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placename:-
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Gillerthwaite
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locality:-
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Ennerdale
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parish
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Ennerdale and Kinniside
parish, once in Cumberland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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building/s
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coordinates:-
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NY1314
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10Km square:-
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NY11
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old map:- |
Garnett 1850s-60s H
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Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1
inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland,
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Gillerthwaite
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blocks, settlement
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placename:-
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Gillerthwaite
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date:-
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1850=1869
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period:-
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19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
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old map:- |
Ford 1839 map
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Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of
Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by
Charles Thurnham, London, 1839. |
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Gillerthwaite
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placename:-
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Gillerthwaite
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county:-
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Cumberland
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date:-
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1839
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period:-
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19th century, early; 1830s
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descriptive text:- |
Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
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Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes,
later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley,
published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J
Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale,
Cumbria, 1823 onwards. |
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goto source.
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Page 26:-
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... Pedestrians, anxious to explore the inmost recesses of
the mountains, may follow the lake [Ennerdale Water] to its
head, and after passing the sequestered farm of
Gillerthwaite, continue their route four of five miles along
the narrow dale, ...
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date:-
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1823
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period:-
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19th century, early; 1820s
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descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
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Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West,
published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once
Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821. |
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Account of Ennerdale, late 18th century
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Page 293:-
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... The delighted tourist will insensibly confine his view
(though it is not in reality bounded by any of the lofty
objects already mentioned) to the verdant island of
Gillerthwaite, whose romantic situation must be seen -
description cannot furnish an idea of its beauty.
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Page 294:-
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An essayist, in the provincial paper of this country,
speaking of this place, says, 'It forms a picture such as
the canvas never presented; it embraces a variety so
distributed as no pencil can ever imitate. No designer in
romance ever allotted such a residence to his fairy
inhabitants - I had almost said, no recluse ever wooed
religion in such a blessed retirement.' - 'The genius of
Ovid would have transformed the most favoured of his heroes
into a river, and poured his waters into the channel of the
Liza, there to wander by the verdant bounds of Gillerthwaite
- the sweet reward of patriotism and virtue.'
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Gillerthwaite is not, however, an island, though almost as
much contrasted in the landscape as land with water. It is a
patch of enclosed and apparently highly cultivated ground,
on a stony desert of immeasurable extent; for the mountains
on each side of it are the most barren in their aspect, and
continue that appearance till their heads mix with the
horizon. There are two decent farm-houses on the inclosure,
and, from the serpentine tract of the valley, no other
habitation of man is visible. ...
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other name:-
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Island of Gillerthwaite
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date:-
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1760
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1760s
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013
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