Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Grisedale Tarn
	locality:-	Grisedale
	parish	Patterdale parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		lake
	coordinates:-	NY348120
	10Km square:-	NY31
	1Km square	NY3412
		Grisedale Tarn -- Grisedale -- Patterdale -- Cumbria / -- 17.3.2009
		Grisedale Tarn -- Grisedale -- Patterdale -- Cumbria / -- 11.9.2007
	old photograph:-	Bell 1880s-1940s
		Photograph, sepia, Fairfield, and Grisedale Tarn, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
		internegative at lower left:-
		H. Bell
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late
	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 49:-
		... Grisedale tarn, the mountain tarn of the wild boar, as the words properly signify. ...
	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.
		outline, lake or tarn
	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.
		Outline.
	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 148:-
		...
		... The stream that rushes down across the road, flows out of Graysdale Tarn, through a moist green dale, with one single house embosomed in sycamores. ...
	placename:-	Graysdale Tarn
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	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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		Page 34:-
		... Grisedale Tarn, one of the larger class, lies in the junction of the three mountains Helvellyn, Seatsandal, and Fairfield. The road over the Hause, from Grasmere to Patterdale, passing the tarn, is accompanied by its stream down the vale of Grisedale, which unites with the parent valley near the Church. ...
	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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		lake
	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.
		outline with form lines
	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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		Outline with shore shading.
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd) -- almost certainly relevant
		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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		Outline with shore shading, tinted blue.
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Seller 1694 (Wmd)
		Map, Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694; editions to 1787.
		outline with shaded shore; lake
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1694
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Sanson 1679
		Map, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
		outline, shore shaded; lake
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1679
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646 -- probably relevant
		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.
		Outline with shore shaded, dotted area.
	county:-	Westmorland
	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.
		outline, shaded; Westmorland
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1579
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		Lake.
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		lake
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old print:-	MacBride 1922
		Wild Lakeland, by MacKenzie MacBride illustrated by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1922-28.
		Print, colour, Grisedale Tarn, Ullswater in the Distance, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.
		Tipped in opposite p.96 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride.
		printed at bottom:-
		GRISEDALE TARN (ULLSWATER IN THE DISTANCE)
		signed at lower left:-
		A. HEATON COOPER
	placename:-	Grisedale Tarn
	date:-	1922
	period:-	1920s
	old print:-	Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890)
		Set of prints, etchings? 56 views in Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
		Print, etching? Grisdale Tarn, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
		Tipped in opposite p.132 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight.
		printed at lower left:-
		Grisdale Tarn
	placename:-	Grisdale Tarn
	date:-	1886
	period:-	19th century, late
		photographs
		Grisedale Tarn -- Grisedale -- Patterdale -- Cumbria / -- 26.9.2011
		Grisedale Tarn -- Grisedale -- Patterdale -- Cumbria / -- 26.9.2011
	hearsay	The saxon king Edmund is said to have thrown the crown of Dunmail into the tarn after he had defeated him in battle, 945.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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