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Hallsfell Top, Threlkeld
Hallsfell Top
locality:-   Hall's Fell
locality:-   Saddleback
civil parish:-   Threlkeld (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY32342773
1Km square:-   NY3227
10Km square:-   NY32
altitude:-   2848 feet
altitude:-   868m

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 56 12) 
placename:-  Hallsfell Top
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 text:- Gents Mag
placename:-  Blencarter
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1747 p.523  "... This last [Lender-maken, River Glenderamackin] springs under Saddle back, a Parnassian eminence, with two prominent peaks; the most northerly is called Blencarter, a suprizingly high precipice of the quarry kind. ..."
evidence:-   perhaps old print:- Westall 1820
source data:-   Print, uncoloured mezzotint, Keswick Lake, from Saddleback, Cumberland, drawn and engraved by William Westall, published by Rodwell and Martin, New Bond Street, London, 1820.
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printed, bottom left, centre  "Drawn & Engraved by W. Westall A.R.A. / Keswick Lake. / From Saddleback. / Published April 1, 1820, by Hurst, Robinson &Co. Cheapside."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6671.3
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evidence:-   probably outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Linthwaite Pike
source data:-   Print, engraving, Outline View of Skiddaw, and Saddleback, as seen on approaching Keswick from the South, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.47 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "Outline View of Skiddaw, and Saddleback (formerly Blencathera) As seen on approaching Keswick from the South: With names prior to the inclosure of the Commons in 1810."
"The Dod / Ullock / Long Side / Carleside / Carsleddam / Broad End / Skiddaw Man / Little Man / Jenkin Hill / Lonscale Fell / Latrigg / High Row Fell / Little Fell / Priest Man / Linthwaite Pike / Knot Aller / Threlkeld Hall Fell"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.2
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evidence:-   probably outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Linthwaite Pike
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Skiddaw and Saddleback, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.49 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "SKIDDAW, AND SADDLEBACK (FORMERLY BLENCATHRA): As seen entering Keswick from the South: With ancient names."
"The Dod / Hullock / Long Side / Carlside / Carsleddam / Broad End, near the highest point / Skiddaw Man / Little Man / Howgill Tongue / Jenkin Hill / Lonscale Fell / Latrigg / High Row Fell / Priest Man / Linthwaite Pike, Saddleback / Knot Aller / Scales Fell"
item:-  JandMN : 48.9
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evidence:-   probably outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Linthwaite Pike
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Skiddaw, and Saddleback ... as seen on entering Keswick from the South, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.46 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.17
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evidence:-   probably descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Linthwaite Pike
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.
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Page 65:-  "..."
"[Blancathra] ... From Linthwaite Pike, the highest point, the prospect is open to the north, east, and south. ..."
evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  Linthwaite Fell
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 99:-  "... the view of Derwent Water from the summit [of Saddleback]. Southey says, "Derwent Water, as seen from the top of Saddleback, is one of the finest moun-"
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Page 100:-  "[moun]tain scenes in the country." That summit is called Linthwaite Fell; ..."

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