Great End, Eskdale | ||
Great End | ||
locality:- | Scafell Pike | |
civil parish:- | Eskdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
civil parish:- | Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | hill | |
locality type:- | rocks | |
coordinates:- | NY22530830 (etc) | |
1Km square:- | NY2208 | |
10Km square:- | NY20 | |
altitude:- | 2986 feet | |
altitude:- | 910m | |
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CAY91.jpg (taken 23.6.2014) CAY90.jpg (taken 23.6.2014) |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 74 12) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Maps, 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. |
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evidence:- | old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 43) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Stye Head Tarn, with Aron, or Great End , above
Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells,
published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810. click to enlarge WKN143.jpg Plate 43 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "The Revd. Jos: Wilkinson delt. / W. F. Wells Sculpt. / Stye-head Tarn, with Aron, or Great-End, above Borrowdale / Publish'd April 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand. London." item:- Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.43 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes,
Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to
1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies,
Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick,
Cumberland, et al, 1833. OT02NY20.jpg "Gt. End" item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) placename:- Great End Crag |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Some of the Western Mountains as seen from Helvellyn,
published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830. click to enlarge O75E02.jpg p.57 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830. "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" item:- Armitt Library : A1175.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains of Coniston, Langdale, &c. as they appear
from the road between Troutbeck Bridge and Bowness, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick,
Cumberland et al, 1830. click to enlarge O75E04.jpg p.97 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830. "The Mountains of Coniston, Langdale, &c. / as they appear from the road between Troutbeck Bridge and Bowness." "Old Man - Coniston Fell / The Carrs / Wetherlam / Wrynose Gap / Pike of Bliscow / Crinkle Crags / Scawfell Pike / Bowfell / Great End / Great Gable / Pike of Stickle / Harrison Stickle / Paveyark" item:- Armitt Library : A1175.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains South West of Derwentwater as seen from
Keswick, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830. click to enlarge O75E06.jpg p.115 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830. "The Mountains South-West of Derwentwater: / as seen from Keswick." "Brund and Glaramara / Esk Hause / Castle Crag and Great End / Scawfell Pike / Gait Crag / Blea Crag / Bull Crag / Cat Bell / Hindscarth / Gold Scalp / Robinson / High Stile / Red Pike / Rawling end / Causey Pike / Sail / Ill Crags / Barrow / Swinside / Coledale Hause / Grisedale Pike" item:- Armitt Library : A1175.6 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) placename:- Great End Crag |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains round Wastwater as seen from the Strands
in Nether Wasdale, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830. click to enlarge O75E08.jpg p.129 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830. "The Mountains round Wastwater: / as seen from the Strands in Nether Wasdale." "Buckbarrow Pike / Middlefell / Yewbarrow / Great Gable / Lingmell / Great-end Crag / Scawfell Pike / Scawfell / Screes" item:- Armitt Library : A1175.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Engraving, outline view of mountains, Windermere looking towards the West from the
Road between Troutbeck and Bowness, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite
p.4 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849. click to enlarge O80E03.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A1180.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Engraving, outline view of mountains, Derwent Water from Crow Park, drawn by T Binns,
engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.10 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by
Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849. click to enlarge O80E06.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A1180.7 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | 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. click to enlarge O80E17.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A1180.18 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) placename:- Great End Crag |
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source data:- | Engraving, outline view of mountains, Mountains of Wast Water as seen from Nether
Wasdale, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.22 of A Descriptive Guide
of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849. click to enlarge O80E13.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A1180.14 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) |
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source data:- | Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains of Coniston, Langdale, Etc, by Jonathan
Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830. click to enlarge OT2E01.jpg Printed on p.7 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834. "THE MOUNTAINS OF CONISTON, LANGDALE, &c. as they appear from the road between Troutbeck Bridge and Bowness." Mountains in the view are listed:- "Old Man - Coniston Fell / The Carrs / Wetherlam / Wrynose Gap / Pike of Bliscow / Crinkle Crags / Scawfell Pike / Bowfell / Great End / Great Gable / Pike of Stickle / Harrison Stickle / Paveyark" item:- JandMN : 48.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) |
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source data:- | Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains South West of
Derwentwater, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830. click to enlarge OT2E04.jpg Printed on p.21 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834. "THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH-WEST OF DERWENTWATER: as seen from Keswick" "Brund and Glaramara / Esk Hause / Castle Crag and Great End / Scawfell Pike / Gait Crag / Blea Crag / Bull Crag / Cat Bell / Hindscarth / Gold Scalp / Robinson / High Stile / Newlands Hause / Red Pike / Rawling End / Causey Pike / Sail / Ill Crags / Barrow / Swinside / Coledale Hause / Grisedale Pike" item:- JandMN : 48.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) placename:- Great-end Crag |
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source data:- | Print, woodcut outline view, Mountains of Wast Water, by
Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830. click to enlarge OT2E07.jpg Printed on p.31 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834. "THE MOUNTAINS OF WAST WATER: as seen from Nether Wasdale." "Buckbarrow Pike / Middlefell / Yewbarrow / Great Gable / Sty Head Pass / Lingmell / Great-end Crag / Scawfell Pike / Scawfell / Screes" item:- JandMN : 48.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) placename:- Great-end Crag |
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source data:- | Print, woodcut outline view, A Group of Mountains, seen from
Helvellyn, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830. click to enlarge OT2E09.jpg Printed on p.63 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834. "A GROUP OF MOUNTAINS, Seen from Helvellyn, looking to the South-West." "Holm Fell / Old Man - Coniston Fell / Wetherlam / Carrs, or Scars / Gray Friar / Black Combe / Harrison Stickle / Crinkle Crags / Bowfell / Hanging Knot / Scawfell Pike / Hindside / Great-end Crag / Glaramara / Great Gable / Green Gable / Kirkfell / Pillar Fell / Honister, and High Crag / High Stile / Dalehead, and Red Pike / Hindscarth, and Robinson / Blake Fell / Witeless Pike / Grasmoor / Ill Crags / Causey Pike / Grisedale Pike" item:- JandMN : 48.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and
Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John
Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. GAR2NY20.jpg "Great End" hill hachuring item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Martineau 1855 |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains on the West Side of Windermere, drawn by
L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere,
Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855. click to enlarge MNU102.jpg Plate, folded in opposite p.7 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. "MOUNTAINS ON THE WEST SIDE OF WINDERMERE" "L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinburgh." The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:- "1 Coniston Old Man 1a Carrs 2 Wetherlam 3 Wrynose Gap 4 Crinkle Crags 5 Pike of Bliscow 6 Scawfell Pike 7 Bowfell 8 Hanging Knotts 9 Glaramara 10 Great End 11 Pike of Stickle 12 Harrison Stickle 13 Paveyark 14 Lingmoor 15 High Raise 16 Silver How 17 Loughrigg Fell 18 Ullscarth" item:- Armitt Library : A1159.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Martineau 1855 |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen from Lanthwaite Wood Crummock Water,
drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere,
Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855. click to enlarge MNU113.jpg Plate, opposite p.84 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:- "1 Whiteless Pike, 2 Honister Crag, 3 Green Gable, 4 Great End, 5 Great Gable / Rannerdale Knott (beneath), 6 Scawfell Pike, 7 Kirkfell / Scarf Gap (below), 8 High Crag, 9 High Stile, 10 Bleaberry Crag, 11 Red Pike, 12 Melbreak." "MOUNTAINS SEEN FROM LANTHWAITE WOOD CRUMMOCK WATER." "L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr." item:- Armitt Library : A1159.13 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Martineau 1855 |
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source data:- | 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. click to enlarge MNU114.jpg Plate, opposite p.93 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. "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" item:- Armitt Library : A1159.14 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 |
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source data:- | 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 1855-76. goto source Page 157:- "... There are four summits which collectively go under the name of Scawfell; viz, the most southerly, which is called simply Scawfell; Scawfell Pike, which is sixty feet higher, and the highest mountain in England (3,160 feet:) and the lower hills, Lingmell and Great End,- the last being the northernmost, and fronting Borrowdale. ..." |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Seascale 1920s-30s placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, outline view, mountains from Seascale, published by Edward
Burrow and Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s-30s. click to enlarge SES113.jpg "PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF LAKELAND AS SEEN FROM SEASCALE." "... Great End (Scawfell) 2984 ..." item:- JandMN : 1079.13 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- LMS 1920s |
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source data:- | Hills of Lakeland in Outline, published in the LMS Route Book No.3, The Track of the
Royal Scot, by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s. click to enlarge LS1E32.jpg item:- JandMN : 95.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Jenkinson 1875 placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by
Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875. click to enlarge Jk01E1.jpg "... Great End ..." item:- JandMN : 28.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Jenkinson 1875 placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin
A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875. click to enlarge Jk01E2.jpg "... Great End ..." item:- JandMN : 28.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Jenkinson 1875 placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Scawfell Pike, Cumberland,
by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London,
1875. click to enlarge Jk01E3.jpg "... Great End ..." item:- JandMN : 28.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Windermere - Mountains as seen from the North End
of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Biscay How, Bowness, by J Flintoft,
Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900. click to enlarge BC08E1.jpg "... 4 Great End ..." item:- JandMN : 37.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | 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. click to enlarge BC08E4.jpg "... 8 Great End ..." item:- JandMN : 37.14 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | 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. click to enlarge BC08E5.jpg "... 4 Great End ..." item:- JandMN : 37.19 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Haws and Wastwater - Mountains as seen from Burn-Banks
near the Foot of Hawes Water, and Mountains as seen near Nether Wastdale at the First
Bridge on the road to Wast-Water, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by
R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900. click to enlarge BC08E6.jpg "... 7 Great End ..." item:- JandMN : 37.21 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle,
Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Bisket How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick,
Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, about 1844. click to enlarge BC02E1.jpg "... 4 Great End ..." item:- JandMN : 32.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | 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. click to enlarge BC02E4.jpg "... 8 Great End ..." item:- JandMN : 32.7 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | 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. click to enlarge BC02E7.jpg "... 4 Great End ..." item:- JandMN : 32.11 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) placename:- Great End |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from Burn Banks near the Foot of
Hawes Water, and Mountains as seen near Strands in Wastdale at the First bridge on
the Road to Wast Water, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh,
Lothian, about 1846. click to enlarge BC02E8.jpg "... 7 Great End ..." item:- JandMN : 32.12 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) placename:- outline view |
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source data:- | Print, hand coloured, Stye Head Tarn, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836,
engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869. click to enlarge TAT213.jpg Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham. printed at bottom:- "STYE HEAD TARN." printed at bottom:- "Stye Head. / Great End. / Scawfell Pike. / Lingmell. / Great Gavel." item:- Armitt Library : A1067.13 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | outline view:- Tattersall 1836 placename:- Great End item:- heron |
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source data:- | Print, engraving, Stye Head Tarn, Borrowdale, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall,
engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about
1836. click to enlarge TAT131.jpg The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. Tipped in opposite p.78 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. printed at bottom:- "STYE HEAD TARN. / London Pubd. April 15th. 1836, by Sherwood &Co." printed at bottom left to right:- "Stye Head. / Great End. / Scawfell Pikes. / Lingmell. / Great Gavel." item:- Armitt Library : A1204.32 Image © see bottom of page |
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Click to enlarge CAY94.jpg Background to Sprinkling Tarn. (taken 23.6.2014) Click to enlarge CAY92.jpg Panorama Great End to Great Gable. (taken 23.6.2014) Click to enlarge BRM70.jpg (taken 14.9.2009) BNM77.jpg (taken 4.4.2007) BPF54.jpg A gully. (taken 20.5.2008) |
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hearsay:- |
An area of Great End was bought by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club, 1923; presented
to the nation as a war memorial after World War I. A bronze tablet on the summit of
Great Gable commemorates this. |
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