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Little Man, Underskiddaw
Little Man
Skiddaw Little Man
site name:-   Skiddaw
civil parish:-   Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY26672779
1Km square:-   NY2627
10Km square:-   NY22
altitude:-   2837 feet
altitude:-   865m

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BPW01.jpg (taken 17.12.2008)  
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BPW02.jpg (taken 17.12.2008)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 56 10) 
placename:-  Little Man
placename:-  Man, 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.
evidence:-   probably 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.
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Mrs Radcliffe's Ride over Skiddaw, 1794 
Page 307:-  "..."
"At length, passing the skirts of the two points of Skiddaw which are nearest to Derwent water, we approached the third and loftiest, and then perceived that their steep sides, together with the ridges which connect them, were entirely covered near the summits with a whitish shivered slate, which threatens to slide down them with every gust of wind. The broken state of this slate makes the present summits seem like ruins of others - a circumstance as extraordinary in appearance as difficult to be accounted for."
"The ridge on which we passed from the neighbourhood of the second summit to the third, was narrow, and the eye reached, on each side, down the whole extent of the mountain following, on the left, the rocky precipices that impend over the lake of Bassenthwaite, and looking on the right, into the glens of Saddleback, far, far below."
evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Little Man
source data:-   Print, engraving, Outline View of Skiddaw, and Saddleback, as seen on approaching Keswick from the South, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.47 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "Outline View of Skiddaw, and Saddleback (formerly Blencathera) As seen on approaching Keswick from the South: With names prior to the inclosure of the Commons in 1810."
"The Dod / Ullock / Long Side / Carleside / Carsleddam / Broad End / Skiddaw Man / Little Man / Jenkin Hill / Lonscale Fell / Latrigg / High Row Fell / Little Fell / Priest Man / Linthwaite Pike / Knot Aller / Threlkeld Hall Fell"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.2
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Little Man
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Skiddaw, and Saddleback ... as seen on entering Keswick from the South, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.46 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.17
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Skiddaw and Saddleback, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.49 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "SKIDDAW, AND SADDLEBACK (FORMERLY BLENCATHRA): As seen entering Keswick from the South: With ancient names."
"The Dod / Hullock / Long Side / Carlside / Carsleddam / Broad End, near the highest point / Skiddaw Man / Little Man / Howgill Tongue / Jenkin Hill / Lonscale Fell / Latrigg / High Row Fell / Priest Man / Linthwaite Pike, Saddleback / Knot Aller / Scales Fell"
item:-  JandMN : 48.9
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evidence:-   outline view:- Matthew 1866
placename:-  Low Man
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, View from Watendlath Road of Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite, Cumberland, published by J Richardson, Highgate, Kendal, Westmorland, 1866.
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Tipped in before p.1 of The English Lakes, Peaks and Passes, from Kendal to Keswick, by George King Matthew. 
printed at bottom:-  "VIEW FROM WATENDLATH ROAD OF / DERWENT WATER AND BASSENTHWAITE."
printed at caption to mountains:-  "... Low Man. ..."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1168.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Skiddaw Low Man
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Skiddaw and Derwent Water - Mountains as seen at Lodore Hotel, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 10 Skiddaw Low Man ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.14
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Skiddaw Low Man
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen at Lowdore Inn, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 10 Skiddaw Low Man ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.7
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BPW03.jpg (taken 17.12.2008)  
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BPR46.jpg  Skiddaw and Little Man from the east.
(taken 26.9.2008)  
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BXT25.jpg  From Latrigg.
(taken 5.12.2012)  
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BZT60.jpg (taken 28.12.2013)  
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