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Barf, Above Derwent
Barf
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY21452674
1Km square:-   NY2126
10Km square:-   NY22
altitude:-   1536 feet
altitude:-   468m

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BWT11.jpg (taken 13.6.2012)  
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BWT27.jpg (taken 13.6.2012)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 16) 
placename:-  Barf
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 text:- Clarke 1787
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 92:-  "..."
"... We now, at Beck Sands, see a very rugged barren mountain on the left, for which the ignorant rustics have no name; it is covered with large loose stones, which seem as if they were ready to fall from its sides. on the right is Powter-How, ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Barf
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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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Barf
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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"Barf"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   outline view:- Barrow 1888
placename:-  Barff
source data:-   Outline view, engraving? Outline of Mountain Tops as seen from the Keswick Hotel, sketched by John Barrow, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, St Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, London, 1888.
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"... Barff ..."
item:-  Kendal Library : 10.3
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Barrow
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Barrow ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Matthew 1866
placename:-  Barf
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, View from Watendlath Road of Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite, Cumberland, published by J Richardson, Highgate, Kendal, Westmorland, 1866.
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Tipped in before p.1 of The English Lakes, Peaks and Passes, from Kendal to Keswick, by George King Matthew. 
printed at bottom:-  "VIEW FROM WATENDLATH ROAD OF / DERWENT WATER AND BASSENTHWAITE."
printed at caption to mountains:-  "... Barf. ..."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1168.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Barf
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Skiddaw and Derwent Water - Mountains as seen at Lodore Hotel, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 2 Barf ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.14
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Barf
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen at Lowdore Inn, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 2 Barf ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.7
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evidence:-   outline view:- 
placename:-  Barf
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lakes from the Road to Watendlath, Cumberland, published by Sherwood and Co, London, 1836?
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The view is from just above Ashness Bridge. Objects in the view are identified by a caption at the bottom (unfortunately the print is pale, so some objects are unclear, and the caption seems to be a little misaligned) - Swinside, Lord's Seat, Barff, St. Herbert's I., Bassenthwaite L., Ramp's I., Vicar's I., Lord's I., Skiddaw Dodd, Castle Hill, Keswick, Skiddaw, Latrigg, Falcon Crag. 
printed at bottom:-  "DERWENTWATER and BASSENTHWAITE LAKES. / from the Road to Watendlath."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.370
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BWT29.jpg  Cairn.
(taken 13.6.2012)  
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BWT28.jpg  Rock.
(taken 13.6.2012)  
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