Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Calf, Sedbergh

Calf, Sedbergh

locality:-

Howgill Fells

civil parish:-

Sedbergh (formerly Yorkshire)

civil parish:-

Orton S (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

hill

coordinates:-

SD667970

1Km square:-

SD6697

10Km square:-

SD69

altitude:-

2218 feet

altitude:-

676m

evidence:-

possibly old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Hood

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.

J5SD69NE.jpg
"HOOD"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

possibly old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Hood

source data:-

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

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
item:- latitude; longitude; lat and long

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 79:- "STATION IV.- CONISTON OLD MAN."
"Latitude 54° 22′ 20″ N. Longitude 3° 6′ 34″W. Height 2577 feet."
"Calf, near Sedbergh : 0°E : 25 : 2188"


BEARINGS	Distances in miles	Height in feet

evidence:-

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

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

20	Calf Hill				2188

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