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Pike of Stickle, Lakes
Pike of Stickle
Pike o' Stickle
Sugar Loaf
site name:-   Langdale Pikes
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   rocks
coordinates:-   NY27390736
1Km square:-   NY2707
10Km square:-   NY20
altitude:-   2326 feet
altitude:-   709m

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 2) 
placename:-  Pike of Stickle
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 text:- Green 1810
placename:-  Stickle Pike
source data:-   Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Studies from Nature, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn 1808-10, published 1810.
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page 104:-  "..."
"Should the traveller wish to ascend to the top of that Pike of Langdale which is called Stickle Pike, ... he must commence his labours at Mill Beck. The Ambleside guide, or a person from Mill Beck, will, perhaps, take him by Dungeon Gill, and from the top of the Dungeon, to the top of the Pike or to the Tarn; but some parts of the road are so steep as to be painfully unpleasant to such as have not been much accustomed to scrambling. ..."
page 105:-  "... Leaving the foot of the Tarn on the edge of the hill, a peat or turf road soon appears, on which descend to Mill Beck; the eye of the spectator, whether directed up or down the valley, is cheared all the way with views of fields, richly bedecked with wood, and encircled by high mountains. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Stickle Pikes
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 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Pike of Stickle
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains of Coniston, Langdale, &c. as they appear from the road between Troutbeck Bridge and Bowness, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.97 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains of Coniston, Langdale, &c. / as they appear from the road between Troutbeck Bridge and Bowness."
"Old Man - Coniston Fell / The Carrs / Wetherlam / Wrynose Gap / Pike of Bliscow / Crinkle Crags / Scawfell Pike / Bowfell / Great End / Great Gable / Pike of Stickle / Harrison Stickle / Paveyark"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Pike of Stickle
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Windermere looking towards the West from the Road between Troutbeck and Bowness, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.4 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains of Coniston, Langdale, Etc, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.7 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "THE MOUNTAINS OF CONISTON, LANGDALE, &c. as they appear from the road between Troutbeck Bridge and Bowness."
Mountains in the view are listed:-  "Old Man - Coniston Fell / The Carrs / Wetherlam / Wrynose Gap / Pike of Bliscow / Crinkle Crags / Scawfell Pike / Bowfell / Great End / Great Gable / Pike of Stickle / Harrison Stickle / Paveyark"
item:-  JandMN : 48.2
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
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 74:-  "... Pike of Stickle, and Harrison Stickle, are by their peculiar form distinguished at a great distance. They afford some good views to the south east: but being encompassed on other sides by higher mountains, the prospect is somewhat limited. ... the Pike of Stickle has the advantage of catching, through an opening in the hills, a view of the lake of Bassenthwaite, and the mountain Skiddaw ..."
evidence:-   outline view:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains on the West Side of Windermere, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
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Folded in opposite p.7 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.  "MOUNTAINS ON THE WEST SIDE OF WINDERMERE"
"L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinburgh."
The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-  "1 Coniston Old Man 1a Carrs 2 Wetherlam 3 Wrynose Gap 4 Crinkle Crags 5 Pike of Bliscow 6 Scawfell Pike 7 Bowfell 8 Hanging Knotts 9 Glaramara 10 Great End 11 Pike of Stickle 12 Harrison Stickle 13 Paveyark 14 Lingmoor 15 High Raise 16 Silver How 17 Loughrigg Fell 18 Ullscarth"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1159.2
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evidence:-   outline view:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen a little beyond Rydal Mount, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
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Opposite p.64 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.  "MOUNTAINS SEEN A LITTLE BEYOND RYDAL MOUNT."
"L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr."
The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-  "1 Loughrigg Fell, 2 Lingmoor, 3 Pike of Bliscow, 4 Crinkle Crags, 5 Meg's Gill Head, 6 Silver How, 7 Pike of Stickle, 8 Harrison Stickle, 9 Pavey Ark"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1159.9
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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Mickleden Beck in the valley bottom; Pike of Stickle on the right, Stake Pass vaguely recognizable towards the left. 
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS303
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Pike o' Stickle
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Pike O' Stickle ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Pike of Stickle
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Windermere - Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Biscay How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 9 Pike of Stickle ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Pike of Stickle
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Bisket How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, about 1844.
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"... 9 Pike of Stickle ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.3
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) 
placename:-  Pike o'Stickle
source data:-   Print, hand coloured, Valley of the Stake, Mickleden etc, 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:-  "VALLEY OF THE STAKE."
printed at bottom:-  "Pike o'Bliscoe. / The Band. / Style End. / Bowfell. / The Stake. Pike o'Stickle. / Pt. of Harrison Stickle."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1067.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Pike o'Stickle
source data:-   Print, engraving, Great Langdale, 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.46 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "GT. LANGDALE."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Wetherlam. / Lingmire. / Bowfell. / Pike o'Stickle. / Harrison Stickle. / Gt. Langdale. / High Close."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.13
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Pike o'Stickle
source data:-   Print, engraving, Valley of The Stake, Mickleden, 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.42 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "VALLEY OF THE STAKE. / London Pubd. April 15th. 1836, by Sherwood &Co."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Pike o'Bliscoe. / The Band. / Style End. / Bowfell. / The Stake. / Pike o'Stickle. / Pt. of Harrison Stickle."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.10
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