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| Lady's Rake, Borrowdale | ||
| Lady's Rake | ||
| locality:- | Walla Crag | |
| civil parish:- | Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | track | |
| coordinates:- | NY27612125 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2721 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
| altitude:- | 1233 feet | |
| altitude:- | 376m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 10) placename:- Ladys Rake |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Gents Mag 1751 placename:- Lady Craigs |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in
Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George
Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751. GM1311.jpg "Lady Craigs" knobbly hillocks; mountains item:- JandMN : 114 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Middiman 1784-92 placename:- Lady's Rake ??? |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Keswick Lake, Cumberland, drawn by T Smith, engraved
and published by Samuel Middiman, 3 Grafton Street, Tottenham Court Road, London,
1784. click to enlargeMM0102.jpg "Painted by T. Smith. / Engrav'd by S. Middiman. / KESWICK-LAKE. / Publish'd as the Act directs, Jany. 1st. 1784, by S. Middiman, London." Accompanying text:- "PLATE II." "KESWICK - LAKE," "CUMBERLAND." "... This View, near Lady's Rake, a large Opening iin the Rocks between Wallow and Barrow-Crags, ..." item:- Armitt Library : A6858.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gilpin 1786 placename:- Lady's Rake |
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| source data:- | Book, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made
in the Year 1772, on Several Parts of England, Particularly the
Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland Westmoreland, by Rev William
Gilpin, 1772-74; published 1786-1808. goto sourcevol.1 p.186 "..." "Part of this mountain is known by the name of Lady's-rake, from a tradition, that a young lady of Derwentwater family, in the time of some public disturbance, escaped a pursuit" Gilpin 1786 goto sourcevol.1 p.187 "by climbing a precipice, which had been thought inaccessible.- A romantic place seldom wants a romantic story to adorn it." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Ladies Walk |
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| 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. goto source Page 69:- "..." "... Opposite to Calf-Close-Reeds [Derwent Water], at about 300 yards distant from shore, look at a place called the Ladies Walk. (The watermen will shew it better than I can describe how to find it, as I could not well get it into the map.) The inhabitants and guides tell us, that it was so called from the Countess of Derwentwater, who made her escape up this dangerous way from Stable-Hills. I do not, however, believe the story; as I think it has been lately invented, like many more, which I shall therefore leave out: For the watermen and guides think they must tell the Tourist some extraordinary tale or other, and therefore endeavour to invent something that bears the face of probability." "The attendants at the inns too strive against each other who can tell the most stories, and give the best intelligence (as they call it;) this intelligence is generally little more than the suppositions of travellers, which these guides tell for truth. They pretend also to shew views, and tell you, that such and such person admired them, without the least foundation. But to return; if this lady was obliged to escape, was every other pass guarded? No way, after she left Stable-Hills, but up this stupendous mountain, amongst rocks where scarcely any animal can travel, and at the age of 60? I give no answer to this question, as it does not deserve any." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Lady's Rake item:- rebellion, 1715; 1715 Rebellion |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1805 p.1123 "... An hollow in the crumbling summit of Wallow Crag is named Lady's Rake, from a prevalent but almost incredible tradition, that by this steep Lady Derwent effected her escape from Cumberland, at the period of her Lord's arrest. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 item:- 1715 Rebellion |
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| 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. goto source Page 75:- "... When the young Lord Derwentwater was captured for being "out" in 1715, his lady escaped, and saved her liberty and the family jewels (to use them on behalf of her husband) by clambering up one of the clefts of Wallabarrow Crag, since called the Lady's Rake. ..." |
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| hearsay:- |
Lady Derwentwater is said to have come this way with some of the family treasure,
escaping from Lord's Island after the failure of the 1715 Rebellion. |
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| hearsay:- |
A hoard of 34 silver coins, pennies dated 1272-1327 were found below the gully. |
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