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| Birks, Patterdale | ||
| Birks | ||
| civil parish:- | Patterdale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | NY38011436 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3814 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY31 | |
| altitude:- | 2041 feet | |
| altitude:- | 622m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 14) placename:- Birks |
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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:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) placename:- Birks |
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| source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains of Patterdale as seen from the Slate Quarry
on Place Fell, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830. click to enlargeO75E10.jpg p.137 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830. "The Mountains of Patterdale: / as seen from the Slate Quarry on Place Fell." "Place Fell / Hartshop Dod / Cawdale Moor / Kirkstone Pass / Red Screes / Deepdale Park / Blease / Birks / Dolly Waggon Pike / Eagle Crag / Bleaberry Pike / Helvellyn Pile / Hall Bank / Raise / Greenside / Herring Pike / Glenridding Dod / Glencoin Fell" item:- Armitt Library : A1175.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) |
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| source data:- | Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains of Patterdale, by
Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830. click to enlargeOT2E02.jpg Printed on p.11 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834. "THE MOUNTAINS OF PATTERDALE: as seen from the Slate Quarry on Place Fell." "Place Fell / Hartsop Dod / Cawdale Moor / Kirkstone Pass / Red Screes / Deepdale Park / Blease / Birks / Dolly Waggon Pike / Eagle Crag / Bleaberry Crag / Helvellyn Pile / Hall Bank / Raise / Greenside / Herring Pike / Glenridding Dod / Glencoin Fell" item:- JandMN : 48.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) placename:- Birks |
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| source data:- | Engraving, outline view of mountains, Mountains of Patterdale from the Slate Quarry
on Place Fell, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.14 of A Descriptive
Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849. click to enlargeO80E08.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A1180.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- Martineau 1855 |
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| source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen on the Keswick Road approaching Ullswater,
drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere,
Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855. click to enlargeMNU115.jpg Plate opposite p.104 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. "MOUNTAINS SEEN ON THE KESWICK ROAD APPROACHING ULLSWATER." "L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr." The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:- "1 Place Fell, 2 Birk Fell, 3 Red Screes, 4 Scandale Head, 5 Dove Crag (Hartsop), 6 Birks, 7 Rydal Head, 8 St. Sundays Crag, 9, Fairfield, 10 Glenridding Dod, 11 Dolly Waggon Pike, 12 Bleaberry Fell, 13 Striding Edge, 14 Herring Pike, 15 Gowbarrow Park." item:- Armitt Library : A1159.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) placename:- Birks |
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| source data:- | Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Ullswater - Mountains as seen a little on the Matterdale
Road near Lyulph's Tower on Ullswater, and Mountains as seen at the Slate Quarry at
Blowick on Ullswater, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh,
Lothian, about 1900. click to enlargeBC08E2.jpg "... 5 Birks ... 7 Birks ..." item:- JandMN : 37.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) placename:- Birks |
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| source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen a little on the Matterdale Road
near Lyulph's Tower on Ulleswater, and Mountains as seen at the Slate Quarry at Blowick
on Ulleswater, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh,
Lothian, about 1846. click to enlargeBC02E9.jpg "... 5 Birks ... 7 Birks ..." item:- JandMN : 32.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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