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Little Langdale Tarn, Little Langdale
runs into:-    Brathay, River
Little Langdale Tarn
site name:-   Brathay, River
locality:-   Little Langdale
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tarn
coordinates:-   NY30910321
1Km square:-   NY3003
10Km square:-   NY30
altitude:-   334 feet
altitude:-   102m

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BZL40.jpg (taken 15.10.2013)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 11) 
placename:-  Little Langdale Tarn
placename:-  Langdale Tarn, Little
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.
OS County Series (Lan 1 8) 
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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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outline, no form lines; lake 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 12) 
placename:-  Little Langdale Tarn
item:-  cattle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Little Langdale Tarn, Little Langdale, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 12 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "12"
printed at bottom:-  "LITTLE LANGDALE TARN. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6656.12
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 12) 
placename:-  Little Langdale Tarn
item:-  cattle
source data:-   Print, tinted soft ground etching, Little Langdale Tarn, Little Langdale, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 12 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "12"
printed at bottom:-  "LITTLE LANGDALE TARN. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6653.12
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
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:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 33:-  "... Little Langdale Tarn, in the valley of that name, is one whose consequence is lessened by the swampiness of its shores. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Leigh 1830 map
source data:-   Map, Grasmere Rydal and Langdale, scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Josiah Neele, 352 Strand, published by Leigh and Son, 421 Strand, London, about 1830.
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item:-  JandMN : 1.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Langdale Tarn
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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"Langdale Tarn"
outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) 
placename:-  Little Langdale Tarn
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Little Langdale Tarn, Little Langdale, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s?
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On p.47 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "LITTLE LANGDALE TARN."
item:-  JandMN : 474.18
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evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1859
placename:-  Little Langdale Tarn
source data:-   Print, Nelson print, Little Langdale Tarn, Westmorland, published by T Nelson and Sons, London etc, 1859.
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printed, bottom  "LITTLE LANGDALE TARN."
item:-  Armitt Library : 2003.13.7
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evidence:-   old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) 
placename:-  Little Langdale Tarn
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Little Langdale Tarn, Langdale, Westmorland, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908.
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Opposite p.218 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. 
printed at tissue opposite the print:-  "LITTLE LANGDALE TARN"
printed at signed lower right:-  "[A HEATON COOPER]"
item:-  JandMN : 468.73
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evidence:-   old print:- MacBride 1922
placename:-  Little Langdale Tarn
source data:-   Print, colour, Little Langdale Tarn, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.
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Tipped in opposite p.193 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride. 
printed at bottom:-  "LITTLE LANGDALE TARN"
signed at lower right:-  "A. HEATON COOPER"
item:-  JandMN : 195.30
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evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:-  Little Langdale Tarn
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Little Langdale Tarn, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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On p.87 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "LITTLE LANGDALE TARN. (p.121-122.)"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.40
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BTU40.jpg (taken 10.11.2010)  
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BMH04.jpg  From Above Slater Bridge.
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