Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Lodore, Borrowdale

Lodore, Borrowdale

Lodore

Lowdore

civil parish:-

Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY26391889 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY2618

10Km square:-

NY21

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Low Door

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.

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"Low Door"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Low Dere

source data:-

Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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"Low Dere"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Lowdore

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.

OT02NY21.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

:- Hullmandel 1826

source data:-

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HUL107.jpg
Print, uncoloured lithograph, The Fall of Lodore, from Derwent Water, Borrowdale, Cumberland, drawn by Miss I Cropper and Miss S Atkins, published by Charles Hullmandel, London, 1826. "Drawn on Stone by I.C & S.A. / Printed by C. Hullmandel. / THE FALL OF LODORE. / FROM DERWENT WATER."
item:-
Armitt Library : ALMA370.7
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Low Dore

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

FD02NY21.jpg
"Low Dore"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:- Lowdore

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Lowdore, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 12 May 1853.

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"Lowdore / May 12 & 14. 1853"
"see p 42. Book 12."
page number "61"
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.390.77
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Lowdore

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.

GAR2NY21.jpg
"Lowdore"
block, building
item:- JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

outline view:- Martineau 1855
placename:- Lowdore

source data:-

Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen from Applethwaite near Keswick, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.

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Folded in opposite p.93 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. "MOUNTAINS SEEN FROM APPLETHWAITE NEAR KESWICK."
"L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr."
The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:- "1 Wallow Crag, 2 Falcon Crag, 3 Shepherd's Crag / Lowdore below, 4 Glaramara, 5 Brund, 6 Castle Crag, 7 Great End, 8 Scawfell Pike, 9 Catbell, 10, High Stile, 11 Red Pike, 12 Grasmoor, 13 Causey Pike, 14 Melbreak, 15 Grisdale Pike"
item:- Armitt Library : A1159.14
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, b/w, Derwent Water and Lodore, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?

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HB0288.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS645
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evidence:-

outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:- Lodore

source data:-

Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.