Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Fawe Park, Above Derwent
	Fawe Park
civil parish:-	Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	park
coordinates:-	NY25172256 (etc)
1Km square:-	NY2522
10Km square:-	NY22
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 5)  placename:-  Fawe Park
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:-	descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)  placename:-  Foe Park placename:-  Park
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 Page 90:-  "[Derwent Water] ... Foe-park, a round hill completely clothed in wood, ..."   goto source Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769  Page 207:-  "..." "Oct. 5. ... through Portinscale village to the Park, a hill so called, covered entirely with wood; it is a mass of crumbling slate. Passed round its foot, between trees and the edge of the water, and came to a peninsula that juts out into the lake, ..."
evidence:-	old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der)  placename:-  Foe Park
source data:-	Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800. CT2NY22K.jpg "Summit of Foe park / Ld. Wm. Gordon's / 6th. Station" item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der)  placename:-  Fall Park
source data:-	Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787. CL152522.jpg "FALL PARK / JOS. POCKLINGTON ESQ." woodland  item:-  private collection : 169 Image © see bottom of page

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