINS OF ENNERDALE: as seen from Kirkland."
"Bannow Fell / Herdhouse / Green Gable / Great Gable / The Pillar / Bowness Knot and Wind Yate / Black Crag / Steeple / Matlin Cove / Hay Cock / Iron Crag / Revelin / Crag Fell / Grike"
item:-  JandMN : 48.7
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, A Group of Mountains, seen from Helvellyn, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.63 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "A GROUP OF MOUNTAINS, Seen from Helvellyn, looking to the South-West."
"Holm Fell / Old Man - Coniston Fell / Wetherlam / Carrs, or Scars / Gray Friar / Black Combe / Harrison Stickle / Crinkle Crags / Bowfell / Hanging Knot / Scawfell Pike / Hindside / Great-end Crag / Glaramara / Great Gable / Green Gable / Kirkfell / Pillar Fell / Honister, and High Crag / High Stile / Dalehead, and Red Pike / Hindscarth, and Robinson / Blake Fell / Witeless Pike / Grasmoor / Ill Crags / Causey Pike / Grisedale Pike"
item:-  JandMN : 48.10
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evidence:-   outline view:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen from Lanthwaite Wood Crummock Water, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
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Opposite p.84 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. 
The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-  "1 Whiteless Pike, 2 Honister Crag, 3 Green Gable, 4 Great End, 5 Great Gable / Rannerdale Knott (beneath), 6 Scawfell Pike, 7 Kirkfell / Scarf Gap (below), 8 High Crag, 9 High Stile, 10 Bleaberry Crag, 11 Red Pike, 12 Melbreak."
"MOUNTAINS SEEN FROM LANTHWAITE WOOD CRUMMOCK WATER."
"L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1159.13
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Marr 1916
placename:-  Green Gable
source data:-   Photograph, halftone print, Head of Ennerdale, Cumberland, 1916.
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item:-  JandMN : 173.12
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Green Gable
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Green Gable ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Green Gable
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Scawfell Pike, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Green Gable ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.9
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Green Gable
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Buttermere - Mountains as seen from the Knots near the Hotel at Buttermere, and Mountains as seen at the Seat in Lanthwaite Wood, Scale Hill, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 4 Green Gable ... 3 Green Gable ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.19
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Green Gable
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from The Knots near the Victoria at Buttermere, and Mountains as seen at the Seat in Lanthwaite Wood, Scale Hill, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 4 Green Gable ... 3 Green Gable ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.11
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photograph
CAZ05.jpg  and Great Gable infront.
(taken 23.6.2014)  
photograph
BNM80.jpg (taken 4.4.2007)  
photograph
BSU10.jpg (taken 17.5.2010)  
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