Honister Pass, Buttermere | ||
Honister Pass | ||
Honister Hause | ||
civil parish:- | Buttermere (formerly Cumberland) | |
civil parish:- | Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | pass | |
coordinates:- | NY22341369 (etc) | |
1Km square:- | NY2213 | |
10Km square:- | NY21 | |
altitude:- | 1178 feet | |
altitude:- | 359m | |
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BLY13.jpg Down from just below the slate mine. (taken 24.4.2006) BLY14.jpg Down from below the slate mine. (taken 24.4.2006) |
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evidence:- | old print with text:- Farington 1816 |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving and descriptive text, Honister Crag, Buttermere, Cumberland,
drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by Samuel Middiman, published by T Cadell and
W Davies, Strand, London, 1815. click to enlarge FA0412.jpg printed, bottom left, right, centre "Drawn by J. Farington R.A. / Engraved by S. Middiman. / Honister Crag. / London Published Septr. 15, 1815, by T. Cadell &W. Davies, Strand." Descriptive text:- "..." "On the eastern side of Honister Crag opens Gatesgarth-Dale, a scene truly tremendous and unique, winding "slowly and solemnly in one large segment, being at least half a quarter of a mile from side to side, which distance is pretty uniformly observed. The area of this valley is in general concave; the sides almost perpendicular, composed of a kind of broken craggy rock, the ruins of which every where strew the valley, and give it still more the idea of desolation. The small river also," (part of which is seen in our engraving) "is as wild as the valley itself through which it runs. It has no banks, but the fragments of rocks: no bed but a channel of rocky strata, among which the water forces its course. Its channel, as well as its bank, is formed of loose stones and fragments, which break, and divide the stream into a succession of impetuous eddies."[star]" "[star] Gilpin's Tour to the Lakes, Vol.I. p.235." item:- Armitt Library : A6666.12 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) item:- Alchemilla alpina; flower |
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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. goto source "... In passing the hause, (which rises 800 feet above the level of Derwent Lake,) Honister Crag in majestic grandeur is presented to the view;" goto source Page 126:- "between which and Yew Crag, the road now sharply descends. ... the edges of the road are beautifully tufted with Alchemilla alpina." |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Borrowdale Hause |
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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. goto source Page 88:- "... The top of this road, which is not passable for carriages, is eight hundred and eighty feet above the Derwent." "On the right is Yew Crag Quarry: on the left that stupendous precipice, Honistar Crag, ..." goto source Page 169:- "... here [Seatoller] begins the ascent of Borrodale Hawse, and the road is so narrow, rugged, and steep, that cars pass with great difficulty. After reaching the summit, Honister Crag on the left, and Yew Crag on the right, come in view. Honister Crag is 1500 feet in height. Passing down a very rugged path, which crosses the water several times, it leads through a desolate valley to the hamlet of Gatesgarth, and the vale of Buttermere." |
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evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 |
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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. goto source Page 133:- "... From Gatesgarth begins one of the wildest bits of road in the district. It climbs Buttermere Vale, by an ascent at first gradual, and latterly extremely steep, to the base of Honister Crag. It is a vast stony valley, where sheep and their folds, and a quarryman's hut here and there, are the only signs of civilization. There are no bridges over the stream (the infant Cocker), which must be crossed many times; and where there are no stepping-stones, the pedestrian must wade. Every body walks up the last reaches of the ascent,- so steep and stony is the narrow road, and so formidable its unfenced state. The dark, stupendous, almost perpendicular, Honister Crag frowns above; and as the traveller, already at a considerable height, looks up at the quarrymen in the slate quarries near the summit, it almost takes his breath away to see them hanging like summer spiders quivering H from the eaves of a house." |
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evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 placename:- Borrowdale Hawes item:- altitude, Honister Pass |
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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. goto source Page 179:- "PASSES." ": : Height above the Level of the Sea" "Borrowdale Hawes, to Buttermere : Cumberland : 1100" |
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evidence:- | old print:- Postlethwaite 1877 |
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source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, Honister Quarry and Pass, Buttermere and Borrowdale, Cumberland,
published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn
1913. click to enlarge PST333.jpg Tipped in opposite p.132 of Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite. printed, bottom "HONISTER QUARRY AND PASS." item:- JandMN : 162.35 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) |
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source data:- | Print, chromolithograph, Honister Crag, Buttermere, Cumberland, published by Thomas
Nelson and Sons, London, 1880s? click to enlarge NS0333.jpg At the end of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. printed at bottom:- "HONISTER CRAG" item:- JandMN : 474.34 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s item:- scree |
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source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Honister Pass and Honister Crag, Buttermere, Cumberland,
by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlarge HB0875.jpg internegative at lower left:- "H. Bell" stamped at reverse:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS546 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Honister Pass, Buttermere, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell,
photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlarge HB0610.jpg stamped on reverse:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS270 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s item:- scree |
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source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Honister Pass, Buttermere, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell,
Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlarge HB0464.jpg internegative at lower left:- "[H.] Bell" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS123 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Philip/Wilson 1890s |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, Honister Crag and Pass, published by George
Philip and Son, London, Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool,
Lancashire, and Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1895. click to enlarge PW1E29.jpg "HONISTER CRAG AND PASS." item:- JandMN : 58.30 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Bradley 1901 placename:- Honister Pass |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured lithograph, Honister Pass, Buttermere, Cumberland, by Joseph Pennell,
published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901. click to enlarge BRL127.jpg On page 130 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. printed at bottom:- "Honister Pass." item:- JandMN : 464.27 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) placename:- Honister Pass |
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source data:- | Print, colour halftone, Honister Pass and Buttermere, Buttermere, Cumberland, from
a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black,
London, 2nd edn 1908. click to enlarge HC0144.jpg Opposite p.128 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. printed at tissue opposite the print:- "HONISTER PASS AND BUTTERMERE" item:- JandMN : 468.44 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old postcard:- placename:- Honister Pass |
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source data:- | Postcard, colour photogravure, Honister Pass and Crag, the New Road, by G P Abrahams,
Keswick, Cumberland, purchased about 1954. click to enlarge PH0059.jpg item:- JandMN : 341 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Heywood 1906 placename:- Honister Pass |
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source data:- | Print, halftone, Honister Pass, Buttermere, Cumberland, from a photograph by H Bell,
Ambleside, published by Abel Heywood and Son, 56-58 Oldham Street, Manchester, and
by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Ave Maria Lane, Paternoster Row, London,
1906. click to enlarge HW1E12.jpg In a Guide to Keswick and its Vicinity in the Penny Guide Books series. printed at bottom:- "Photo by / HONISTER PASS. / H. Bell, Ambleside." item:- JandMN : 348.12 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Pearson 1900s placename:- Honister Hause |
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source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, The Descent of Honister Hause, Buttermere, Cumberland,
published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s. click to enlarge PS1E65.jpg On p.179 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. printed at bottom:- "THE DESCENT OF HONISTER HAUSE. (p.178)." item:- Armitt Library : A1188.72 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Gresham Publishing 1900s placename:- Honister Pass item:- dawn |
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source data:- | Print, colour halftone, Honister Pass - Dawn, Cumberland, by Ernest W Haslehurst,
published by The Gresham Publishing Co, 66 Chandos Street, London, 1900s? click to enlarge PR1568.jpg Tipped in opposite p.44 of The English Lakes section of a volume of Our Beautiful Homeland. printed at bottom:- "HONISTER PASS - DAWN" printed at lower left:- "E. W. HASLEHURST" item:- JandMN : 381.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Payn 1860s-70s placename:- Honister Pass |
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source data:- | Print, colour printed, Honister Pass, Buttermere, Cumberland, published by John Garnett,
Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 1860s-70s? click to enlarge PN0114.jpg Tipped in opposite p.62 of England's Lakeland, a Tour Therein, by James Payn. printed at bottom:- "HONISTER PASS." item:- Armitt Library : A1183.14 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Honister Pass |
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source data:- | Print, colour halftone, Honister Pass, Dawn, painted by E W Haslehust, published early
20th century. click to enlarge PR0404.jpg painted at lower left:- "E. W. HASLEHUST." printed at bottom centre:- "HONISTER PASS - DAWN / (See page 45)" item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.397 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Honister Pass |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Honister Crag and Pass, Cumberland, drawn by W H J Bool,
engraved by Whymper, published 1920s-30s? click to enlarge PR0351.jpg On page 232 of Picturesque Europe, The Lake Country. Thunder and lightning, and a shepherd sitting out the storm. printed at lower left, right:- "WHJBool / WHYMPER Sc" printed at bottom:- "HONISTER CRAG AND PASS." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.351 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- |
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source data:- | Print, chromolithograph, Honister Crag, Cumberland, published by T Nelson and Sons,
London, 1900s? click to enlarge PR0169.jpg From a set of prints, The Scenery of the English Lakes printed at lower right:- "T. NELSON &SONS" printed at bottom left:- "HONISTER CRAG" item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.169 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Bogg 1898 placename:- Honister Pass |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, Honister Pass, Buttermere, Cumberland, by Owen Bowen, published
by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire,
1898. click to enlarge BGG177.jpg Included on p.199 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. item:- JandMN : 231.77 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Rose 1832-35 |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, Honister Crag, Cumberland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by W Floyd,
1833. click to enlarge R214.jpg "Honister Crag, Cumberland" Historical scene of the battle of local farmers against the younger Groeme, scottish border raiders. item:- JandMN : 96.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Farington 1816 (plate 27) |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Honister Crag, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by
Samuel Middiman, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand, London, 1815. click to enlarge PR0430.jpg Plate 27 in The Lakes of Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland. printed at bottom, left, right, centre:- "Drawn by J. Farington R.A. / Engraved by S. Middiman. / Honister Crag. / London Published Septr. 15, 1815, by T. Cadell &W. Davies, Strand." item:- JandMN : 171 Image © see bottom of page |
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BZG45.jpg Looking down to Gatesgarth. (taken 6.9.2013) BJQ21.jpg Looking up Honister Pass from the Buttermere side. (taken 10.6.2005) BJZ24.jpg Down from the slate mine. (taken 7.11.2005) BUM87.jpg (taken 3.5.2011) Click to enlarge BUM89.jpg (taken 3.5.2011) |
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hearsay:- |
A border clan of reivers, the Graemes, stole sheep and cattle from Buttermere and
were escaping through the pass. A band of local men attacked them, killing the chief's
son. He is said to have been buried on Honister Crag, the grave marked by his bonnet,
claymore and targe. |
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hearsay:- |
Before 1935 the road over the pass was unsurfaced. Beatrix Potter thought |
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"... could be used as a cure for the colic ..." |
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person:- | border reiver (?) : Graeme Clan |
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place:- | burial place | |
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