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Grisedale, Patterdale
Grisedale
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   valley
coordinates:-   NY371151 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3715
10Km square:-   NY31

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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Grysdale
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.
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"Grysdale"
hill hachuring; valley 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Griesdale
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 32:-  "... The whole Dale [Patterdale] consists at present of five small manors; Hartsop, the property of the Earl of Lonsdale; Deep-Dale, of the Duke of Norfolk; Griesdale and Pless-Fell, of William Hassel, Esq; of Dalemain; and Glenridding, of John Mounsey, Esquire."
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Grysdale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Grysdale"
area 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Grisedale
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.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Grisdale
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Grisdale"
Between hill hachures. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Grisedale
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.
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"Grisedale"
river valley 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
item:-  placename, Grisedale; wild boar
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.
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Page 163:-  "... Grasmere and Grisedale have the same derivation,- Gris being the old Saxon for wild swine: and these are therefore the lake and the valley of the wild boar. A deep and still retreat must both have been in the days of wild boars."
evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Grizedale
source data:-   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.
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"... Grizedale ... Grizedale ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Grizedale
source data:-   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.
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"... Grizedale ... Grizedale ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.15
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evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35
source data:-   Print, engraving, Grisdale, near Ulleswater, by Thomas Allom, engraved by H Adlard, 1835.
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item:-  JandMN : 66.52
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