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stepping stones, Rydal
site name:-   Rothay, River
locality:-   Rydal
locality:-   Loughrigg
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   stepping stones
coordinates:-   NY36550552
1Km square:-   NY3605
10Km square:-   NY30

photograph
BLK86.jpg (taken 5.12.2005)  
photograph
BLK87.jpg (taken 5.12.2005)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 6) 
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.
"Stepping Stones"
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, River Rothay near the stepping stones, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS596
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, stepping stones, River Rothay, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS351
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evidence:-   old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) 
source data:-   Print, etching? The Stepping Stones, Rydal, Westmorland, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
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Tipped in opposite p.204 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. 
printed at lower left:-  "The Stepping Stones"
item:-  JandMN : 382.41
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evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, The Stepping Stones, Ambleside, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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On p.111 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "THE STEPPING STONES, AMBLESIDE."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.48
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photograph
BLK88.jpg (taken 5.12.2005)  
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