Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| well, Rydal | ||
| Nab Well | ||
| locality:- | corpse road, Ambleside to Grasmere | |
| locality:- | Rydal | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | well | |
| locality type:- | spring | |
| coordinates:- | NY36250639 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3606 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 2) |
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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. "Well" |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s item:- water trough |
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| source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Nab Well, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer,
Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlargeHB0691.jpg stamped on reverse:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS355 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | probably old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) placename:- Nab Well |
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| source data:- | Print, etching? Nab Well, Rydal, Westmorland, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan
Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890. click to enlargePR1608.jpg Tipped in opposite p.196 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. printed at lower centre:- "[ / ] / But as a blessing to this calm recess" item:- JandMN : 382.38 Image © see bottom of page |
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