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Nan Bield Pass, Shap Rural
Nan Bield Pass
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Kentmere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   pass
coordinates:-   NY452096
1Km square:-   NY4509
10Km square:-   NY40
altitude:-   2125 feet (approx) 
altitude:-   648m (approx) 

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BPV12.jpg  Mardale Ill Bell behind.
(taken 17.11.2008)  
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BNP01.jpg  Descending from the E.
(taken 18.4.2007)  
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Nan Bield
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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"Nan Bield"
a standing stone, on a ?ward boundary 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Van Bield
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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"Van Bield"
stone (in the wrong place) 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Nan Bield
item:-  horse
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.
image OT01P035, button  goto source
Page 35:-  "Small Water, rightly named, lies between Harter fell and High Street; and is passed by a mountain track leading from Kentmere to Mardale, over the hause called Nan Bield. ..."
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Page 115:-  "...The road over Gatescarth, ... is steep on both sides, yet such as a horse may be ridden, or rather led; ... The pass from Kentmere, over Nan Bield between Harter Fell and High Street, is still more difficult."
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Nan Bield
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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"Nan Bield"
pass between hachures 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- MacBride 1922
placename:-  Nan Bield Pass
source data:-   Print, colour, Nan Bield Pass and Small Water Tarn, Mardale, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.
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Tipped in opposite p.12 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride. 
printed at bottom:-  "NAN BIELD PASS AND SMALL WATER TARN, MARDALE"
signed at lower right:-  "A. HEATON COOPER"
item:-  JandMN : 195.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Nan Bield and Pass
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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"... 4 Nan Bield and Pass into Kentmere ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.21
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Nan Bield and Pass
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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"... 4 Nan Bield and Pass into Kentmere ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.12
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BNP02.jpg  Descending from the E.
(taken 18.4.2007)  
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BNP03.jpg  The path wiggling down to Kentmere.
(taken 18.4.2007)  
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BNP04.jpg  From the S.
(taken 18.4.2007)  
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