Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Little Langdale
	locality:-	Langdales
	parish	Lakes parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s; locality; valley
	coordinates:-	NY31580339
	10Km square:-	NY30
	1Km square	NY3103
		Little Langdale -- Langdales -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- 15.11.2011
		Little Langdale -- Langdales -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- ... houses. -- 23.6.2006
	old photograph:-	Bell 1880s-1940s
		Photograph, sepia, Blea Tarn in Little Langdale, the Langdale Pikes behind, Langdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
		internegative at lower left:-
		H. Bell
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		Little Langdale
		Area.
	placename:-	Little Langdale
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 162:-
		...
		A more extended excursion generally performed from Ambleside, is that into Langdale, which may be made partly in carriages, although it is more usual to effect it in carts, which way will indeed be found the most convenient and suitable to the roads, as well as enabling the tourist to carry the necessary creature comforts for a mountain ramble. The traveller may proceed, first, to Skelwith Bridge, three miles, just above which is the wild waterfall, called Skelwith Force; then by a road commanding views of Elter Water and great Langdale, he may proceed to Colwith Force, five miles from Ambleside. Three miles up Little Langdale, over a slack on the right, is Blea Tarn, so faithfully depicted in Wordsworth's 'Excursion.' ...
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		... A road back by Langdale Chapel, will bring him again to Ambleside, after a circuit of nineteen miles, viz.:
	placename:-	Langdale
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		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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		Rev Plumtre's Night Piece on Windermere, 1797
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		Colwith-Force is a very fine, though a small cascade, in Little, or Higher Langdale. ...
	other name:-	Higher Langdale
	date:-	1797
	period:-	18th century, late; 1790s
	old map:-	Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
		Map, The County of Westmoreland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed by J Ainslie and perhaps T Donald, engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
		Little Langdale
		hill hachuring; valley, across county boundary
	placename:-	Little Langdale
	other name:-	Langdale, Little
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1770
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Langdale Far
		circle, tower
	placename:-	Langdale Far
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland? in The Agreeable Historian by Samuel Simpson, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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		Langdale
		Building.
	placename:-	Langdale
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Badeslade 1742
		A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and descriptive text, Cumberland similarly, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
		L. Langdale
		circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality
	placename:-	Little Langdale
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1742
	period:-	18th century, early
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Litle Langdale
		Circle.
	placename:-	Litle Langdale
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Seller 1694 (Wmd)
		Map, Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694; editions to 1787.
		Little Langdale
		circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house
	placename:-	Little Langdale
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1694
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1675
		Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
		Langdale
	placename:-	Langdale
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1670
		in Westmerland / The hundred of Kendall Barrony
		Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
		Langdaile
	placename:-	Langdaile
	date:-	1670
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Litt. Langdale
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Little Langdale
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Jenner 1643
		Table of distances and map, Westmerland ie Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643.
		Langdala
		dot, circle, tower
	placename:-	Langdala
	date:-	1643
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Wmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Little Langdale
		circle, building and tower
	placename:-	Little Langdale
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1579
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		Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.
		Langdale p~va
	placename:-	Langdale Parva
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		hamlet
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		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 1855-71.
		Page 217:-
		LANGDALES.
		Barrow, Henry, farmer & slater, Hacket.
		Bank, John, yeoman, Langdale Head.
		Benson, Edward, yeoman, Low Millbeck.
		Birkett, Rev. Stephen, incumbent, Chapel Style.
		Birkett, Thos., farmer and slater, Ivy How.
		Birkett, Jonathan, farmer, Wilson Place.
		Bird, Isaac, slate merchant, Elterwater.
		Bownass, William, cooper, Post-office, Elterwater.
		Creighton, Isaac, farmer, Lockart's Place.
		Dixon, James, farmer, Dale End.
		Fleming, William, miner and beerhouse keeper, Little Langdale.
		Greenop, Robert, farmer, Oak How.
		Gregg, John, farmer, Blea Tarn.
		Grisdale, John, farmer, Langdale Head.
		Harrison, John, farmer, Busk.
		Hartley, Wilson, farmer, Bays Brown.
		Hodgson, George, joiner and farmer, Colwith.
		Hodgson, John, slate merchant and farmer, New Houses.
		Hodgson, George, farmer, Side House.
		Kirkby, Henry, farmer, Raw Head.
		Lishmuan, John, woodmonger and farmer, Bield.
		Milligan, John, farmer, Wall End.
		Postlethwaite, John, farmer, Langdale Head.
		Rigg, Andrew, farmer, Harry Place.
		Ritson, Joseph, provision dealer, Elterwater.
		Robinson, John, Esq., Gunpowder Works, Elterwater.
		Shepherd, Edward, farmer, Colwith.
		Stables, Henry, shoemaker and farmer, Wallthwaite.
		Thompson, George, beerhouse keeper and farmer, Millbeck.
		Thompson, Wilson, farmer, Pye How.
		Thompson, Thomas, farmer and assistant overseer, Wallthwaite
		Tyson, John, farmer, Fell Foot.
		Tyson, Edward, innkeeper, Chapel Style,
		Tyson, William, beerhouse keeper, Elterwater.
		Youdell, John, yeoman, Ellers.
		Youdell, Joseph, yeoman, Low Birk How.
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old print:-	MacBride 1922
		Wild Lakeland, by MacKenzie MacBride illustrated by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1922-28.
		Print, colour, Farmstead, Little Langdale, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.
		Tipped in opposite p.64 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride.
		printed at bottom:-
		SPRINKLING TARN AND GREAT GABLE
		signed at lower right:-
		A. HEATON COOPER
	placename:-	Little Langdale
	date:-	1922
	period:-	1920s
		photographs
		Little Langdale -- Langdales -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- Fire engine heading towards Wrynose. -- 15.10.2013
		Little Langdale -- Langdales -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- Dovecote, -- NY31570306 (at) -- 1.2.2010
		Ash Lea, Little Langdale
		Betsy Crag Quarry, Little Langdale
		Betsy Crag, Lakes
		Bield, Lakes
		Blea Moss, Little Langdale
		Bridge End, Little Langdale
		Brow, Lakes
		Busk House, Lakes
		Dale End, Little Langdale
		Five o'clock Thorn, Little Langdale
		ford, Little Langdale
		Greenbank Farm, Lakes
		Hacket Forge, Little Langdale
		hedge, Little Langdale
		High Birk Howe, Little Langdale
		High Hacket, Little Langdale
		Lingmoor Quarry, Little Langdale
		Little Langdale Chapel, Little Langdale
		Little Langdale Quarry, Little Langdale
		Little Langdale Tarn, Lakes
		Low Birk Howe, Little Langdale
		Low Hacket, Little Langdale
		Poundfell Howe Bridge, Little Langdale
		sheepfold, Little Langdale
		Slater Bridge, Little Langdale
		stone wall, Little Langdale
		Sunny Bank Cottage, Little Langdale
		Three Shires Inn, Little Langdale
		Wilson Place, Little Langdale
		Woodlands, Little Langdale
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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