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 Windermere lake |
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| viewpoint, Belle Isle S | ||
| site name:- | Belle Isle | |
| site name:- | Windermere lake | |
| civil parish:- | Windermere (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | viewpoint | |
| coordinates:- | SD39289636 (guess) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3996 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- station, Windermere, West 2 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto source Page 61:- "... proceed to the Great Island [Belle Isle], where you will again see all that is charming on the lake, or magnificent and sublime in the environs, in a new point of view." "The island was long the property of the Philipsons, once a family of consequence in these parts." "STATION II. The views from this delicious spot are many and charming.- From the south side of the island you look over a noble extent of water, bounded in front by waves of distant mountains, that rise from the water's edge. The two ferry-points form a picturesque strait; and beyond that, the Storrs on one side, and Rawlinson's nab on the other, shooting far into the lake, form a grand sinuosity, while the intermediate shores are beautifully indented with wooded promontories, or ornamented with elegant edgings of luxurious trees. Berkshire and Crow-" goto sourcePage 62:- "[Crow]holme islands break the line in this noble expanse of water. The eastern shore discovers much cultivation; and the succeeding hills are much diversified, and strangely tumbled about. Some are laid out in grass inclosures, other cut with hedges, and fringed with trees; one is crowned with wood, and skirted with the sweetest verdure; another waves with corn; and the whole is a mixture of objects that constitute the most pleasing of rural scenes.- The upper grounds are wild, and pastured with flocks." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) |
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| source data:- | Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of
Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful Lake
of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of Coniston
Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, and
Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumberland
now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794. text panel:- "..., His 2d. Station is the South Side of Bella Island. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) placename:- station, Windermere, West 2 |
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| source data:- | Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of
Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful Lake
of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of Coniston
Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, and
Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumberland
now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794. described on the map of lake Windermere "... His [West's] Second Station is the South Side of Bella Island." |
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| person:- | author : West, Thomas |
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| place:- | Windermere | |
| date:- | 1778 |
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| period:- | 18th century, late | |
| period:- | 1780s | |
| item:- | guide book; Guide to the Lakes |
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