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 Loweswater lake |
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| viewpoint, Highgap Yeat | ||
| locality:- | Highgap Yeat | |
| civil parish:- | Loweswater (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | viewpoint | |
| coordinates:- | NY13562125 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1321 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY12 | |
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| evidence:- | probably descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) |
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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 140:- "LOWES-WATER." "Proceed from the bridge, by High-cross, to Lowes-water. Having passed through a gate that leads to the common, the lake spreads out before you, a mile in length, and of an equal breadth of about a quarter of a mile. The extremities are rivals in beauty of hanging woods, little groves, and waving inclosures, with farms seated in the sweetest points of view. The south end is overlooked by lofty Mellbreak, at whose foot, a white house within some grass inclosures, under a few trees, stands in the point of beauty. The eastern shore is open, and indented with small bays; but the opposite side is more pleasing. Carling knot presents a broad pyramidal front, of swift ascent, covered with soft vegetation, and spotted with many aged solitary thorns. On each side the outlines wave upwards in the finest manner, terminating in a cone of grey rocks, patched with verdure. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Buttermere,
Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile,
by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1794, version
published 1800. CT8NY12F.jpg "1st. Station / High Gap Yeat" item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low) placename:- station, Buttermere, Crosthwaite 1 |
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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. "1st. Station / Highgap Yeat." |
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