Dove Nest, Lakes | ||
Dove Nest | ||
Street:- | Windermere Road | |
civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | buildings | |
coordinates:- | NY38410255 | |
1Km square:- | NY3802 | |
10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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CAO13.jpg (taken 2.5.2014) |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 14) placename:- Dove Nest |
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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:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Dove's Nest |
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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. goto source Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 Page 205:- "... The wood of the mountains increases [south of Grange], and their summits grow loftier to the eye, and of more fantastic forms; among them appear Eagle's-cliff, Dove's-nest, Whitedale pike, &c. celebrated in the annals of Keswick. ..." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) placename:- Dove's Nest |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of
Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter
Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819. CT9NY30W.jpg "Dove's nest, / Mr. Benson" block, building/s CT09Vgn3.jpg "Dove's nest / Mr. Benson's" item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.102 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) placename:- Dove Nest |
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source data:- | Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its
Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke,
engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James
Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787. CLANY30W.jpg "Dove Nest / Mr. Benson" item:- private collection : 10.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old text:- Green 1810 placename:- Dove Nest |
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source data:- | Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Studies from Nature,
by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn 1808-10,
published 1810. goto source page 13:- "..." "Dove Nest, belonging to Mrs. Benson, but at present inhabited by Edward Pedder, Esq. who has greatly improved it, ..." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Doves Nest |
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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. GAR2NY30.jpg "Doves Nest" block, building item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) placename:- Dove's Nest |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured, Dove's Nest, near Ambleside, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson
and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s? click to enlarge NS0309.jpg On p.30 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. printed at bottom:- "DOVE'S NEST." item:- JandMN : 474.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 |
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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. goto source Page 18:- "... Just above Lowwood, high up on the wooded side of Wansfell, will be seen Dove Nest, once the abode of Mrs." goto source Page 19:- "Hemans, when its appearance was more primitive and less pretty than it is now,- improved as it has been by its present resident, her then young friend, the Rev. Robert Perceval Graves. ..." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Prior 1874 map 1 placename:- Dove Nest |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale
about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett,
Windermere, Westmorland, 1874. click to enlarge PI03M1.jpg "Dove Nest" block/s; building/s item:- private collection : 133.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Dove Nest, Windermere Road, near Ambleside, by Herbert
Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlarge HB0193.jpg Owned? by Mrs Felicia Hemans. internegative at lower left:- "H. Bell" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS8 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Dove Nest |
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source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "DOVE NEST / / WINDERMERE ROAD / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 451910 / NY3839602551" |
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evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ARBOUR IN GARDEN AT DOVE NEST / / WINDERMERE ROAD / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 451911 / NY3841402512" |
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evidence:- | old print:- Sylvan 1847 placename:- Dove's Nest |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, Dove's Nest, near Lowwood, Westmorland, drawn by Thomas Gilks, published
by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847. click to enlarge SYL109.jpg On p.42 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes. printed at bottom:- "T. GILKS / DOVE'S NEST." item:- Armitt Library : A1201.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Dove's Nest item:- sketching |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Dove's Nest, Windermere, Westmorland, drawn by T C Dibdin
from a sketch by Mrs Hughes, engraved by J H Kernot, published by William Blackwood
and Sons, Edinburgh, about 1835? click to enlarge PR0533.jpg Two ladies are sketching by the lake, in the foreground. printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "Drawn by T C Dibdin. from a Sketch by Mrs Hughes / Engraved by J H Kernot. / Dove's Nest Windermere. / William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh &London." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.482 Image © see bottom of page |
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personal | ||
person:- | poet : Hemans, Felicia Dorothea, Mrs |
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place:- | home | |
date:- | 1830 |
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item:- | poem; Boy Stood on the Burning Deck, The |
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Mrs Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet, author of the Boy Stood on the Burning Deck, lived
here about 1830. |
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