Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
	parish	Matterdale parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		park
	coordinates:-	NY408212
	10Km square:-	NY42
	1Km square	NY4021
	old map:-	OS County Series (Cmd 65 12)
		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.
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
		locality
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		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 1855-71.
		Plate, opposite p.104:-
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen on the Keswick Road approaching Ullswater, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		MOUNTAINS SEEN ON THE KESWICK ROAD APPROACHING ULLSWATER.
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr.
		The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-
		1 Place Fell, 2 Birk Fell, 3 Red Screes, 4 Scandale Head, 5 Dove Crag (Hartsop), 6 Birks, 7 Rydal Head, 8 St. Sundays Crag, 9, Fairfield, 10 Glenridding Dod, 11 Dolly Waggon Pike, 12 Bleaberry Fell, 13 Striding Edge, 14 Herring Pike, 15 Gowbarrow Park.
	person:-	artist : Aspland, T L
	person:-	engraver : Banks, W
	person:-	publisher : Garnett, John
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		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 1855-71.
		Page 38:-
		... The park which surrounds it [Lyulph's Tower], and stretches down to the lake, is studded with ancient trees; and the sides of its watercourses, and the depths of its ravines, are luxuriantly wooded. Vast hills, with climbing tracks, rise behind, on which the herds of deer are occasionally seen, like brown shadows from the clouds. They are safe there from being startled (as they are in the glades of the park) by strangers who come to find out Ara Force ...
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		Gowbarrow Park
		area
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		Gowbarrow Park
		Park; also building, labelled separately.
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 146:-
		into the grounds of Gowbarrow Hall; and then the Park, in which is situated Lyulph's Tower, a rude hunting-seat of Henry Howard, Esq., that exhibits one of the finest views on the lake. The lover of nature may linger here for hours. A powerful brook dashes through rocks hung with a happy mixture of natural wood, beds of luxuriant fern, aged hawthorns, hollies, and honeysuckles; while fallow deer are seen glancing and bounding through the thickets and over the lawns. ...
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old print:-	Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)
		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.
		Engraving, outline view of mountains, Ullswater from Pooley Bridge, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.12 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
	placename:-	Gowbarrow
	date:-	1849
	period:-	19th century, early; 1840s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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	placename:-	Gowbarrow Parks
	old map:-	Cooke 1802
		Maps, Westmoreland, Cumberland, etc, now Cumbria, by George Alexander Cooke, London, 1802-10; published 1802-24.
		Gowbarrow Park
		outline of fence palings; park AND building
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old text:-	Clarke 1787
		Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787 and 1789; and Plans of the Lakes ... 1793.
		Page 29:-
		...
		Before we leave Gowbarrow Park, (for the bounds of which see the Plan,) it may not be amiss to mention some particulars of its history. This Park was one of the forests proclaimed by William Rufus, and is now the property of the Right Honourable Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey, of whose illustrious family and titles I shall inform my readers more at large hereafter.
		The lower part of Gowbarrow was formerly meer'd out of the tenants of the manor of Water-Millock, who were to have as much of the produce as they could take with scythe, together with hay bounds, fern bounds, green hue, &c. These they lost in a law-suit with the lord, into which they were inadvertently drawn; for the whole of the tenants of the barony of Graystock quarrelling with their lord about some of their privileges, instituted a joint suit against him: in this complaint, it was set forth, that they had all enjoyed these privileges time out of mind, (which in fact none but the tenants of Water-Millock ever possessed.) The Attorney having made the complaint general, the whole were nonsuited, and in consequence thereof the tenants of Water-Millock lost their undoubted rights.
		Another custom, (likewise lost,) was, that the Bailiff should keep dogs for the hunting and destroying of foxes and other vermin which infest this neighbourhood, and for which he received 40 quarts of tolerable, (though not the best) oats, from every tenement, under the title of Forester's Corn. At last the Bailiff refused to keep the dogs, and the tenants upon this refused to pay the corn: in consequence of these disputes the agent for the lord came in person and demanded it, when some of the tenants instantly paid it; but others, alleging that the corn was merely an hire paid to the Bailiff for destroying noxious vermin, positively refused, and during their lives paid none: Their heirs, however, either in order to renew their leases upon easier terms, or by some other persuasions, consented to pay it, (one single tenement excepted,) and the lord now receives it.
		We may naturally suppose, that in consequence of no dogs being kept, the vermin would multiply very fast: this they did to that degree, that one man, out of thirty-two lambs lost fourteen, and many others suffered proportional losses. Upon these repeated damages, the inhabitants called a vestry meeting, that they might consult for immediate remedying this evil. Some were of opinion, that an action should be brought against the lord to compel him to keep the hounds, as he received the corn paid for that purpose: but the more general opinion was, that since damages were every night done, and immediate relief must be had, it was better to hire men to destroy the vermin, than risque the precarious issue of a tedious and expensive suit at law. They thereupon raised a sum by way of cess for that purpose, and appointed the following rewards, (which are still paid) for the destruction of these noxious animals.
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
	person:-	: William Rufus
	person:-	: Howard, Charles; Surrey, Earl of
	date:-	1787
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater)
		Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in London etc, from 1787 to 1793.
		GOWBARROW PARKS / THE PROPERTY of CHARLES EARL OF SURREY
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Parks
		park
	person:-	: Surrey, Earl of
	date:-	1787
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	West 1784 map
		A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
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	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
		park
	county:-	Cumberland
	old map:-	Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull)
		Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of Coniston Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, and Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794.
		GOWBARROW PARKS the DUKE of NORFOLK's E. of Surrey, Hereditary Earl-Marshall, Premier D. &c. &c. &c.
		The park is drawn in outline.
		park
	date:-	1783=1794
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		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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		Page 155:-
		... Gowbarrow-park opens with a grand amphitheatre of shining rock, the floor of which is spread with soft green pasture, once shaded with ancient oaks, to which many decayed roots bear witness, Scattered thorns, trees, and bushes vary the ground, which is pastured with flocks, herds of cattle, and fallow deer. ...
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Goubarrow
		outline of fence palings, trees
	placename:-	Goubarrow
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Ring of fence palings, trees.
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Gowburrow park
		Ring of fence palings, trees, stream, road and circle for a place.
	placename:-	Gowburrow Park
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Ring of fence palings with trees.
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Cmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		ring of fence palings, trees
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1579
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		Fence palings, trees, by Ullswater.
	county:-	Cumberlandia
		park
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old map:-	Hall 1820 (Cmd)
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
		Gowbarrow Pk.
		outline of fence palings; park
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1820
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old print:-	Robertson 1911
		Wordsworthshire, by Eric Robertson, Windermere, Westmorland, illustrated by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Print, lithograph? Gowbarrow, Ullswater, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
		Tipped in opposite p.269 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson.
		printed at bottom:-
		GOWBARROW, ULLSWATER / (Beginning of daffodil-time)
		signed at painting lower left:-
		Arthur Tucker
	placename:-	Gowbarrow
	date:-	1911
	period:-	1910s
	old print:-	Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900)
		Guide book, Black's Guide to the English Lakes, published by Adam and Charles Black, North Bridge, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, or Soho Square, London, 1856 to 1900s onwards.
		Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Ullswater - Mountains as seen a little on the Matterdale Road near Lyulph's Tower on Ullswater, and Mountains as seen at the Slate Quarry at Blowick on Ullswater, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
		... 12 Gowbarrow Park ...
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
	date:-	1900
	period:-	1900s
	old print:-	Martineau 1855
		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 1855-71.
		Print, uncoloured engraving, outline view, Mountains seen on the Keswick Road approaching Ullswater, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		Used opposite p.104 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.
		The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image - 1 Place Fell, 2 Birk Fell, 3 Red Screes, 4 Scandale Head, 5 Dove Crag (Hartsop), 6 Birks, 7 Rydal Head, 8 St. Sundays Crag, 9, Fairfield, 10 Glenridding Dod, 11 Dolly Waggon Pike, 12 Bleaberry Fell, 13 Striding Edge, 14 Herring Pike, 15 Gowbarrow Park.
		printed at top:-
		MOUNTAINS SEEN ON THE KESWICK ROAD APPROACHING ULLSWATER.
		printed at bottom left, right:-
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr. / ...
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-	Martineau 1855
		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 1855-71.
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen on the Keswick Road approaching Ullswater, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		Opposite p.104 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.
		The view is captioned, numbers refering to mountains in the image - 1 Place Fell, 2 Birk Fell, 3 Red Screes, 4 Scandale Head, 5 Dove Crag (Hartsop), 6 Birks, 7 Rydal Head, 8 St. Sundays Crag, 9, Fairfield, 10 Glenridding Dod, 11 Dolly Waggon Pike, 12 Bleaberry Fell, 13 Striding Edge, 14 Herring Pike, 15 Gowbarrow Park.
		printed at top:-
		MOUNTAINS SEEN ON THE KESWICK ROAD APPROACHING ULLSWATER.
		printed at bottom left, right:-
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr.
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late
	old painting:-
		Painting, watercolour, Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park, Cumberland and Westmorland, attributed to Samuel Bough, 1840s.
		Lofty autumnal trees to right of composition overlook Ullswater and distant fells.
	date:-	1840
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836
		Guide book, The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
		Print, engraving, Second Reach, Ullswater, from Place Fell, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
		The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view.
		Tipped in opposite p.117 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall.
		printed at bottom:-
		SECOND REACH, ULLSWATER; from PLACE FELL. / [London Pubd. ...]
		printed at bottom left to right:-
		Fairfield. / Stybarrow. / Helvellyn. / Glencoin. / Gowbarrow Parks.
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Parks
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	outline view:-	Red Guide 1892
		Guide book, Guide to the English Lakes, published by Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London etc, 1892.
		Print, engraving, pair of outline views, Mountains as seen from the Matterdale Road in Gowbarrow Park, and Mountains as seen from Milking Hill, between the Inn and Blowick, in Patterdale, published by Ward, Lock and Co, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London, etc, 1892.
		1 Swarth Fell 2 Hallen Fell (below) 3 Winter Crag Martindale 4 Place Fell / Birk Fell (below) 5 Red Screes / Deepdale Park (below) / Bleas (still lower) 6 Scandale Head 7 Dove Crag in Hartsop 8 Birks / Hall Bank (below) 9 Rydal Head 10 St. Sunday's Crag 11 Fairfield 12 Glenridding Dod 13 Dolly Waggon Pike 14 Bleaberry Fell 15 Striding Edge 16 Herring Pike
		On p.190 in the Red Guide guide book, Guide to the English Lakes.
	date:-	1892
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	old print:-
		Print, hand coloured engraving, Lower Reach, Ullswater from Pooley Bridge, Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Sherwood and Co, London, 1836?
		Objects in the view are identified by a caption at the bottom - Swarth Fell, Martindale, High Street, Hallen Fell, Kirkstone, Place Fell, Fairfield, Gowbarrow Parks, Dumallet.
		printed at bottom:-
		LOWER REACH, ULLSWATER. / from Pooley Bridge. / Pubd. April 15th 1836 by Sherwood & Co London.
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Parks
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-
		Print, aquatint, Ullswater and Gowbray Park, Cumberland, drawn by Becker, published by R Cruttwell, Bath, Somerset, 1802.
		A companion print has the publisher as Crutterell.
		printed at bottom left, centre:-
		Becker del. / Ullswater and Gowbray Park. / Pub. Jan. 1 1802, by R. Cruttwell, Bath.
	placename:-	Gowbray Park
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846)
		Guide book, Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes, published by Adam and Charles Blck, North Bridge, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, 1841 to 1888.
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen a little on the Matterdale Road near Lyulph's Tower on Ulleswater, and Mountains as seen at the Slate Quarry at Blowick on Ulleswater, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
		... 12 Gowbarrow Park ...
	placename:-	Gowbarrow Park
	date:-	1844
	period:-	19th century, early
	hearsay	It is here that William Wordsworth wrote the Host of Golden Daffodils, 1802.
		Aira Bridge, Matterdale
		Aira Force, Matterdale
		Bernard Pike, Matterdale
		bridge, Matterdale
		Collier Hagg, Matterdale
		Costclay memorial, Mungrisdale
		Dobbin Wood, Matterdale
		Gowbarrow Fell, Matterdale
		Gowbarrow Hall, Matterdale
		Gowbarrow Lodge, Matterdale
		Green Hill, Matterdale
		Hagg Wood, Matterdale
		High Force, Matterdale
		Hind Crag, Matterdale
		Lyulph's Tower, Matterdale
		shooting box, Matterdale
		station, Park Brow
		stone wall, Matterdale
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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