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Harter Fell, Shap Rural
Harter Fell
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
coordinates:-   NY459093
1Km square:-   NY4509
10Km square:-   NY40

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BZT02.jpg  Facing Mardale.
(taken 28.12.2013)  
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BJM32.jpg  Early sun.
(taken 26.12.2004)  
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Harter Fell
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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"HARTER FELL"
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) 
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.
image WS21P165, button  goto source
Page 165:-  "..."
"... In approaching the mountain [ascending from Mardale], Harter-fell scowls forward in all the terrific grandeur of hanging rock. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Harter Fell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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"HARTER FELL"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Harter Fell
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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"Harter Fell"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 60) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Haws Water from Fordingdale Beck, Bampton, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 60 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "60"
printed at bottom:-  "HAWS WATER FROM FORDINGDALE BECK. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6656.60
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 60) 
source data:-   Print, tinted soft ground etching, Haws Water from Fordingdale Beck, Bampton, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 60 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "60"
printed at bottom:-  "HAWS WATER FROM FORDINGDALE BECK. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6653.60
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Harter Fell
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:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Harter Fell
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Hawes Water from Measand Beck, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.16 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Harter Fell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 4 sheets mounted together on linen and rolled, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1.25 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.
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map courtesy of Mark Cropper
"HARTER FELL"
item:-  private collection : 371
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Harter Fell
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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"Harter Fell"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Prior 1865
placename:-  Harter Fell
source data:-   Guide book, Ascents and Passes in the Lake District of England, by Herman Prior, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 1865.
Pages 113-347 have descriptions of mountains, amongst which:-  "Harter Fell, Kentmere.- 2,509 feet."
"The summit of this Harter Fell is called 'The Knowe,' and has been repeatedly referred to in the Pedestrian Routes to and from Hawes-Water, as forming the eastern side of Nan Bield Pass, and stretching down into Kentmere and Longsleddale. See Pedestrian Route III. It is not a mountain the ascent of which can be recommended, as it has no special features."
evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Harter Fell
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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"Harter Fell"
item:-  JandMN : 61
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evidence:-   old print:- Pyne 1853
source data:-   Drawn by James Barker Pyne, 1848-1853, lithographed by T Picken, 1859.
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"Hawes Water and Wallergill Force"
item:-  JandMN : 97.11
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) 
placename:-  Harter Fell
source data:-   Print, hand coloured, Hawes Water, from Thwaite Force, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
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Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham. 
printed at bottom:-  "HAWES-WATER, / from Thwaite Force."
printed at bottom:-  "Wallow Crag. / Harter Fell. / Mardale Chapel. / High Street. / Kidsay Pike. / Whelter Crag."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1067.17
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Harter Fell
source data:-   Print, engraving, Hawes Water, from Thwaite Force, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
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The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. 
Tipped in opposite p.109 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "HAWES-WATER, / from Thwaite Force."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Wallow Crag. / Harter Fell. / Mardale Chapel. / High Street. / Kidsay Pike. / Whelter Crag."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.40
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BNO87.jpg (taken 18.4.2007)  
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BMF84.jpg  From the north.
(taken 10.6.2006)  
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BJE36.jpg  A small tarn,
(taken 7.9.2004)  
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BMF86.jpg  Rocks, from Gatescarth track.
(taken 10.6.2006)  
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BJF02.jpg  The area is 'littered' with upstanding pieces of stone. Westmorland is to the south ie right of the fence.
(taken 7.9.2004)  
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BJT66.jpg  Riggindale Crag, The Rigg, Harter Fell, and Haweswater.
(taken 22.8.2005)  
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BJE14.jpg  View west,
(taken 7.9.2004)  
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BZW36.jpg (taken 10.2.2014)  
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BZW37.jpg (taken 10.2.2014)  
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BZW93.jpg (taken 16.2.2014)  
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Ward, Humphrey, Mrs: 1888: Robert Elsmere
Mary Backhouse who dies after seeing the High Fell ghost on Harter Fell; she walks at midnight on Midsummer eve.
"... If you see her and she passes you in silence, why you only get a fright for your pains. But if she speaks to you, you die within the year ..."
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