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Duddon Valley, Ulpha
Duddon Valley
site name:-   Duddon, River
civil parish:-   Ulpha (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   valley
coordinates:-   SD19698888 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD1988
10Km square:-   SD18
evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
item:-  sonnet
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 107:-  "..."
"The next portion of the drive is charming;- up the valley of the Duddon. The series of sonnets that Wordsworth has given us may have led strangers to expect too much: but to an unprepossessed eye the valley must appear lovely. Leaving the Bootle road"
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Page 108:-  "and the bridge to the left, the road ascends so steeply that the travellers will get out and walk; and many a time will they turn to the sea-view, and the wooded slopes on the way to Bootle, and the rocks, dressed with wild flowers, that enclose the road. Then comes a common covered with fern, in which the greenest of paths form a network: and far below dashes the brown river, between rocky banks; ... Four miles from Broughton, the bridge at Ulpha Kirk spans the river, and discloses a beautiful view, up and down, ... Ulpha Kirk is a mere hamlet; but there is a little inn at which the horses can rest if the party are disposed for a walk to the scene of Robert Walker's life and labours. Ulpha Kirk itself is one of the primitive places where the old manners of the district may yet be traced more clearly than in most road-side settlements. ..."
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Page 109:-  "... Seathwaite, ... The grey farmsteads stand under their sycamores, dispersed in the vale, and up the slope which meets the Walna Scar track from Coniston. Rocky and wooded knolls diversify the dale; and the full beck runs down to join the Duddon, for which it is often mistaken: but the Duddon is unseen here, so deep lies its channel among the rocks. ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, house in the Duddon Valley? Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS662
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evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, From the Terrace, Muncaster Castle, Muncaster, Cumberland, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
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On page 183 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
printed at lower left:-  "Joseph Pennell"
printed at bottom:-  "From the Terrace, Muncaster Castle."
item:-  JandMN : 464.43
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evidence:-   old map:- Brabant 1902 map (lake-Win/lake-Est) 
placename:-  Duddon Valley
source data:-   Map, uncoloured lithograph, Part of the Duddon Valley, Cumberland and Lancashire, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by B C Boulter, published by Methuen and Co, 36 Essex Street, Strand, London, 1902.
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Map, uncoloured lithograph, Part of the Duddon Valley, Cumberland and Lancashire, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by B C Boulter, published by Methuen and Co, 36 Essex Street, Strand, London, 1902. 
Tipped in opposite p.360 of The English Lakes, by F G Brabant. 
printed at bottom left:-  "BCB"
printed at with scale line:-  "Miles"
item:-  JandMN : 502.24
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evidence:-   old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) 
placename:-  Duddon Valley
source data:-   Print, etching? The Duddon Valley, Cumberland, by Harry Goodwin, 1883, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
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Tipped in opposite p.262 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. 
printed at lower centre:-  "The Duddon Valley"
item:-  JandMN : 382.54
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Duddon Valley
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.
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"... Duddon Valley ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.9
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Brockbank 1870s
placename:-  Duddon Valley
source data:-   Drawing, pencil and ink wash, glacial erratic on glaciated rock, Duddon Valley, Cumberland and Lancashire, by WH, 1870s, used by William Brockbank.
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"Seathwaite. Duddon valley / Octr."
"WH."
"Perched Block, resting on Glaciated Rock. / Duddon Valley / W. Brockbank [ ]"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.68.17
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Brockbank 1870s
placename:-  Duddon Valley
source data:-   Drawing, pencil and ink wash, glacial erratic, Duddon Valley. Cumberland and Lancashire, by WH, 1870s, used by William Brockbank.
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"W H."
"In the Duddon valley between / Seathwaite & Dunnerdale."
"Seathwaite. / Duddon Valley / W. Brockbank F[G ] / 15"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.68.15
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Brockbank 1870s
placename:-  Duddon Valley
source data:-   Drawing, pencil and ink wash, glacial erratic and glaciated rock, Duddon Valley, Cumberland and Lancashire, 31 October 1870, used by William Brockbank.
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"Perched block and / Glacial rock / in the Duddon Valley between / Seathwaite & Dunnerdale / Oct. 31. 1870."
"Perched Block on Glaciated Rocks. / Duddon Valley. / Wm. Brockbank. F[GS] / 11"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.68.11
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Brockbank 1870s
placename:-  Duddon Valley
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, glacial erratic, Duddon Valley, Cumberland and Lancashire, by WH, 27 October 1870, used by William Brockbank.
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"Perched Block / Seathwaite / Duddon valley / Oct: 27. 1870 / No2."
"WH."
"Perched Block / Vale of Duddon. / W. Brockbank F.[G ]"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.68.9
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Brockbank 1870s
placename:-  Duddon Valley
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, glacial erratic, Duddon Valley, Cumberland and Lancashire, by WH, 27 October 1870, used by William Brockbank.
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"Perched Block / Seathwaite / Duddon valley / Oct: 27. 1870 / No1."
"WH."
"Duddon Valley. / W. Brockbank F.G[ ]"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.68.7
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evidence:-   old print:- Jopling 1843
placename:-  Vale of the Duddon
source data:-   Print, Duddon Valley, Ulpha, Lancashire, by Charles M Jopling, published by Whittaker and Co, Ave Maria Lane, London and by Stephen Soulby, Ulverston, Cumberland, 1843.
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On p.55 of a Sketch of Furness and Cartmel, by Charles M Jopling. The accompanying text refers to:-  "Vale of the Duddon"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1636.12
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