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Hallsteads, Matterdale
Hallsteads
Outward Bound Mountain School
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY43812114
1Km square:-   NY4321
10Km square:-   NY42
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 66 9) 
placename:-  Hallsteads
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:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Hallsteads
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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"Hall[steads]"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
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.
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Page 9:-  "... at Hallsteads, on a fine promontory with undulating grounds, John Marshall, Esq. has an elegant house. ..."

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Hallsteads
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 145:-  "..."
"... At the extremity of the church promontory [on Ullswater] stands Hallsteads, the modern residence of J. Marshall, Esq. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Hallstead
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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"Hallstead"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Halsteads
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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"Halsteads"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Outward Bound School
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL / / A592 / MATTERDALE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74554 / NY4377321132"

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