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Herdus, Ennerdale and Kinniside
Herdus
civil parish:-   Ennerdale and Kinniside (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY11601648 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1116
10Km square:-   NY11


photograph
BMA06.jpg  Bann Fell on the left of Herdus; from Cauda Brow.
(taken 3.5.2006)  
photograph
BMA13.jpg  From Whins.
(taken 3.5.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 68 8) 
placename:-  Herdus
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Herdhouse
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Herdhouse"
hill hachuring; a hill or mountain 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Herdhouse
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains of Ennerdale as seen from Kirkland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.131 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains of Ennerdale: / as seen from Kirkland."
"Herdhouse / Green Gable / Great Gable / The Pillar / Wind Yate / Black Crag / Steeple / Matlin Cove / Hay Cock / Iron Crag / Revelin / Crag Fell - Grike"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.9
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Herdhouse
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Ennerdale from a Field near Kirkland and Salter, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.20 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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O80E11.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.12
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Herdhouse
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains of Ennerdale, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.27 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "THE MOUNTAINS OF ENNERDALE: as seen from Kirkland."
"Bannow Fell / Herdhouse / Green Gable / Great Gable / The Pillar / Bowness Knot and Wind Yate / Black Crag / Steeple / Matlin Cove / Hay Cock / Iron Crag / Revelin / Crag Fell / Grike"
item:-  JandMN : 48.7
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photograph
BUL69.jpg  Behind Bowness Knott.
(taken 27.4.2011)  

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