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Rydal Mount, Rydal
Rydal Mount
locality:-   Rydal
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   museum
locality type:-   garden
coordinates:-   NY36390637
1Km square:-   NY3606
10Km square:-   NY30

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BRR72.jpg (taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington
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BRR73.jpg  The bust of William Wordsworth in the library.
(taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 2) 
placename:-  Rydal Mount
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) 
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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"Knot Esq:"
house 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
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 109:-  "... Above the chapel is Rydal Mount, the residence of the poet Wordsworth; ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 41:-  "Above the hall is Rydal Mount, the residence of William Wordsworth, Esq. looking down the vale of Ambleside and Windermere on the one side, and of Rydal on the other; the house and gardens are in the best taste, the latter having been laid out by the poet himself. ..."
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Page 163:-  "..."
"... Rydal Mount is the residence of that contemplative, philosophic, and soul-subduing poet, William Wordsworth, Esq."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Rydal Mt."
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Wordsworth's House, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, August/September 1849.
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"Wordsworth's House Aug & Septr 1. 1849"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.487.25
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
item:-  press cupboard
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1850 part 2 p.43  "THE OLD GENEALOGICAL OAK PRESS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE POET WORDSWORTH."
"(IN illustration of the following very acceptable communication from the historian of Hallamshire, we may remind our readers, that in our biography of the poet Wordsworth, contained in our last number (p.668), allusion is made to an old press or i>armoire made in the year 1525 at the expense of an ancestor of the poet, one William Wordsworth of Peniston. Carved upon that same oak press is an inscription which furnishes a pedigree of the family for several generations anterior to the William of 1525. This singular relic of family history was formerly in the possession of the late Mr. Beaumont, but as we stated, upon the authority of a recent Yorkshire newspaper, it was restored by him to the Wordsworth family about ten years ago.)"
"June 10."
"MR. URBAN,"
"THE old oak press or armoire, with the genealogical inscription of the family of Wordsworth, of which you speak at p.668, is a very singular and perhaps unique work of its kind. The inscription may be rendered thus:"
""This work was made in the year 1525, at the expense of William Wordesworth, son of William, son of John, son of William, son of Nicholas, husband of Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Proctor (or the proctor), of Peniston, on whose soul may God have mercy.""
"It seems to shew what brought the Wordsworths to Peniston, in Yorkshire, where the family existed for several centuries in different branches, where this singular work was executed, and where it remained till towards the close of the eighteenth century. They were in all their generations, and in all their branches, leading people in the parish affairs; and those of the family who removed from Peniston and were settled in neighbouring parishes, or in towns at no great distance, as at Sheffield and Doncaster, maintained a highly respectable social position. Their descendants attained a distinction far in advance of those who remained at Peniston, who seem, indeed, not to have been so fortunate as their ancestors and more distant relatives."
"Of the branches of the family which had become planted in the neighbourhood of the parish of Peniston, the Wordsworths of Sheffield became ultimately represented by the families of two ladies who married Sir Charles Kent, Bart. and Mr. Verelst, the governor of Bengal. The Wordsworths of Falthwaite, in the adjoining parish of Silkston, produced the late Master of Trinity, and his brother William Wordsworth, whose name would give a distinction and lustre to any family however otherwise illustrious it might be."
"The information which you have gathered from a recent Yorkshire paper respecting the possession of the oak press by the late Mr. Wordsworth is perfectly correct, and perhaps you may think a short account of the manner in which he became possessed of it not unworthy a place in your Miscellany. I am able to give it, having myself had something to do in the transaction."
"In the autumn of 1831, when spending week or ten days in the lake-country, I had an introduction to Mr. Wordsworth, which was the first opportunity I enjoyed of conversing with this remarkable man. In the course of one of our conversations I happened"
evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag 1850
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Gentleman's Magazine 1850 part 2 p.44  "to mention the existence of this ancient memorial of people of his name who had lived in the parish to which his family traced its origin, when he expressed a strong desire to know more respecting it, and particulary whether it was still in existence, in whose possession it then was, and whether there might not be a possibilty that he, a descendant of the family, might become the possessor of it. To none of these questions was I then able to return an answer, but I promised that I would institute the necessary inquiries, and report to him the result. I did so, and by the assistance of an old friend, the late Mr. Gamaliel Milner, of Thurlston, a hamlet of Peniston, it was ascertained that the oak press had remained at Peniston, in possession of persons, either Wordsworths or descended from the family, but in reduced circumstances, till the period from 1780 to 1790, when it was sold by them to Sir Thomas Blackett, Bart. of Bretton Hall, and removed by him to that house. On further inquiry it was ascertained that it was then at Bretton, where it had descended to Mrs. Beaumont, and her son, the late Mr. Beaumont, who was then the owner of it."
"Some correspondence, I believe, passed between Mr. Wordsworth, or some one on his behalf, and Mr. Beaumont. Mr. Beaumont, I have heard indirectly, expressed his sense of the reasonableness of Mr. Wordsworth's claim, and of the satisfaction which it would give him to render in any proper way homage to so distinguished a man, but intimated, at the same time, the high pecuniary value in the Wardour-street markets of works of this rare and curious class."
"The affair was then laid to rest for several years; but Mr. Wordsworth's wishes having been made known to a friend and neighbour of Mr. Beaumont, a lady of whom Dr. Dibdin, in his Northern Tour, says that her eloquence was so persuasive that in half an hour she could turn any Whig into a Tory, she undertook to prevail with Mr. Beaumont, and managed the affair so successfully that in 1840 the press was removed to Rydal Mount, and received with great satisfaction by Mr. Wordsworth."
"Yours &c. JOSEPH HUNTER."
evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) 
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Wordsworth's House, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s?
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On p.34 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "WORDSWORTH'S HOUSE, RYDAL MOUNT"
item:-  JandMN : 474.11
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
item:-  garden
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 54:-  "... the stranger must alight, and ascend ... He is ascending Rydal Mount: and Wordsworth's house is at the top of the hill,- within the modest gate on the left. If the family should be absent, the traveller may possibly obtain entrance, and stand on the mossgrown eminence, (like a little Roman camp,) in front of the house, whence he may view the whole valley of the Rothay to the utmost advantage. Windermere in the distance is, as Wordsworth used to say, a light thrown into the picture, in the winter season, and, in summer, a beautiful feature, changing with every hue of the sky. The whole garden is a true poet's garden; its green hollows, its straight terraces, bordered with beds of periwinkle, and tall foxgloves, purple and white,- (the white being the poet's favourite); and then the summer house,- (now, however, damp and dreary, with the fircones that line it dropping out of their places); and then the opening of the door, which discloses the other angle of the prospect,- Rydal Pass, with the lake lying below. Every resident in the neighbourhood thinks the situation of his own house the best: but most agree that Wordsworth's comes next. We should say that Wordsworth's came next to Mr. Sheldon's at Miller Brow, but for the great disadvantage of the long and steep ascent to it. That ascent is a serious last stage of a walk on a hot summer day; but the privileges of the spot, when once reached, are almost incomparable."
evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1859
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, Nelson print, Wordsworth's House, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, published by T Nelson and Sons, London etc, 1859.
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printed, bottom  "WORDSWORTH'S HOUSE - RYDAL MOUNT."
item:-  Armitt Library : 2003.13.11
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evidence:-   old print:- Payn 1867
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, by T L Aspland, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867.
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On p.32 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. 
printed at bottom:-  "RYDAL MOUNT."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.16
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
internegative at lower right:-  "[H. Bell]"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS323
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  snow
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Rydal Mount, entrance in winter, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS324
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Rydal Mount, entrance, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS326
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  snow
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Rydal Mount, winter, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "[H. Bell]"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS327
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evidence:-   old print:- Bemrose 1881
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, published by Bemrose and Sons, 23 Old Bailey, London and Derby, by A B Moss, Carlisle, Cumberland, and by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1881.
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On p.56 of a Handy Guide to the English Lakes and Shap Spa. 
printed at bottom:-  "RYDAL MOUNT."
item:-  JandMN : 455.17
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evidence:-   old print:- Philip/Wilson 1890s
source data:-   Print, engraving, Rydal Mount, published by George Philip and Son, London, Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool, Lancashire, and Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1895.
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"RYDAL MOUNT."
item:-  JandMN : 58.22
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evidence:-   old text:- Burrow 1920s
placename:-  
source data:-   Road book, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scales about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
"... It is but two miles from here [Ambleside] to Rydal, where Wordsworth's home may be seen. the house is called Rydal Mount; only the exterior can be viewed. The road passes close beside the tiny but very charming lake of Rydal Water, ..."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"RYDAL MOUNT / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / I / 452838 / NY3639806371"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"C16, C17 and C18. The home of William Wordsworth from 1813 until he died in 1850, now open to the public. 3 storeys. Colour-washed stone rubble, slate roof with round chimneys, gabled porch, new windows. Lower wings are 2 storeys. East block late C16. West wing C17. A cross-wing added circa 1700 at north end of original block. A mid-cl8 block between the original house and the west wing. For group notes see General group description under Rydal."
evidence:-   old print:- Robertson 1911
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, lithograph? Rydal Mount, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
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Tipped in opposite p.304 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. 
printed at bottom:-  "RYDAL MOUNT"
signed at painting lower left:-  "Arthur Tucker"
item:-  JandMN : 197.52
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evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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On p.115 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "RYDAL MOUNT. / (The home of Wordsworth from 1813 to 1850)."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.49
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evidence:-   old print:- Bogg 1898
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, engraving, Rydal Mount the home of William Wordsworth, Rydal, Westmorland, by S Harrison, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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Included on p.179 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.64
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, View from Rydal Mount, Westmorland, engraved by Butterworth and Heath, published late 19th century?
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On page 154 of The English Lakes. 
printed at lower right:-  "B &H"
printed at bottom:-  "VIEW FROM RYDAL MOUNT."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.332
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Rydal Mount, Wordsworth's Home, Westmorland, drawn by Alfred Parsons, engraved by T L Smart, 1879.
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printed at lower left, right:-  "Alfred Parsons 1879. / T L SMART SC."
printed at bottom:-  "RYDAL MOUNT - WORDSWORTH'S HOME.- BY ALFRED PARSONS."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.294
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evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1859
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, engraving, Wordsworth's House, Rydal Mount, drawn by Keeley Halswelle, Edinburgh, published by T Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, London, and Edinburgh and New York, United States, 1859.
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Tipped in oppposite p.236 of a guide book, The English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "WORDSWORTH'S HOUSE - RYDAL MOUNT"
item:-  JandMN : 336.7
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, by ?B Foster, engraved by E Evans, 1850s-60s?
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printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "[B] Foster / E. EVANS SC. / RYDAL MOUNT"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.438
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evidence:-   old print:- Sylvan 1847
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, engraving, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, drawn by Thomas Gilks, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
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On p.56 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom right, centre:-  "[T. GILKS] / RYDAL MOUNT."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1201.18
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evidence:-   old print:- Atkinson 1847 (5th edn 1850) 
placename:-  Rydal Mount
item:-  Wordsworth
source data:-   Print, woodcut engraving, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, by T W Holme, engraved by George Measom, published by Thomas Atkinson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1850.
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On p.43 of a Handbook to the English Lakes, 5th edn. 
printed at bottom:-  "left, right, centre: : T. W. HOLME / G.M.Sc / Rydal Mount."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1144.10
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Room at Rydal Mount, Westmorland, drawn by W Westall, published by Edward Moxon, Dover Street, London, 1840.
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Two figures, perhaps William and Dorothy Wordsworth? 
printed at bottom left, centre:-  "W. Westall, A.R.A. del. / ROOM AT RYDAL MOUNT. / London. Edwd. Moxon, Dover Street, 1840."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.399
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Rydal Water, Westmoreland, published by John William Parker, West Strand, London, 1837.
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On page 16 of the Saturday Magazine, 8 July 1837. The pages have text relevant to English Lake Scenery. 
printed at bottom:-  "RYDAL WATER, WESTMORELAND."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.320
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evidence:-   old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) 
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, etching? Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
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Tipped in opposite p.188 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. 
printed at lower right:-  "Rydal Mount / [The intellect can raise / from any words alone, a Pile that ne'er decays]"
item:-  JandMN : 382.36
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Rydal Mount, Rydal, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
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Plate 36 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "36"
printed at bottom:-  "RYDAL MOUNT. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.36
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Rydal Mount, Rydal, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
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Plate 18 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "18"
printed at bottom:-  "RYDAL MOUNT. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.18
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Rydal Mount
source data:-   Drawing, Rydal Mount, Rydal, Westmorland, by William Havell, 1800s-10s.
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View of Rydal Mount house in wooded grounds with hills in background. One of a set of twenty views of the lake district executed by the artist on one sheet of paper. 
at bottom:-  "Rydal Mount"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 2009.89.38
Image © Tullie House Museum

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BRR74.jpg  Dining room.
(taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington
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BRR76.jpg  Spice cupboard:-
"E A K 1710" Edward Knott lived here from 1700-80.
(taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington
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BRR77.jpg  Delft tiles in the dining room fireplace.
(taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington
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BRR78.jpg  Display of personalia.
(taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington
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BRR79.jpg  Drawing room.
(taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington
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BRR80.jpg  Library.
(taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington
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BRR75.jpg  Portrait of William Wordsworth by Henry Inman, 1844.
(taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington
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BRR81.jpg  Barometer owned by William Wordsworth.
(taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington
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BRR82.jpg  Barometer owned by William Wordsworth.
(taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington
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BRR83.jpg  Study, now a display gallery.
(taken 7.10.2009)  courtesy of Mr and Mrs Elkington

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BYX05.jpg  Chimney.
(taken 30.7.2013)  
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BYX06.jpg  Chimney.
(taken 30.7.2013)  
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BYX07.jpg  Window.
(taken 30.7.2013)  
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BLK95.jpg (taken 5.12.2005)  
hearsay:-  
 William Wordsworth and his family lived here from 1813, renting the cottage from Lady Diana le Fleming.. William died here in 1850, his sister in 1855, and his widow Mary in 1859.

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