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| Raven Crag, Coniston | ||
| Raven Crag | ||
| civil parish:- | Coniston (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| coordinates:- | NY312003 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3100 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) placename:- Raven Crag |
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| source data:- | Engraving, outline view of mountains, Coniston Water from near Bank Ground, drawn
by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.8 of A Descriptive Guide of the English
Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849. click to enlargeO80E05.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A1180.6 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 item:- raven |
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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 sourcePage 27:- "... One of the crags there is called Raven Crag: and it is said that a pair of ravens is living now, there or somewhere near. It is to be hoped that, now the eagles are gone, the last ravens will not be destroyed or scared away by the shot of the miners, or other rash sports-men, who are too apt to bring down every bird they see. ..." |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) placename:- Raven Crag |
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| source data:- | Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Grasmere and Coniston - Mountains as seen from Redbank,
Grasmere, and Mountains as seen a little beyond Tent Lodge on the Road from Coniston
to Ulverstone, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh,
Lothian, about 1900. click to enlargeBC08E3.jpg "... 12 Raven Crag ..." item:- JandMN : 37.12 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) placename:- Raven Crag |
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| source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from Red Bank, Grasmere, and Mountains
as seen a little beyond Tent-Lodge on the Road from Coniston to Ulverston, by J Flintoft,
Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846. click to enlargeBC02E3.jpg "... 12 Raven Crag ..." item:- JandMN : 32.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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