Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Watendlath, Borrowdale

Watendlath, Borrowdale

Watendlath

civil parish:-

Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY27601633 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY2716

10Km square:-

NY21

BRP77.jpg (taken 23.9.2009)
photograph

BYJ46.jpg (taken 22.5.2013)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 6)
placename:- Watendlath

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Watenlath

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "watenlath"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Watenlath

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

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"Watenlath"
circle, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Watenlath

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.

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"Watenlath"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Watenlath

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.

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"Watenlath"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Watenlath

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

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"Watenlath"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Watendlath

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.

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"Watendlath"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Watendlath

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.

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Labelling the valley.
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)
placename:-  Watendlath
placename:-  Wattendleth
placename:-  Watanlath
placename:-  Watenlath
placename:-  Watendleth
placename:-  Watinlath

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.
"... Watendlath ..."
In a footnote Jonathan Otley comments on spelling:- "A specimen of the diversity of local orthography:-"
"Watendlath - Donald, 1774."
"Wattendleth - Clarke, 1789."
"Watanleth - West, 1796."
"Watenlath - Hist. Cumb. 1791. Wordsworth, Green, Parson and White, Gilpin, Housman."
"Watendleth - Ware, 1808."
"Watinlath - Alison, 1835. Wilkinson."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Watendlath

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.

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Page 61:- "..."
"WATENDLATH."
"The road pursues the eastern side of Derwent Water as far as Barrow Common, when it ascends the hill, having Barrow House on the right, Ashness Bridge crossing the stream which forms that cascade. There is a fine retrospective view of Derwent Water, with Skiddaw, Bassenthwaite, and the distant lands. The road then passes through a narrow valley, walled in on the right by steep precipices two or three hundred feet high; while the other side recedes upwards, so that its slopes admit of the plough. Through this defile flows the stream forming Lowdore, which on leaving the valley enters an abyss, rendered gloomy by beetling crags and shadowy trees. The hamlet is in a solitary valley three hundred yards above the surrounding vales: all the houses are richly coloured, and well combined with wood and back grounds. The bridge is worthy of notice, and crosses the stream at its outlet from the lake or tarn, which is large and circular, fringed with trees and guarded by rocky heights. The stream that enters it, flows from Blea Tarn, which is higher up, whence there is presented a most extensive mountain prospect. ..."

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Page 168:- "..."
"Watendlath is a narrow upland glen, through which runs a mountain stream issuing out of Blea Tarn, lying high up on the lonely fells. A hamlet, consisting of two or three houses, is sweetly reflected in the small tarn, the surplus water of which escapes under an extremely rude but picturesque bridge at its foot."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Watendlath

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.

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"Watendlath"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Watendlath

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

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"Watendlath"
blocks, settlement
item:- JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-

old text:- Martineau 1855

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.

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Page 76:- "..."
"If the tourist desires, (as it is to be hoped that he does) to see one of the primitive valleys of the district,- one of those recesses lapped in the mountains, where the sounds of civilised life have hardly penetrated, let him now go to Watendlath (locally called Wathendal) and descend into Borrowdale by Rosthwaite. The circuit is one of 13 miles; and it must be accomplished on foot or horseback; for there is no carriage-road in the upper part. So few pass that way that the women afford a remarkable specimen of the effects of a life of excessive seclusion. The men go to markets and sales, and have more use of their tongues and wits accordingly. The road along the lake side is followed, till it gives out a branch before reaching Barrow House. Up this by-road the explorer goes, ... The upland valley runs parallel with the lower one; and in it lies the clear circular pool which feeds the fall of Lodore. ..."

evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:- cart; barn

source data:-

Photograph, sepia, farmyard at Watendlath, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

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item:- Armitt Library : ALPS51
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, sepia, Watendlath in winter, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

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HB0398.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS52
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evidence:-

old postcard:-
placename:- Watendlath

source data:-

Postcard, colour photograph, Watendlath, Borrowdale, Cumberland, published by J Arthur Dixon, Newport, Isle of Wight, about 1966.

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There are three postmarks, as the GPO try to deliver the card to the addressee.
printed at rev:- "Watendlath Hamlet and Tarn, Cumberland / The setting for Sir Hugh Walpole's "Judith Paris." ... / ... / Printed and Published by J. Arthur Dixon, Newport, I. W., England / ..."
postmark:- "KESWICK / 11 30 AM / 15 JLY / 1965 / CUMBERLAND"
postmark:- "REIGATE &REDHILL / 9 30 AM / 17 JLY / [ ] / SURREY"
postmark:- "EPSOM / [ ] AM / 20 JLY / 1965 / SURREY"
item:- JandMN : 975
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evidence:-

old print:- Barber and Atkinson 1927
placename:- Watendlath

source data:-

Print, halftone photograph, Watendlath, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by E H Atkinson, published by James Atkinson, Caxton Printing Works, Ulverston, Lancashire, 1928.

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Tipped in opposite p.31 of Lakeland Passes, by John B Barber and George Atkinson, 1927, 3rd edn 1928.
printed at bottom:- "Photo E. H. Atkinson) Watendlath. (To face plage 31."
item:- JandMN : 350.7
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evidence:-

old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.2 no.4)
placename:- Watendlath

source data:-

Print, uncoloured engraving, Watendlath, and the Stream of Lowdore, drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by J Sands, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1833.

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Vol.2 no.4 in Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated, with descriptions by Thomas Rose, published by H Fisher, R Fisher, and P Jackson, Newgate, London, about 1835.
printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "T. Allom. / . Sands. / WATENDLATH, & THE STREAM OF LOWDORE. / FISHER, SON &CO. LONDON, 1833."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.394
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