Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Gragareth, Lancashire
	Gragareth
county:-	Lancashire
county:-	North Yorkshire
locality type:-	hill
coordinates:-	SD69797930
1Km square:-	SD6979
10Km square:-	SD67
altitude:-	2057 feet
altitude:-	627m
evidence:-	old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)  placename:-  Graygarath
source data:-	Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770. J5SD67NE.jpg "GRAYGARATH" hill hachuring; hill or mountain  item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-	descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)  placename:-  Gragareth
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 Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century  Page 246:-  "high mountains, some of them the loftiest of any in England - Whernside to the south-east, and Gragareth to the north. ... [from Kingsdale]"   goto source Page 250:-  "..." "We were persuaded to climb up to the top of the base of Gragareth, the mountain in whose side Yordas is situated, in order to see Gingling-cave. It is on the edge of that flat base of the mountain, on a green plain by the side of a brook, ..."   goto source Page 253:-  "[at Ingleton] ... The church-yard, in the middle of which stands a neat sacred edifice, commands a fine view ... On the back-ground are the lofty mountains of Gragareth, Whernside, and Ingleborough, the summits of which, when they are not enveloped in the clouds, can scarcely be seen for their high intervening bases. ..."
evidence:-	old map:- Balderston c1890 map placename:-  Grey Gareth
source data:-	Map, the hills in the Ingleton area, probably by Robert R Balderston, engraved by Goodall and Suddick, Leeds, West Yorkshire, about 1890. BS1SD68W.jpg "GREY GARETH / 2250" item:-  private collection : 27.1 Image © see bottom of page

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