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island, Grasmere
site name:-   Grasmere lake
locality:-   Grasmere
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   island
coordinates:-   NY33780663
1Km square:-   NY3306
10Km square:-   NY30
evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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In Grasmere Water. 
item:-  private collection : 10.9
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evidence:-   old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 22) 
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Grasmere, Westmorland, drawn by Theodore H A Fielding, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
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Tipped in opposite p.112 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 1993.R566.22
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
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 49:-  "... The lake that opens below is Grasmere, with its one island, made up of green slope, black fir clump, and grey barn. ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, Grasmere lake, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS640
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evidence:-   old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) 
source data:-   Print, etching? The Island, Grasmere, Westmorland, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
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Tipped in opposite p.82 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. 
printed at lower right of centre:-  "H Goodwin / The Island Grasmere"
item:-  JandMN : 382.18
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evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Grasmere, Westmorland, published late 19th century?
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On page 155 of The English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.333
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evidence:-   old print:- Garnett 1850s-60s F
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Grasmere from Red Bank, Westmorland, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by William Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s?
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Found with Views of the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "L. Aspland Delt. / GRASMERE from RED BANK. / W. Banks Sc. Edinr."
item:-  JandMN : 165.18
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evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grasmere from Butler Crags, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by S Lacey, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 66.53
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