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Lower Man, St John's Castlerigg etc
Lower Man
site name:-   Helvellyn
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY33741555
1Km square:-   NY3315
10Km square:-   NY31
altitude:-   3035 feet
altitude:-   925m


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BUV02.jpg (taken 20.6.2011)  
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BRB68.jpg (taken 9.7.2009)  

evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Helvellyn Low Man
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, The Mountains of Ullswater as seen from Pooley Bridge, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.109 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains of Ulswater: / as seen from Pooley Bridge."
"Swarth Fell / Cawdale Moor / Winter Crag / Dove Crags / Hallen Fell, and Place Fell / Stone Cross Pike / Birk Fell / Dolly Waggon Pike / Nether Cove Head / Helvellyn High Man / Catchety Cam / Helvellyn Low Man / Herring Pike / Keppel Cove Head / Raise / Greenside / Gowbarrow"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Helvellyn Low Man
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Ullswater from Pooley Bridge, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.12 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Helvellyn Low Man
placename:-  Low Man, Helvellyn
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Mountains of Ullswater, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.113 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "MOUNTAINS OF ULLSWATER: as seen from Pooley Bridge."
Mountains are listed:-  "Swarth Fell / Cawdale Moor / Winter Crag / Dove Crags / Martindale Hause / Hallen Fell, and Place Fell / Stone Cross Pike / Birk Fell / Dolly Waggon Pike / Nether Cove Head / Helvellyn High Man / Catchety Cam / Helvellyn Low Man / Herring Pike / Keppel Cove Head / Raise / Greenside / Gowbarrow"
item:-  JandMN : 48.13
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Helvellyn, Low Man
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Helvellyn, Low Man ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Matthew 1866
placename:-  Lower Man
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Helvellyn from above Harrop Tarn, Poney Road from Wythburn to Whatendlath and Borrowdale, Cumberland, published by J Richardson, Highgate, Kendal, Westmorland, 1866.
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Tipped in before p.1 of The English Lakes, Peaks and Passes, from Kendal to Keswick, by George King Matthew. 
printed at bottom:-  "HELVELLYN FROM ABOVE HARROP TARN, PONEY ROAD FROM WYTHBURN TO WHATENDLATH AND BORROWDALE."
printed at caption to mountains:-  "... Lower Man. ..."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1168.2
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