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| Eden Valley | ||
| site name:- | Eden, River | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | valley | |
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 BQR83.jpg From above Dufton. (taken 1.6.2009)  CEG94.jpg From Mallerstang Edge. (taken 2.11.2015) |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Defoe 1724-26 placename:- |
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| source data:- | Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in
parts, London, 1724-26. "... having passed Kendal, and descending the frightful mountains [Shap Fells], we began to find the flat country show it self; we soon saw that the north and north east part of the county was pleasant, rich, fruitful, and, compared to the other part, populous." "... it runs through the middle of this vale, which is, as above, so very agreeable and pleasant country, or perhaps seems to be so the more, by the horror of the eastern and southern part [of Westmorland]." |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) item:- geology |
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| 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. goto sourcePage 163:- "... To the eastward, the plain of the Eden is bounded by a long range of mountains, called by some the British Apennines, or the Backbone of England. ..." |
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| evidence:- | text:- Mason 1907 (edn 1930) placename:- Vale of Eden |
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| source data:- | Text book, The Ambleside Geography Books bk.III, The Counties of
England, by Charlotte M Mason, published by Kegan Paul, Trench,
Trubner and Co, Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane, and the
Parents' Educational Union Office, 26 Victoria Street, London,
edn 1930. MSN1P024.txt Page 24:- "..." "There are two fertile valleys in Westmoreland - the Vale of Eden, in which Appleby, the county town, stands; and the Vale of Kendal, ..." |
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 BQN12.jpg Near Daleraven, (taken 8.5.2009) |
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 CFF14.jpg Detail from a painting, Druids Cutting Down the Mistletoe, in the Eden Valley, by Jacob Thompson, 1832. courtesy of Penrith Museum |
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