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Chapel Stile, Lakes
Chapel Stile
locality:-   Great Langdale
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY32070547
1Km square:-   NY3205
10Km square:-   NY30


photograph
BNL33.jpg (taken 26.3.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 8) 
placename:-  Chapel Stile
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:- Otley 1818
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.
image
OT02NY30.jpg
Buildings and a cross. 
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Langdale
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.
image
GAR2NY30.jpg
"Langdale"
blocks, settlement, and a cross, a church 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  Langdale Chapel
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.
image MNU1P147, button  goto source
Page 147:-  "... Langdale Chapel is a primitive hamlet, where the old character of the district is well preserved. ..."

evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:-  Chapel Stile
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Chapel Stile, Great Langdale, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
image  click to enlarge
PS1E47.jpg
On p.127 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "CHAPEL STILE, GREAT LANGDALE."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.54
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photograph
BRV03.jpg  Pigeon holes.
(taken 11.11.2009)  
photograph
BRV04.jpg  Pigeon holes.
(taken 11.11.2009)  

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