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Deepdale, Patterdale
Deepdale
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   valley
coordinates:-   NY38861304 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3813
10Km square:-   NY31


photograph
BVL41.jpg (taken 26.9.2011)  
photograph
BOE56.jpg  Near the dale head.
(taken 11.9.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 19 3) 
placename:-  Deep Dale
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:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Deepdale
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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SP14NY41.jpg
"Deepdale"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Depedale
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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BO18NY31.jpg
"Depedale"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Dibdale
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.
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J5NY31SE.jpg
"Dibdale"
hill hachuring; valley 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Deep Dale
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.
image CL13P032, button  goto source
Page 32:-  "... The whole Dale [Patterdale] consists at present of five small manors; Hartsop, the property of the Earl of Lonsdale; Deep-Dale, of the Duke of Norfolk; Griesdale and Pless-Fell, of William Hassel, Esq; of Dalemain; and Glenridding, of John Mounsey, Esquire."

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Dibdale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY31.jpg
"Dibdale"
area 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Deepdale
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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OT02NY31.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 46) 
placename:-  Deepdale
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Deepdale, Patterdale? Westmorland, drawn by Theodore H A Fielding, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821.
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FW0146.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.279 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 1993.R566.46
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Deepdale
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 149:-  "..."
"Leaving the inn [at Patterdale], we shall proceed up the dale. On the right is Deepdale, which is terminated by a cove, a craggy and gloomy abyss, with precipitous sides, the receptacle of the snows of Fairfield. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Deepdale
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.
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FD02NY31.jpg
"Deepdale"
Between hill hachures. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Deepdale
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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GAR2NY31.jpg
"Deepdale"
river valley 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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photograph
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BOE36.jpg  View north from a little way up Deepdale.
(taken 11.9.2007)  
photograph
BXI58.jpg (taken 18.9.2012)  

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