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High Rigg, St John's Castlerigg etc
High Rigg
Naddle Fell
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY30782139 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3021
10Km square:-   NY32

photograph
BXT49.jpg  The highest bit.
(taken 13.12.2012)  
photograph
BXT48.jpg  Cairn, summit,
(taken 13.12.2012)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 12) 
placename:-  High Rigg
placename:-  Rigg, High
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:-   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 WS21P305, button  goto source
Mrs Radcliffe's Ride over Skiddaw, 1794 
Page 305:-  "..."
"At length, as we ascended, ... An opening to the south, at length, showed the whole plan of the narrow vales of St. John and of Nadale, separated by the dark ridge of rocks called St. John's Rigg, ... A white speck on the top of St. John's Rigg, was pointed out by the guide to be a chapel of ease to Keswick, ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Naddle Fells
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.
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 210:-  "..."
"Oct. 8. I left Keswick, and took the Ambleside road, ... good country road, through sound but narrow and stony ones, very safe in broad day light. This is the case about Causeway foot and among Naddle-fells, to Langthwaite."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Wainwright, A: 1955: Book 3 Central Fells: Westmorland Gazette (Kendal, Westmorland)
placename:-  Naddle Fell
source data:-   "known locally as Naddle Fell"
evidence:-   perhaps outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) 
placename:-  Naddle Fell
source data:-   Print, hand coloured, Vale of St John, from the South, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
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TAT208.jpg
Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham. 
printed at bottom:-  "VALE OF ST. JOHN, / from the South."
printed at bottom:-  "Naddle Fell. / Saddleback. / Pt. of White Pike. / Castle Rock."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1067.8
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evidence:-   perhaps outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Naddle Fell
source data:-   Print, engraving, Vale of St John, from the South, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
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TAT119.jpg
The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. 
Tipped in opposite p.56 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "VALE OF ST. JOHN. / from the South."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Naddle Fell. / Saddleback. / Pt.of White Pike. / Castle Rock."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.20
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evidence:-   outline view:- 
placename:-  Naddle Fell
source data:-   Print, hand coloured engraving, Vale of St John from the South, Cumberland, published by Sherwood and Co, London, 1836?
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PR0372.jpg
Objects in the view are identified by a caption at the bottom - Naddle Fell, Saddleback, Pt. of White Pike, Castle Rock. 
printed at bottom:-  "VALE of ST. JOHN, / from the South. / London, Pubd. April 15th 1836 by Sherwood &Co."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.372
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photograph
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BXT50.jpg (taken 13.12.2012)  
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