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| Buttermere Hause, Buttermere | ||
| Buttermere Hause | ||
| locality:- | Rannerdale Knotts | |
| civil parish:- | Buttermere (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | headland | |
| coordinates:- | NY16281820 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1618 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY11 | |
| SummaryText:- | A hause is a neck of land. | |
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 CAY03.jpg (taken 11.6.2014)  CAY04.jpg The zigzag path starting right of centre is the old road, a new footpath laid with stones is more direct; both paths take a route above two humps in the hause. (taken 11.6.2014) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 69 2) placename:- Buttermere Hause |
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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 map:- Gents Mag 1751 placename:- Buttermeerhause |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in
Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George
Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751. GM1306.jpg "Buttermeerhause" gap between knobbly hillocks; mountainsls item:- JandMN : 114 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Buttermire Hause |
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| 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. D4NY11NE.jpg "Buttermire Hause" hill hachuring; a hill or mountain item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Randon Knot placename:- Buttermere Hawse |
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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 sourcePage 138:- "..." "... A fine expanse of water [Crummock Water] sweeps away to the right under a rocky promontory, Randon-knot, or Buttermere-hawse. The road then serpentizes round the rock, and under a rugged, pyramidal, craggy mountain. ..." |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Buttermere House |
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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. FD02NY11.jpg "Buttermere Ho." item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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 BLY26.jpg (taken 24.4.2006) |
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