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Stockghyll Force | ||||||||||||||
site name:- | Stock Ghyll | |||||||||||||
locality:- | Ambleside | |||||||||||||
civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |||||||||||||
county:- | Cumbria | |||||||||||||
locality type:- | waterfall | |||||||||||||
coordinates:- | NY38400457 (etc) | |||||||||||||
1Km square:- | NY3804 | |||||||||||||
10Km square:- | NY30 | |||||||||||||
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BPK73.jpg (taken 2.7.2008) BPK74.jpg (taken 2.7.2008) |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 6) placename:- Stockgill Force |
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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. |
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evidence:- | old text:- Morgan 1759 |
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source data:- | MG02q053.txt "Ambleside is situated on the swift decline of a hill, over which many high mountains arise towards the north. "About a mile up the woody declivity of the hill (says a learned and ingenious traveller) we saw a most amazing Cascade, totally different from anything of the kind. The rushing of the waters sounded through the wood, and seemed at once as if bursting over our heads, and tumbling beneath our feet. This was soon reconciled; for in a few steps we perceived ourselves to be upon the summit of a cliff, which overhung the channel of the stream, where an old oak suspended his romantic boughs over the precipice. This was the only opening of the wood, or situation, where we could look into this tremendous gulf. The river which falls here, rises on the very height of the mountains, and flows in a very confined channel through an opening of the rocks, the edges of which were grown with stately trees, and thronged with thickets of hazel, birch, and holley. We looked upwards from the place where we stood for about one hundred perpendicular yards, where we saw the river in two streams pouring through the trees; about the mid-way it united, and was again broken by a craggy rock, overgrown with fern and brushwood, which threw it into two branches, foaming and making a horrid noise; but it soon united again, and from thence precipitated into a deep and dreary gulf, about sixty yards below the cliff on which we stood, from whence it tumbled from rock to rock, and dashed through a rough and craggy channel to the town of Ambleside, with a mighty sound, which so shook the air as to give a sensible agitation to the nerves, like the effects of a thunder clap."" |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Stock Gill Force |
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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 76:- "..." "In mountainous countries, cascades, water-falls, and cataracts, are frequent, but only to be seen in high perfection when in full torrent, and that is in wet weather, or soon after it. About a mile above Ambleside, there is, in a place called the Groves, a cascade, that, though the season should be dry," goto source Page 77:- "merits a visit, on account of its singular, and distinguished features [1]. It is the most curious you will see in the course of the tour. The stream here, though the water be low, is much divided, and broken by a variety of pointed dark rocks; after this, collecting itself into one torrent, it is precipitated with a horrid rushing noise, into a dark gulph, unfathomable to the eye; and then, after rising in foam, it is once more dashed with a thundering noise headlong down a steep craggy channel till it joins the Rothay, below Ambleside. The parts of this cataract are noble. The deep dark hue of the rocks, in the gloomy bosom of a narrow glen, just visible by day, and the foaming water, tinged with a hue of green caught from the trees and shrubs that wave over the fall, render this scene highly awful and picturesque." "[1] This cascade is called Stock Gill Force." goto source Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 Page 212:- "By not staying a little at Ambleside, Mr. Gray lost the sight of two magnificent cascades: the one not half a mile behind the inn, ... [and High Fall, Rydal] These, when I saw them, were in full torrent; whereas Lowdore water-fall, which I visited in the evening of the very same day, was almost without a stream. ..." goto source Rev Plumtre's Night Piece on Windermere, 1797 Page 232:- "..." "... / - Nor be forgot thy force, Stock-gill, / Rushing from the shatter'd hill, / Down in frothy torrents tost, / Till in the dark abysm lost, / And foaming through the woody glen, / Thund'ring from rock to rock amain, / You seek a refuge in the plain." |
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evidence:- | old map:- West 1784 map |
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source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland,
Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch,
engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784. Ws02NY30.jpg "Water fall" item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old text:- Green 1810 placename:- Stock Gill Force |
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source data:- | Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Studies from Nature,
by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn 1808-10,
published 1810. goto source page 24:- "..." "STOCK GILL FORCE." "The beauties of this admired water-fall are in a great degree lost to the generality of visitors, because they only see it from the foot-path, skirting the top of a bank which rises to a great height, and almost perpendicularly from the bottom of the channel; and the spectator looks down upon the scene, rather than upwards or horizontally; his view of the water is likewise considerably impeded by wood, of which there is a redundancy." "The finest views are from the bottom, and at some places a little above it;" goto source page 26:- "but few dare venture to the bottom, particularly those females whose pedestrian excursions have chiefly been upon the flat; nay, the masculine gender are often appalled with a view of the way, and many a swaggering gentleman of Bond Street, in his stable costume, would rather hazard his neck four-in-hand, than risk it having his arms precariously supported by the twigs and branches he may find in his way to the gulph below." "Several easy descents might be made at no considerable expense, which if well conducted, and the wood judiciously thinned, would give this water-fall, on a comparison with others, that high character it so justly deserves." "The master of the Salutation and the writer, have, years ago, decided on the existing necessity for such improvement, and determined, that while one shall find ways the other shall furnish means; but it has thus far unfor-" page 27:- "[unfor]tunately happened that the means have been so engaged with spades and ploughs, with halters and horse-whips, as to be unprovided with leisure either to amend their old ways, or to make good new ones." "The falls are four; the stream being divided at the top, produces two upper and two lower ones, and parts of all the four are seen from the foot-path just mentioned; on descending half way, the person arrives at the bottom of the upper, and top of the lower fall nearest the side he stood upon." "The view before him is a pretty little picture: the water in a volume tumbles into a circular bason, from which it again falls over a shelving rock, giving it somewhat the appearance of an artificial fountain; trees project wildly from the encircling walls, which, additionally decorated with grasses, fern, moss, and other plants, give it, by" goto source page 28:- "their contrast in form and colour, a beautiful appearance." |
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evidence:- | old print:- Green 1810 (plate 15) placename:- Stock Gill Force |
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source data:- | Print, soft ground etching, Stock Gill Force, Ambleside, Westmorland, by William Green,
Ambleside, Westmorland, 1810. click to enlarge GN1215.jpg Plate 15 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810. printed at top right:- "15" printed at bottom:- "STOCK GILL FORCE. / Drawn and Engraved by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1810." watermark:- "J WHATMAN / 1813" item:- Armitt Library : A6641.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 |
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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. OT02NY30.jpg Marked by three chevrons across the stream. item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 16) placename:- Stockgill Force |
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source data:- | Print, coloured aquatint, Stockgill Force, Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn by John Walton,
published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821. click to enlarge FW0116.jpg Tipped in opposite p.86 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes. item:- Dove Cottage : 1993.R566.16 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) placename:- Stock Gill Force |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the
mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be
visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the
district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick,
Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur
Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49,
latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes. goto source Page 44:- "STOCK GILL FORCE, at Ambleside, falls from a height of 70 feet, which is in better proportion to its adjacent scenery than if it fell 150 feet, as stated by some authors. It is a combination of four falls in one; the water is divided into two streams, and after a moment's rest in the middle of the rock, is finally precipitated into the deep, shaded channel below." |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Stockgill Force item:- height, Stockghyll Force |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto source Page 33:- "..." "STOCKGILL FORCE" "... Proceeding along the edge of a chasm for a short distance, the Fall bursts upon the sight of the visitor, when standing on the brink of the precipice opposite to it, and at a point midway between the top and bottom. Its height is about one hundred and fifty feet, and it is divided at the summit by a huge crag into two streams, which again unite before they are finally precipitated into the basin below; from which the waters rush along a gill, luxuriantly adorned with rock and wood, ..." goto source Page 179:- "WATERFALLS."
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evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Stockgill Force |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of
Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles
to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R
Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843. FD02NY30.jpg "Stockgill Force" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) placename:- Stock Ghyll Force |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured, Stock Ghyll Force, Ambleside, Westmorland, published by Thomas
Nelson and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s? click to enlarge NS0316.jpg On p.44 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. printed at bottom:- "STOCK GHYLL FORCE." item:- JandMN : 474.17 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) placename:- Stockgill Force |
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source data:- | Print, chromolithograph, Stockgill Force, Ambleside, Westmorland, published by Thomas
Nelson and Sons, London, 1880s? click to enlarge NS0325.jpg At the end of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. printed at bottom:- "STOCKGILL FORCE - AMBLESIDE" item:- JandMN : 474.26 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Pyne 1853 placename:- Stock Gill Force |
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source data:- | Print, tinted woodcut, The Head of Stock Gill Force, Ambleside, Westmorland, by James
Baker Pyne, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853. click to enlarge PYN201.jpg "THE HEAD OF STOCK GILL FORCE." item:- Armitt Library : A6678.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet
Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland,
and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76. goto source Page 42:- "... If his time in Ambleside is precious, the stranger may use the sunset or twilight hour for seeing Stockghyll Force, while his supper is preparing. He is directed or guided through the stable-yard of the Salutation Inn, when he passes under a tall grove of old trees on the right hand, the stream being on the left. ... Where the path forks towards and away from the stream, the visitor must take the left-hand one. The other is the way up Wansfell. His path leads him under trees, and up and" goto source Page 43:- "through a charming wood, with the water dashing and brawling further and further below, till his ear catches the sound of the fall: and presently after, the track turns to the left, and brings him to a rocky station whence he has a full view of the force. It is the fashion to speak lightly of this waterfall,- it being within half-a-mile of the inn, and so easily reached; but it is, in our opinion, a very remarkable fall, (from the symmetry of its parts,) and one of the most graceful that can be seen. Its leap, of about seventy feet, is split by a rocky protrusion, and intercepted by a ledge running across; so that there are four falls, - two smaller ones above, answering precisely to each other, and two larger leaps below, no less exactly resembling. The rock which parts them is feathered with foliage; and so are the sides of the ravine. Below, the waters unite in a rocky basin, whence they flow down ..." |
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evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet
Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland,
and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76. goto source Page 180:- "WATERFALLS." "No. : Names and Situations of Falls. : Counties : Feet in Height." "3 : Stockghyll Force, near Ambleside : Westmorland : 70" |
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evidence:- | old print:- Nelson 1859 |
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source data:- | Print, Nelson print, Stock Gill, the force, Westmorland, published by T Nelson and
Sons, London etc, 1859. click to enlarge NS0505.jpg printed, bottom "STOCK GILL." item:- Armitt Library : 2003.13.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, black and white, stereo photo, Stock Ghyll Force, Ambleside, Westmorland,
by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900s? click to enlarge HB0975.jpg ms at mount:- "Stock Ghyll Force" printed at rev of mount:- "Herbert Bell / Ambleside." item:- Armitt Library : 2005.157 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Stockghyll Force, Ambleside, Westmorland, by Herbert
Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlarge HB0845.jpg internegative at lower left and right:- "STOCKGHYLL FORCE, AMBLESIDE / H. BELL." item:- Armitt Library : ALPS513 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, Stockghyll Force, Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland,
1890s? click to enlarge HB0258.jpg stamped at rev:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS515 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Stockghyll Force, Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside,
Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlarge HB0205.jpg stamped at rev:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS25 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Stockghyll Force, Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside,
Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlarge HB0206.jpg stamped at rev:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS26 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Stockghyll Force, Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside,
Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlarge HB0207.jpg stamped at rev:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE" internegaitve at lower right:- "H. Bell." item:- Armitt Library : ALPS27 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Photochrom 1930s placename:- Stock Ghyll Force |
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source data:- | Photograph, black and white halftone print, Stock Ghyll Force, Ambleside, Westmorland,
published by Photochrom Co, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1930s? click to enlarge PCH110.jpg printed, "Stock Ghyll Force. / ..." item:- JandMN : 1015.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Stockghyl Force |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Stockghyl Force, Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn by W H
J Bool, engraved by Whymper, published 1920s-30s? click to enlarge PR0352.jpg On page 223 of Picturesque Europe, The Lake Country. printed at lower left, right:- "WHJBool / WHYMPER SC." printed at bottom:- "Stockghyl Force." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.352 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Stockgill Force |
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source data:- | Print, chromolithograph, Stockgill Force, Ambleside, Westmorland, published by T Nelson
and Sons, London, 1900s? click to enlarge PR0161.jpg From a set of prints, The Scenery of the English Lakes printed at bottom left:- "STOCKGILL FORCE - AMBLESIDE" item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.161 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Stock Gill Force |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, The Head of Stock Gill Force, Westmorland, published
late 19th century? click to enlarge PR0283.jpg printed at bottom:- "THE HEAD OF STOCK GILL FORCE." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.283 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Rowbotham 1875 (?) |
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source data:- | Print, colour lithograph? Stockghyll Force, Ambleside, Westmorland, by J Needham,
published by Marcus Ward and Co, London? 1875? click to enlarge PR0131.jpg Perhaps included in the set of prints, Views in the English Lake District. printed at lower left, right:- "[M]ARCUS WARD &CO / J Needham" item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.131 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Stock Gill |
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source data:- | Print, engraving with lithograph colour? Stock Gill, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1860s-70s? click to enlarge PR0381.jpg printed at bottom:- "STOCK GILL." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.381 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Nelson 1859 |
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source data:- | Print, Stock Gill waterfall, drawn by Keeley Halswelle, Edinburgh, published by T
Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, London, and Edinburgh and New York, United States,
1859. click to enlarge NS0109.jpg Tipped in oppposite p.264 of a guide book, The English Lakes. printed at bottom:- "STOCK GILL." item:- JandMN : 336.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Pyne 1853 placename:- Stock Gill Force |
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source data:- | Drawn by James Barker Pyne, 1848-1853. click to enlarge PYN1E1.jpg "Head of Stock Gill Force" item:- JandMN : 97.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Garnett 1850s-60s F placename:- Stockghyll Force |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Stockghyll Force, Ambleside, in the grounds of the Salutation
Hotel, Westmorland, drawn and engraved by William Banks and Son, Edinburgh, published
by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s? click to enlarge GAR704.jpg Included in Views of the English Lakes. Is the man in the picture reading a guide book? printed at bottom:- "Drawn & Engd. by W. Banks &Son, Edinr. / STOCKGHYLL FORCE, AMBLESIDE. / In the Grounds of the Salutation Hotel." item:- JandMN : 165.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Sylvan 1847 placename:- Stock Gill Force |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, Stock Gill Force, Ambleside, Westmorland, published by John Johnstone,
Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847. click to enlarge SYL112.jpg On p.46 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes. printed at bottom:- "STOCK GILL FORCE." item:- Armitt Library : A1201.12 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Atkinson 1847 (5th edn 1850) placename:- Stock Gill Force |
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source data:- | Print, woodcut engraving, Stock Gill Force, Ambleside, Westmorland, by T W Holme,
engraved by George Measom, published by Thomas Atkinson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1850. click to enlarge AK2E08.jpg On p.39 of a Handbook to the English Lakes, 5th edn. printed at bottom:- "left, right, centre: : G MEASOM / TWHolme / Stock Gill Force." item:- Armitt Library : A1144.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Rose 1832-35 placename:- Stock Gill Force |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, Stock Gill Force, Westmorland, by Thomas
Allom, engraved by le Petit, 1833. click to enlarge R132.jpg item:- JandMN : 66.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Stock Gill Force |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Stock Gill Force, Westmorland, published early 19th century. click to enlarge PR0443.jpg printed at bottom:- "STOCK GILL FORCE, / Westmoreland." item:- private collection : 107 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- |
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source data:- | Print, hand coloured aquatint, Stockghyll Force, Ambleside, Westmorland. click to enlarge PR1887.jpg item:- Armitt Library : 1959.105 Image © see bottom of page |
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In spate after a lot of rain. |
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BPS68.jpg (taken 10.10.2008) BPS69.jpg (taken 10.10.2008) BPS70.jpg (taken 10.10.2008) BPS71.jpg A lot of pennies stuck in a stump, by the path on the north side of the gill. Why? (taken 10.10.2008) |
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