Old Cumbria Gazetteer - High Street, Patterdale

High Street, Patterdale

High Street

civil parish:-

Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

hill

locality type:-

roman road

coordinates:-

NY44071104 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY4411

10Km square:-

NY41

civil parish:-

Lakes (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

hill

10Km square:-

NY40

BNP11.jpg (taken 18.4.2007)
photograph

BJE09.jpg From Harter Fell.
(taken 7.9.2004)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 14)
placename:- High Street

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.
"HIGH STREET (Roman Road)"

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- High Street

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.

J5NY41SW.jpg
"HIGH STREET"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
placename:- Kentmere High Street

source data:-

Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.

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Page 190:- "A TABLE OF THE Height of Mountains and Lakes SEEN IN THIS TOUR, ... TAKEN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. ... by Mr. John Dalton."
"Kentmere High-street ... 912 [yards]"

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- High Street

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.

Ws02NY41.jpg
"HIGH STREET"
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old text:- Clarke 1787
item:- roman road; shepherds meet; fox hunt; hunting; sheep; horse racing; wrestliing

source data:-

Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.

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Page 41:- "... There are the vestiges of a road, seemingly Roman, leading from Martindale to it [Barton]: this road, which appears now as a broad green path, goes over the top of a lofty mountain called, (for that reason I suppose,) the High-Street."
"On the 10th of July the neighbouring shepherds assemble here and hold a festival, during which there are horse-races, wrestling, and other such like country diversions: hither, likewise, every one brings stray sheep he has found during the preceding year, that they may be owned: they also at this time frequently amuse themselves with fox-hunting."

evidence:-

old print:- Clarke 1787
placename:- High Street

source data:-

circle

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CL18.jpg
"High Street"
item:- Armitt Library : A6615.12
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evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- High Street

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24NY40.jpg
"High Street"
hill hachuring
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- High Street

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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GRA1Lk.jpg
"High Street"
hillock; mountain
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- High Street

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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COP4.jpg
"High Street"
hill hachuring; mountain or hill
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- High Street

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.

OT02NY41.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)
placename:- High Street

source data:-

Engraving, outline view of mountains, Windermere looking towards the North East from Bowness, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.2 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.

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O80E02.jpg
With a list of mountains.
item:- Armitt Library : A1180.3
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)
placename:- High Street

source data:-

Engraving, outline view of mountains, Hawes Water from Measand Beck, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.16 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.

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O80E09.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1180.10
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evidence:-

outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)

source data:-

Print, woodcut outline view, Mountains North East of Windermere, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.

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OT2E11.jpg
Printed on p.99 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834. "MOUNTAINS NORTH-EAST OF WINDERMERE, as seen from Bowness."
Mountains are listed:- "High Raise / Ullskarth, Wythburn Head / Loughrigg Fell / Stile / Raise Gap / Nab Scar / Great Rigg / Fairfield / Rydal Park / Wansfell Pike / Red Screes / Cawdale Moor / Threshthwaite Mouth / High Street / Froswick / Ill Bell / Yoak / Applethwaite Fell"
item:- JandMN : 48.12
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
placename:- Highstreet
item:- road; shepherds meet

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 74:- "HIGHSTREET"
"May have taken its name from an ancient road which appears as a broad green path over this"

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Page 75:- "mountain. It is probably the highest road ever formed in England, being 2700 feet above the level of the sea.- On account of its central situation between the vales of Patterdale, Martindale, Mardale, Kentmere, and Troutbeck, and being connected with others at a little distance; an annual meeting was formerly held here, when the shepherds of the several vales reciprocally communicated intelligence of such sheep as might have strayed beyond their proper bounds; and to enliven the meeting, races and other diversions were instituted; ale and cakes being supplied from the neighbouring villages.- Highstreet affords some good prospects; but being at a distance from any place of entertainment, it is seldom visited by strangers. Pedestrians fond of mountain rambles might, with a guide, pass over it from Patterdale into Troutbeck, or Kentmere; or into Mardale, and thence by Hawes Water to Bampton - from whence are roads to Pooley Bridge, Lowther, Penrith, and Shap."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- High Street
item:- altitude, High Street

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 178:- "ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,"
"ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES."


No.	Names of Mountains.	Dalton.	Otley.	Trig. S.	Jamieson

14	Kentmere, High Street	2736	2700

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- High Street

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.

GAR2NY41.jpg
"High Street"
hill hachuring
item:- JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old text:- Martineau 1855
item:- altitude, High Street

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 179:- "A TABLE OF THE HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS IN THE COUNTIES OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, AND LANCASHIRE."
"No. : Names of Mountains. : Counties. : Height in Feet above the Sea Level."
"13 : High Street, Kentmere : Westmorland : 2700"

evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:- snow

source data:-

Photograph, b/w, winter, High Street, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?

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HB0334.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS694
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evidence:-

text:- Mason 1907 (edn 1930)

source data:-

Text book, The Ambleside Geography Books bk.III, The Counties of England, by Charlotte M Mason, published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co, Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane, and the Parents' Educational Union Office, 26 Victoria Street, London, edn 1930.
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Page 23:- "..."
"... to know that ... High Street is a high straight ridge, like a street up aloft; ..."

evidence:-

outline view:- LMS 1920s

source data:-

Hill Outline from Shap Station, published in the LMS Route Book No.3, The Track of the Royal Scot, by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.

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LS1E37.jpg
item:- JandMN : 95.10
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evidence:-

outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:- High Street

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.

evidence:-

outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:- High Street

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.

evidence:-

outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900)
placename:- High Street

source data:-

Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Windermere - Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Biscay How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.

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BC08E1.jpg
"... 11 High Street ... 27 High Street ..."
item:- JandMN : 37.4
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evidence:-

outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900)
placename:- High Street

source data:-

Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Haws and Wastwater - Mountains as seen from Burn-Banks near the Foot of Hawes Water, and Mountains as seen near Nether Wastdale at the First Bridge on the road to Wast-Water, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.

evidence:-

outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846)
placename:- High Street

source data:-

Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Bisket How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, about 1844.

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BC02E1.jpg
"... 11 High Street ... 27 High Street ..."
item:- JandMN : 32.3
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evidence:-

outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846)
placename:- High Street

source data:-

Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from Burn Banks near the Foot of Hawes Water, and Mountains as seen near Strands in Wastdale at the First bridge on the Road to Wast Water, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.

evidence:-

outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869)
placename:- High Street

source data:-

Print, hand coloured, Hawes Water, from Thwaite Force, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.

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TAT217.jpg
Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham.
printed at bottom:- "HAWES-WATER, / from Thwaite Force."
printed at bottom:- "Wallow Crag. / Harter Fell. / Mardale Chapel. / High Street. / Kidsay Pike. / Whelter Crag."
item:- Armitt Library : A1067.17
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evidence:-

outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:- High Street

source data:-

Print, engraving, Hawes Water, from Thwaite Force, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.

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TAT139.jpg
The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view.
Tipped in opposite p.109 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall.
printed at bottom:- "HAWES-WATER, / from Thwaite Force."
printed at bottom left to right:- "Wallow Crag. / Harter Fell. / Mardale Chapel. / High Street. / Kidsay Pike. / Whelter Crag."
item:- Armitt Library : A1204.40
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evidence:-

outline view:-
placename:- High Street

source data:-

Print, hand coloured engraving, Lower Reach, Ullswater from Pooley Bridge, Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Sherwood and Co, London, 1836?

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PR0371.jpg
Objects in the view are identified by a caption at the bottom - Swarth Fell, Martindale, High Street, Hallen Fell, Kirkstone, Place Fell, Fairfield, Gowbarrow Parks, Dumallet.
printed at bottom:- "LOWER REACH, ULLSWATER. / from Pooley Bridge. / Pubd. April 15th 1836 by Sherwood &Co London."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.371
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evidence:-

old print:- Rose 1832-35

source data:-

Print, engraving, Bley Water Tarn from the Top of the High Street Mountain, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by J W Lowry, 1835.

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R348.jpg
"BLEY WATER TARN FROM THE TOP OF HIGH STREET."
There is horse racing on High Street, above the tarn.
item:- JandMN : 42
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BMF58.jpg Rainsborrow Crag, Ill Bell, Froswick, and High Street, above Kentmere Valley (and a little vertical exageration).
(taken 4.6.2006)
photograph

CAD99.jpg (taken 24.3.2014)
photograph

BYE34.jpg (taken 10.4.2013)

notes:-

Harriet Martineau said, of the weather here:-

"It donks an' it dozzles an' whiles it's a bit siftering, but it don't often make no irt pell"

Baron 1925

also see:-

Racecourse Hill, High Street, Patterdale

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