Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Grasmoor
	parish	Buttermere parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		hill
	Altitude	2791 feet
	coordinates:-	NY17492034
	10Km square:-	NY12
	1Km square	NY1720
		Grasmoor -- Buttermere -- Cumbria / -- From Lanthwaite. -- 14.10.2005
		Grasmoor -- Buttermere -- Cumbria / -- 24.3.2007
	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.93:-
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen from Applethwaite near Keswick, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		MOUNTAINS SEEN FROM APPLETHWAITE NEAR KESWICK.
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr.
		The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-
		1 Wallow Crag, 2 Falcon Crag, 3 Shepherd's Crag / Lowdore below, 4 Glaramara, 5 Brund, 6 Castle Crag, 7 Great End, 8 Scawfell Pike, 9 Catbell, 10, High Stile, 11 Red Pike, 12 Grasmoor, 13 Causey Pike, 14 Melbreak, 15 Grisdale Pike
	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.
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		A TABLE OF THE HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS IN THE COUNTIES OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, AND LANCASHIRE.
		No. : Names of Mountains. : Counties. : Height in Feet above the Sea Level.
		11 : Grassmoor : Cumberland : 2756
	placename:-	Grassmoor
	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.
		Grassmoor
		hill hachuring
	placename:-	Grassmoor
	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.
		Grassmoor
		Hill hachuring.
	placename:-	Grassmoor
	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.
		... THE Lake district ... consists of large masses or clusters of mountains, generally terminating in one aspiring and pre-eminent point, with the intermediate valleys occupied either by lakes and their subsidiary tarns, or by winding rivers.
		The chief nuclei of these clusters are, Skiddaw and Blencathra, Helvellyn, Fairfield, Coniston Old Man, Blackcomb, Scafell, Gable, Red Pike, Grasmoor, Grisdale Pike, and the Langdale Pikes. Many noble and commanding mountains rise around these, rivalling them in height and grandeur, but still
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		serving as large buttresses only. In the presentation of endlessly-diversified forms, these Mountains yield to none, however individually inferior they may be, owing to their being seldom seen in a detached point of view; although, on the other hand, they have thus the advantage of forming combinations at once grand and sublime, towering above each other, or rising in ridges, like the mighty billows of the ocean.
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		ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,
		ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES.
	placename:-	Grasmoor
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old print:-	Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830)
		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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		Some of the Western Mountains: / as seen from Helvellyn.
		Wetherlam / Old Man - Coniston Fell / Carrs, or Scars / Gray Friar / Black Combe / Crinkle Crags / Bowfell / Scawfell Pike / Great-end Crag / Glaramara / Great Gable / Kirkfell / Pillar Fell / Honister and High Crag / High Stile / Dalehead and Red Pike / Robinson / Blake Fell / Witeless Pike / Grasmoor / Ill Crags / Grisedale Pike
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		The Mountains of Crummock and Buttermere: / as seen on the Road between Scale-Hill and Loweswater.
		Whiteside / Grasmoor / Witeless Pike / Robinson / Fleetworth / Rannerdale Knot / Hay Stacks and Gable / Cold Kell Wyke / Kirkfell / High Crag / High Stile / Red Pike / Melbreak / Hencomb
	placename:-	Grasmoor
	date:-	1830
	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, 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.
		Engraving, outline view of mountains, A Group of Mountains seen from Helvellyn, looking towards the South West, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.50 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
	placename:-	Grasmoor
	date:-	1849
	period:-	19th century, early; 1840s
	old print:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		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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		GRASMOOR
		Is a bold rocky mountain on the eastern side of Crummock Lake; it is sometimes called Grasmire, a name in no wise corresponding with its appearance. It rises to the height of 2756 feet. The side towards the lake is extremely rocky and barren; but the eastern side is a grassy slope, and on its summit is a plain of several acres; it affords a good bird's eye view of the Lakes of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater, with their adjacent mountains; and a considerable portion of the Cumberland and Scottish coasts.
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		The greatest bulk of these mountain rocks have been commonly included under the general appellation of slate; although many of them shew no disposition to the slaty cleavage. They may be classed in three principal divisions.
		Of these divisions, the FIRST or lowest in the series, forms ... Grasmoor, ...
		...
	Altitude	2756 feet
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	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:-	Grasmoor
		hill
	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.
		Shown by a small circle of hachuring.
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	placename:-	Grasmire Hill
		hill
	county:-	Cumberland
	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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		... Behind you, awful Grasmire (the Skiddaw of the vale) frowns in all the majesty of furrowed rock, cut almost perpendicularly to the centre by the water-falls of ages.
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		A TABLE OF THE Height of Mountains and Lakes SEEN IN THIS TOUR, ... TAKEN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. ... by Mr. John Dalton.
		Grasmire, N.E. of Crummock Lake ... 955 [yards]
	placename:-	Grasmire
	Altitude	2865 feet
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Smith 1751
		Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.
		Grasmire
		knobbly hillocks; mountains
	placename:-	Grasmire
	date:-	1751
	period:-	18th century, late; 1750s
	old print:-	Jenkinson 1875
		Guide book, A Practical Guide to the English Lake District, by Henry Irwin Jenkinson, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 4th edition 1875.
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Grasmoor ...
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Grasmoor ...
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Scawfell Pike, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Grasmoor ...
	placename:-	Grasmoor
	date:-	1875
	period:-	19th century, late
	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, Skiddaw and Derwent Water - Mountains as seen at Lodore Hotel, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
		... 24 Grasmoor ...
		Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Buttermere - Mountains as seen from the Knots near the Hotel at Buttermere, and Mountains as seen at the Seat in Lanthwaite Wood, Scale Hill, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
		... 1 Grasmoor ...
	placename:-	Grasmoor
	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, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen from Applethwaite near Keswick, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
		Folded in opposite p.93 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.
		The view is captioned, numbers refering to mountains in the image - 1 Wallow Crag, 2 Falcon Crag, 3 Shepherd's Crag / Lowdore below, 4 Glaramara, 5 Brund, 6 Castle Crag, 7 Great End, 8 Scawfell Pike, 9 Catbell, 10, High Stile, 11 Red Pike, 12 Grasmoor, 13 Causey Pike, 14 Melbreak, 15 Grisdale Pike.
		printed at top:-
		MOUNTAINS SEEN FROM APPLETHWAITE NEAR KESWICK.
		printed at bottom left, right:-
		L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr.
	placename:-	Grasmoor
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836 (version 1869)
		Guide book, The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
		Print, hand coloured, Loweswater, from the North West, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
		Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham.
		printed at bottom:-
		LOWESWATER, / from the North West.
		printed at bottom:-
		Bottom. / Grasmoor. / Whiteless. / Buttermere Moss. / Hindscarth. / Low Fell. / Glaramara. / Honister Crag. / Melbreak. / High Style. / Red Pike. / Blake Fell.
	placename:-	Grasmoor
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Tattersall 1836 (version 1869)
		Guide book, The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
		Print, hand coloured, Crummock Lake, from the East, Buttermere, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
		Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham.
		printed at bottom:-
		CRUMMOCK LAKE, / from the East.
		printed at bottom:-
		Gale Fell. / Blea Fell. / Scale Knot. / Melbreak. / Whinfell. / Grasmoor. / Low Fell. / Whiteless.
	placename:-	Grasmoor
	date:-	1836
	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, Loweswater from the North West, Cumberland, 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.
		Frontispiece to The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall (listed to be inserted opposite p.35).
		printed at bottom:-
		LOWESWATER. / from the North West.
		printed at bottom left to right:-
		Bottom. / Grasmoor. / Whiteless. / Buttermere & Moss. / Hindscarth. / Low Fell. / Glaramara. / Honister Crag. / Melbreak. / High Style. / Red Pike. / Blake Fell.
	placename:-	Grasmoor
	date:-	1836
	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, Crummock Lake, from the East, Buttermere, Cumberland, 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.74 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall.
		printed at bottom:-
		CRUMMOCK LAKE. / from the East.
		printed at bottom left to right:-
		Gale Fell. / Blea Fell. / Scale Knot. / Melbreak. / Whinfell. / Grasmoor. / Lowfell. / Whiteless.
	placename:-	Grasmoor
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early
	old print:-	Barrow 1888
		Book, Mountain Ascents in Westmoreland and Cumberland, by John Barrow, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1886-88.
		Outline view, engraving? Outline of Mountain Tops as seen from the Keswick Hotel, sketched by John Barrow, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, St Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, London, 1888.
		... Grassmoor ...
	placename:-	Grassmoor
	date:-	1888
	period:-	19th century, late; 1880s
	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 from The Knots near the Victoria at Buttermere, and Mountains as seen at the Seat in Lanthwaite Wood, Scale Hill, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
		... 1 Grasmoor ...
		Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen at Lowdore Inn, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
		... 24 Grasmoor ...
	placename:-	Grasmoor
	date:-	1844
	period:-	19th century, early
		photographs
		Grasmoor -- Buttermere -- Cumbria / -- From the Fangs, roughly. -- 14.10.2005
		Grasmoor -- Buttermere -- Cumbria / -- 24.4.2006
		Grasmoor -- Buttermere -- Cumbria / -- Whiteless Pike; Grasmoor and Wandhope; Crag Hill -- 14.2.2007
		Grasmoor -- Buttermere -- Cumbria / -- 26.4.2007
		Absent Friends, Dove Crags
		beacon, Grasmoor
		Dove Crag Gully, Dove Crags
		Dove Crags, Buttermere
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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