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Fleetwith Pike, Buttermere
Fleetwith Pike
site name:-   Fleetwith
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY20661422 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2014
10Km square:-   NY21
altitude:-   2126 feet
altitude:-   648m


photograph
BJZ28.jpg  From near Gatesgarth.
(taken 7.11.2005)  
photograph
BWO40.jpg (taken 16.5.2012)  

evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Fleetworth Pike
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Crummock and Buttermere from the Road near Loweswater Church, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.18 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.11
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Fleetworth Pike
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains of Crummock and Buttermere, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.25 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "THE MOUNTAINS OF CRUMMOCK AND BUTTERMERE: as seen on the Road between Scale-Hill and Loweswater."
"Whiteside / Grasmoor / Witeless Pike / Robinson / Fleetworth Pike / Rannerdale Knot / Hay Stacks and Gable / Cold Keld Wyke / Kirkfell / High Crag / High Stile / Red Pike / Melbreak / Hencomb"
item:-  JandMN : 48.6
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evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) 
source data:-   Print, chromolithograph, Buttermere and Honister, Buttermere, Cumberland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1880s?
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At the end of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "BUTTERMERE &HONISTER"
item:-  JandMN : 474.35
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evidence:-   old print:- Barber and Atkinson 1927
placename:-  Fleetwith Pike
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Buttermere and Crummock with Fleetwith Pike in distance, Cumberland, by Pettit, Keswick, published by James Atkinson, Caxton Printing Works, Ulverston, Lancashire, 1928.
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Tipped in opposite p.64 of Lakeland Passes, by John B Barber and George Atkinson, 1927, 3rd edn 1928. 
printed at bottom:-  "Photo Pettitts, Keswick.) Buttermere and Crummock with Fleetwith Pike iin distance. (To face plage 64."
item:-  JandMN : 350.13
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evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, chromolithograph, Buttermere and Honister, Cumberland, published by T Nelson and Sons, London, 1900s?
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From a set of prints, The Scenery of the English Lakes 
printed at lower left:-  "T. NELSON &SONS"
printed at bottom left:-  "BUTTERMERE &HONISTER"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.170
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evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Crummock Water, Buttermere, and Honister Crag, Cumberland, published 1900s?
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printed at bottom:-  "5.- CRUMMOCK WATER, BUTTERMERE, AND HONISTER CRAG."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.271
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evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Crummock Water, Buttermere, and Honister Crag, Cumberland, by E Dalziel, published late 19th century?
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On a page of The Land We Live In. 
printed at lower left:-  "E. DALZIEL."
printed at bottom:-  "5.- CRUMMOCK WATER, BUTTERMERE, AND HONISTER CRAG."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.338
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evidence:-   old print:- Pyne 1853
source data:-   Drawn by James Barker Pyne, 1848-1853, lithographed by T Picken, 1859.
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"Buttermere"
item:-  JandMN : 97.16
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) 
source data:-   Print, hand coloured, Buttermere Lake, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
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Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham. 
printed at bottom:-  "BUTTERMERE LAKE."
printed at bottom:-  "Buttermere Moss. / Honister Crag. / The Haycocks. / High Style. / Red Pike."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1067.10
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
source data:-   Print, engraving, Buttermere Lake, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
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The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. 
Tipped in opposite p.74 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "BUTTERMERE LAKE."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Buttermere Moss. / Honister Crag. / The Haycocks. / High Style. / Red Pike."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.28
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evidence:-   old painting:- Green 1790s-1820s
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike, Buttermere, Cumberland, by William Green, 1820s?
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item:-  Armitt Library : 2000.181
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