Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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included in:-	Windermere lake
	viewpoint, Harrow Farm
site name:-	Harrow Farm
locality:-	Harrowslack (?)
civil parish:-	Claife (formerly Lancashire)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	viewpoint
coordinates:-	SD38929623 (guess)
1Km square:-	SD3896
10Km square:-	SD39
evidence:-	descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
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 60:-  "... at the gate leading to the ferry-house, follow the path to the left, having a stone-wall on the right, until you approach the farm-house called Harrow. Here a charming picture will present itself in an elegant style. The island, from this stand, appears with much variety of shore; indented and embayed; almost surrounded with islets; adorned with ancient oaks and scattered trees [1]. Here the lake is caught a second time over the island; and the village and church of Bowness hang on its banks. A sweeter picture than this, the lake does not" "[1] In the collection of Views of the Lakes, engraved by Messrs. Byrne &c. Mr. Farrington's view from the hill above the ferry-house, represents this scene."   goto source Page 61:-  "furnish.- The artist will find a proper stand on the inside of the stone-wall."
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person:-	author  : West, Thomas
place:-	Windermere lake
date:-	1778
period:-	18th century, late
period:-	1780s
item:-	guide book; Guide to the Lakes

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