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Sadgill, Longsleddale
Sadgill
locality:-   Longsleddale
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   NY48260570
1Km square:-   NY4805
10Km square:-   NY40

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BHU25.jpg  Low Sadgill beyond the trees on the left, Middle Sadgill in the middle, and High Sadgill hid in trees to the right.
(taken 11.2003)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 6) 
placename:-  Sadgill
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.
OS County Series (Wmd 27 7) 
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"Sadgill"
evidence:-   old photograph:- 
source data:-   River Sprint and Sadgill Bridge by J H Hogg, Kendal, 1900s.
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in guide book, Kendal Illustrated, published by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1900s.  "LONGSLEDDALE"
item:-  private collection : 58
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evidence:-   census returns:- 
placename:-  Low Sadgill
placename:-  Sadghyll
placename:-  Middle Sad Ghyll
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Sand Gills
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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"Sand Gills"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Sand Gills
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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"Sand Gills"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
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:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Sad Gill
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 4 sheets mounted together on linen and rolled, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1.25 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.
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map courtesy of Mark Cropper
"Sad Gill"
item:-  private collection : 371
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evidence:-   old map:- Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
placename:-  Sad Gill
source data:-   Tithe map, Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836.
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courtesy of Mark Cropper
Plan of part of the Township of Longsleddale, Westmorland, made regarding the Kendal Corn Rent Act, ie a tithe award map, scale about 20 inches to 1 mile, Kendal, Westmorland, 1836.  "SAD GILL"
item:-  private collection : 370
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 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
evidence:-   old text:- Prior 1865
source data:-   Guide book, Ascents and Passes in the Lake District of England, by Herman Prior, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 1865.
Page 7, on the Stile End path:-  "... going through the upper of these two gates; and then continuing without difficulty, with a wall on its right throughout, to the houses in the village. Opposite to these, a bridge is seen, on crossing which you are then in the main road up the valley. ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Bulmer 1880s (1st edn 1885/Wmd) 
source data:-   Series of books, each the History, Topography, and Directory of a county in the NW, mostly by T F Bulmer, published by T Bulmer and Co, Manchester, Lancashire, 1880s; 2nd editions 1900s-10s.
"The township [Longsleddale] has no village of its own name; but there are two hamlets, Stockdale and Sadgill, the former containing two and the latter three houses."
evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Sadgill
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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"Sadgill"
item:-  JandMN : 61
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
source data:-   Photograph, sepia toned print, Longsleddale Nutting Party 1894, Sadgill, Longsleddale, Westmorland, 1894.
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1894, charabanc "LONGSLEDDALE NUTTING PARTY 1894"

courtesy of Ruth Fishwick
item:-  private collection : 199
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evidence:-   old print:- Watson 1894
source data:-   View of upper Longsleddale including Sadgill, Goat Scar and Buckbarrow, in The Annals of a Quiet Valley, by A Country Parson edited by John Watson, published by J M Dent and Co, London, 1894.
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"BERTHA NEWCOMBE"
item:-  Kendal Library : 5
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Wilson 1912
source data:-   Guide book, Longsleddale, by F M Wilson, published by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1912.
WILSON1.txt
"The parish has no village of its own name, but there are two hamlets, Stockdale and Sadgill; the former containing two, and the latter three houses."
"At Sadgill you will hear the mournful sound of the water as it dashes over the waterfall and among the rocks; ..."
The waterfall referred to is not Sadgill Force which is the one you can hear; though Sadgill Force does make a low moan. 
evidence:-   old postcard:- 
source data:-   Postcard, black and white, cattle on the grassing by the hoghouse above Sadgill, Longsleddale, Westmorland, 1920s - 1930s.
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"4315[8], LONGSLEDDALE VALLEY, NEAR KENDAL"

courtesy of Michael Wooldridge
item:-  private collection : 145
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evidence:-   textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967
placename:-  Satgill
placename:-  Sategille
placename:-  Sapgill
placename:-  Saggill
source data:-   Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith, published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967
 directory entries
 fungi
 hounds
 old parish registers (formerly )
evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Sadgill
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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"Sadgill"
several buildings drawn, not labelled. 
evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Robinson, Dent and Vickers 1885
placename:-  Sad Gill
source data:-   Book, Shepherds' Guide,
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"103 - JOHN FISHWICK, Sad Gill, Longsleddale. Cropped near ear, a stroke over the fillets and down both lisks, and a stroke from that up the back to the shoulder."
item:-  Kendal Library : 41
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Hodgson 1849
source data:-   Book, Shepherd's Guide, or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks of the Different Stocks of Sheep, Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmorland, by William Hodgson, Normoss, Corney, Cumberland, 1849.
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"GEORGE HUDSON, Sad Gill."
"Forked near ear, a red stroke from the fillets to the far side of the tail, and a stroke from the near hock bone over and across the other and down the buttock, TH on the far horn."
item:-  Kendal Library : 39
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Hodgson 1849
source data:-   Book, Shepherd's Guide, or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks of the Different Stocks of Sheep, Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmorland, by William Hodgson, Normoss, Corney, Cumberland, 1849.
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"GEORGE HUDSON, Sad Gill."
"Under key bitted near ear, cropped far, a red stroke over and down both shoulders, and one over the back and down both sides, and a pop at the tail head."
item:-  Kendal Library : 39
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Hodgson 1849
source data:-   Book, Shepherd's Guide, or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks of the Different Stocks of Sheep, Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmorland, by William Hodgson, Normoss, Corney, Cumberland, 1849.
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"BENJAMIN MARTIN, Sad Gill."
"Cropped near ear, a stroke over the fillets and down both lisk[s], and a stroke from that up the back to the shoulders."
item:-  Kendal Library : 39
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Walker 1817
placename:-  Sadgill
source data:-   Shepherds guide, The Shepherd's Guides or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks on the Different Stocks of Sheep ..., in Westmorland, by Joseph Walker, printed by W Stephen, Penrith, Cumberland, 1817.
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courtesy of George Akrigg
"No.1 - JAMES MATTINSON, Sadgill:"
"Cropped near ear, a red mark on the back and down both lisks, IM on the horn, and a figure."
item:-  private collection : 91
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evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Walker 1817
placename:-  Sadgill
source data:-   Shepherds guide, The Shepherd's Guides or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks on the Different Stocks of Sheep ..., in Westmorland, by Joseph Walker, printed by W Stephen, Penrith, Cumberland, 1817.
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courtesy of George Akrigg
"No 2 - THOMAS WALKER, Sadgill:"
"Cropped far ear, and under key bitted near, a red mark over both shoulders, and another over behind the shoulders, a pop on the tail head, and TW on the horns."
item:-  private collection : 91
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notes:-  
 The shepherds guides do not always distinguish the various Sadgill farms, and sometimes just refer to 'Sadgill'.
evidence:-   old newspaper:- Z8900705.txt
placename:-  
item:-  placename, Sadgill
source data:-   Z8900705.txt
Westmorland Gazette
Transcription from the Westmorland Gazette 5 July 1890 
page 6:-  "... Sadgill is plainly indicated by the mournful sound of the water as it dashes over the waterfall, and among the rocks underneath Buckbarrow. One authority states that the river Sprint rises in Sadgill, but its course may be traced to Harter Fell."
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hearsay:-  
"... Five miles from the Dun Bull Sad Gill is reached. Why "Sad?" Possibly because it is the furthest limit of any attempt at cultivation, if one excepts a couple of fir plantings on the slopes of Buckbarrow; or perhaps the name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon "Sad," meaning "heavy" or "sodden." Otherwise it is a comfortable looking hamlet of not more than four or five houses, if as many, ..."

Barber, John B &Atkinson, George: 1931: Lakeland Passes

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BQY25.jpg  Path from Tills Hole to Low Sadgill.
(taken 1.7.2009)  
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BXG70.jpg  Trees in Old Close.
(taken 2.9.2012)  
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BQO42.jpg  Rainbow.
(taken 26.5.2009)  
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BLV76.jpg  Windbreak, east of the bridge, Sadgill.
(taken 13.4.2006)  
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BSF91.jpg  Cars parked at the road end.
(taken 7.3.2010)  
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BSD08.jpg  Postman, on his way out.
(taken 8.2.2010)  
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BJW30.jpg  Sheep on the road
(taken 29.9.2005)  
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BJW31.jpg  Sheep on the road
(taken 29.9.2005)  
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BJW32.jpg  Sheep changing field
(taken 29.9.2005)  
fiction:-  
 Called High Close in

Ward, Humphrey, Mrs: 1888: Robert Elsmere
story:-  
 At the edge of Sadgill Wood, above Middle Sadgill, there is said to be an ash tree with a horizontal bough, on which can be seen the groove of the rope where the last sheep stealer was hanged in the valley.
see:-    High Sadgill, Longsleddale
see:-    Middle Sadgill, Longsleddale
see:-    Low Sadgill, Longsleddale
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