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Kidsty Pike, Bampton
Kidsty Pike
civil parish:-   Bampton (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Martindale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY44741258
1Km square:-   NY4412
10Km square:-   NY41
altitude:-   2559 feet
altitude:-   780m

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BTR93.jpg (taken 20.10.2010)  
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BOT61.jpg  Beyond Riggindale.
(taken 4.3.2008)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 20 1) 
placename:-  Kidsty Pike
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Kidsway Pyke
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.
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"Kidsway Pyke"
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:-  Kidstow Pike
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 165:-  "... above all is seen Kidstow-pike, on whose summit the clouds weep into a crater of rock that is never empty. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Kidsey Pike
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.
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Shown by a tiny circle of hachuring. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Kidstow Pike
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 116:-  "... the highest of our northern Alps, Helvellyn."
"Cambden speaking of Helvellyn calls it Lauvellin, and says that the country people had a proverb concerning it."
""Skiddow, Lauvellin, and Casticand,
Are the highest hills in all England.""
""But the bye-word (as he calls it,) that he was taught when a child, and which continues the same still, is,"
""Kidstowpike, Castycam, Helveyllin and Skiddow-man,
Are the highest hills ever clumb by Englishmen.""
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Kidway Pike
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Kidway Pike"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Kidsey Pike
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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"Kidsey Pike"
hillock; mountain 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-   old text:- Green 1814
placename:-  Kidstay
source data:-   Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Small Prints, with text, A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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page 34:-  "..."
"Branstree, Harter Fell, Riggendale, High Street, Kidstay, and Whelter, are all grand mountains lying at the head of the lake [Hawes Water] ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Kidsay Pike
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.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Kidsey Pike
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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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.10
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Kidstow Pike
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 115:-  "... and High Street. From ... which a narrow ridge, called Long Stile, projects ... and beyond this rises the apex of Kidstow Pike. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Kidsty Pike
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.
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"Kidsty Pike"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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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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item:-  JandMN : 95.10
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Kidsey Pike
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.
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"... 7 Kidsey Pike ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.21
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Kidsey Pike
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.
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"... 7 Kidsey Pike ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.12
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) 
placename:-  Kidsay Pike
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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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:-  Kidsay Pike
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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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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BJW35.jpg  From across Haweswater.
(taken 29.9.2005)  
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