Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Bow Fell, Eskdale

Bow Fell, Eskdale

Bow Fell

civil parish:-

Eskdale (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Lakes (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

hill

locality type:-

fell

locality type:-

boundary mark

locality type:-

county boundary mark

coordinates:-

NY24470647 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY2406

10Km square:-

NY20

altitude:-

2959 feet

altitude:-

902m

SummaryText:-

on old county boundary

BNL42.jpg (taken 26.3.2007)
photograph

BYN03.jpg From Lincove Beck.
(taken 4.6.2013)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 1)
placename:- Bow Fell

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 map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Bow Fell

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

J5NY20NE.jpg
"BOW FELL"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain, on county boundary
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Bow Fell

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.

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"BOW FELL"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain, on county boundary
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
placename:- Bowfell

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.

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Page 190:- "A TABLE OF THE Height of Mountains and Lakes SEEN IN THIS TOUR, ... TAKEN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. ... by Mr. John Dalton."
"Bowfell (Langdale) ... 1030 [yards]"

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Bow Fell

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24NY20.jpg
"Bow Fell"
hill hachuring
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old drawing:- Green 1790s-1820s (1808)
placename:- Bow Fell

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Bow Fell from Side House in Langdale, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 19 September 1808.

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ms, pencil at lower left, right:- "Sep 19 1808 / Bow Fell from Side House in Langdale"
item:- Dove Cottage : B47
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Bow Fell

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP3.jpg
"Bow Fell"
hill hachuring; mountain or hill, on county boundary
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Bow Fell

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
"Bow Fell"
hill hachuring; mountain or hill; on county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1810 (plate 53)

source data:-

Print, soft ground etching, Langdale Head, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1809.

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GN1253.jpg
Probably Bow Fell centre background.
Plate 53 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810.
printed at top right:- "53"
printed at bottom:- "LANGDALE HEAD. / Drawn &Engraved by William Green and Published at Ambleside, Augst. 1, 1809."
watermark:- "J WHATMAN / 1813"
item:- Armitt Library : A6641.53
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Bowfell

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:-

outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830)
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Print, engraving, outline view, Some of the Western Mountains as seen from Helvellyn, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.

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p.57 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830. "Some of the Western Mountains: / as seen from Helvellyn."
"Wetherlam / Old Man - Coniston Fell / Carrs, or Scars / Gray Friar / Black Combe / Crinkle Crags / Bowfell / Scawfell Pike / Great-end Crag / Glaramara / Great Gable / Kirkfell / Pillar Fell / Honister and High Crag / High Stile / Dalehead and Red Pike / Robinson / Blake Fell / Witeless Pike / Grasmoor / Ill Crags / Grisedale Pike"
item:- Armitt Library : A1175.3
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evidence:-

outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830)
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains of Coniston, Langdale, &c. as they appear from the road between Troutbeck Bridge and Bowness, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.

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p.97 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830. "The Mountains of Coniston, Langdale, &c. / as they appear from the road between Troutbeck Bridge and Bowness."
"Old Man - Coniston Fell / The Carrs / Wetherlam / Wrynose Gap / Pike of Bliscow / Crinkle Crags / Scawfell Pike / Bowfell / Great End / Great Gable / Pike of Stickle / Harrison Stickle / Paveyark"
item:- Armitt Library : A1175.4
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evidence:-

outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Engraving, outline view of mountains, Windermere looking towards the West from the Road between Troutbeck and Bowness, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.4 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.

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O80E03.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1180.4
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evidence:-

outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Engraving, outline view of mountains, A Group of Mountains seen from Helvellyn, looking towards the South West, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.50 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.

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O80E17.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1180.18
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evidence:-

outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)

source data:-

Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains of Coniston, Langdale, Etc, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.

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Printed on p.7 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834. "THE MOUNTAINS OF CONISTON, LANGDALE, &c. as they appear from the road between Troutbeck Bridge and Bowness."
Mountains in the view are listed:- "Old Man - Coniston Fell / The Carrs / Wetherlam / Wrynose Gap / Pike of Bliscow / Crinkle Crags / Scawfell Pike / Bowfell / Great End / Great Gable / Pike of Stickle / Harrison Stickle / Paveyark"
item:- JandMN : 48.2
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evidence:-

outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)

source data:-

Print, woodcut outline view, A Group of Mountains, seen from Helvellyn, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.

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OT2E09.jpg
Printed on p.63 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834. "A GROUP OF MOUNTAINS, Seen from Helvellyn, looking to the South-West."
"Holm Fell / Old Man - Coniston Fell / Wetherlam / Carrs, or Scars / Gray Friar / Black Combe / Harrison Stickle / Crinkle Crags / Bowfell / Hanging Knot / Scawfell Pike / Hindside / Great-end Crag / Glaramara / Great Gable / Green Gable / Kirkfell / Pillar Fell / Honister, and High Crag / High Stile / Dalehead, and Red Pike / Hindscarth, and Robinson / Blake Fell / Witeless Pike / Grasmoor / Ill Crags / Causey Pike / Grisedale Pike"
item:- JandMN : 48.10
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.

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Page 70:- "BOWFELL"
"Rises proudly in view from Windermere and Esthwaite Lakes. It is 2911 feet in height, and sheds the rain water into Borrowdale, Langdale, and Eskdale. It is easiest of access from Langdale, but may be reached from any of the above mentioned vales, or from the vale of Duddon."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Bow Fell
item:- altitude, Bow Fell

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 178:- "ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,"
"ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES."


No.	Names of Mountains.	Dalton.	Otley.	Trig. S.	Jamieson

5	Bow Fell	3090	2911

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Bow Fell

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.

FD02NY20.jpg
"Bow Fell"
Hill hachuring.
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Bow Fell, Eskdale, Cumberland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1852.

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AS0339.jpg
"see p34 / Bowfell / from nr Hardknot castle"
page number "29"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.390.39
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evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Bow Fell, Eskdale, Cumberland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1852.

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AS0347.jpg
"from Hardknot"
page number "34"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.390.47
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Bowfell

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.

GAR2NY20.jpg
"Bowfell"
hill hachuring
item:- JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-

outline view:- Martineau 1855
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains on the West Side of Windermere, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.

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Plate folded in opposite p.7 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. "MOUNTAINS ON THE WEST SIDE OF WINDERMERE"
"L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinburgh."
The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:- "1 Coniston Old Man 1a Carrs 2 Wetherlam 3 Wrynose Gap 4 Crinkle Crags 5 Pike of Bliscow 6 Scawfell Pike 7 Bowfell 8 Hanging knotts 9 Glaramara 10 Great End 11 Pike of Stickle 12 Harrison Stickle 13 Paveyark 14 Lingmoor 15 High Raise 16 Silver How 17 Loughrigg Fell 18 Ullscarth"
item:- Armitt Library : A1159.2
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evidence:-

old text:- Martineau 1855
placename:- Bowfell
item:- altitude, Bow Fell

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.

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Page 179:- "A TABLE OF THE HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS IN THE COUNTIES OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, AND LANCASHIRE."
"No. : Names of Mountains. : Counties. : Height in Feet above the Sea Level."
"7 : Bowfell : Westmorland : 2914"

evidence:-

old print:- Walton 1876
placename:- Bow Fell
item:- sunset

source data:-

Print, colour lithograph, Bow Fell, from Windermere, Westmorland/Cumberland, from a painting by Elijah Walton, published by W M Thompson, 20 Cockspur Street, Pall Mall, and Burlington Gallery, Piccadilly, London, 1876.

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Plate 21 in English Lake Scenery, with a description by T G Bonney.
item:- JandMN : 469.21
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, sepia, Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell in winter, Eskdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

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HB0399.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS53
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
item:- sheep dog; hearing

source data:-

Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1899 part 2 p.545 "[The Shepherd's Year] ..."
"..."
"There are many opinions as to whether sheep-dogs are ever at a loss to determine their position as well as that of the flock. My own idea is that they locate themselves perfectly by hearing - and it is acknowledged that their sense in this direction has a wider range than ours. Some of the more observant shepherds, too, use this power. They are aware of wide differences in the sound of wind and streams at different points of their beats, and of this we have a proof. We were wandering over Bowfell with an old shepherd. The mist hung in ragged edges half way down the Band; the ill-marked path ceased at the summit, and we blundered along towards Esk-hause. The old man allowed us to guide until we came to where sheer cliffs seemed to drop in every direction, and we in despair appealed to him."
""Listen," he said."
"A curlew whistled far above, the wind lisped among the crags and screes around, the merry rattle of a distant rill rose from beneath. The old man, without a word, of explanation, took us round the hillock, and again we listened. The curlew was silent, the wind a trifle more boisterous, and the sound of rushing waters more clear."
""The sound heard on the far side of the hill was that of the outlet of Angle Tarn" (which, indeed, was almost sheer below), "whereas you now hear the infant Esk.""
"..."

evidence:-

old print:- MacBride 1922
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Print, colour, Stake Pass and Bowfell, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.

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Tipped in opposite p.44 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride.
printed at bottom:- "STAKE PASS AND BOWFELL"
signed at lower right:- "A. HEATON COOPER"
item:- JandMN : 195.11
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evidence:-

outline view:- LMS 1920s

source data:-

Hills of Lakeland in Outline, published in the LMS Route Book No.3, The Track of the Royal Scot, by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.

evidence:-

outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:- Bow Fell

source data:-

Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.

evidence:-

outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:- Bow Fell

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.

evidence:-

outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:- Bow Fell

source data:-

Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Scawfell Pike, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.

evidence:-

old print:- Prior 1865
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Print, uncoloured engraving, Scafell and Bowfell from Hardknott, Cumberland, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 1865.

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PI0115.jpg
Included on page 101 of the guide book, Ascents and Passes in the Lake District of England, by Herman Prior.
printed at bottom:- "SCAFELL AND BOWFELL FROM HARDKNOTT."
item:- JandMN : 235.17
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evidence:-

outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900)
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Windermere - Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Biscay How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.

evidence:-

outline view:- Garnett 1850s-60s A

source data:-

Print, uncoloured engraving, Head of Langdale, from the Blea Tarn Road, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 2nd edn 1860s?

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GAR6E2.jpg
On p.39 of A Guide to the English Lake District, by a Cambridge Man. "Bowfell ..."
item:- JandMN : 149.3
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evidence:-

outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846)
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Bisket How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, about 1844.

evidence:-

outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869)
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Print, hand coloured, Valley of the Stake, Mickleden etc, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.

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Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham.
printed at bottom:- "VALLEY OF THE STAKE."
printed at bottom:- "Pike o'Bliscoe. / The Band. / Style End. / Bowfell. / The Stake. Pike o'Stickle. / Pt. of Harrison Stickle."
item:- Armitt Library : A1067.4
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evidence:-

outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:- Bowfell

source data:-

Print, engraving, Little Langdale, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.

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TAT107.jpg
The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view.
Tipped in opposite p.39 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall.
printed at bottom:- "LITTLE LANGDALE."
printed at bottom left to right:- "Hard Knot. / Oxen Fell. / Wrynose. / Bowfell. / Lingmire. / Colwith. / Langdale Pikes. / Gt. Langdale. / Borrowdale Fells."
item:- Armitt Library : A1204.8
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