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Mallerstang
civil parish:-   Mallerstang (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   valley
coordinates:-   NY78230111 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY7801
10Km square:-   NY70

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BXE65.jpg (taken 28.8.2012)  
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Mallerstange
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.  "mallerstange"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Mallerstange
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Mallerstange"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Mallerstange
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Mallerstange"
Buildings and tower; could be Outhgill. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Marllerstange
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Marllerstange"
no symbol 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Mallerstang
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Mallerstang"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
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.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1761 p.72  "Description of a VALLEY in Westmoreland."
"FEW are perhaps acquainted with that dreary part of Westmoreland which borders on Yorkshire. Indeed its forbidding aspect, composed of lofty mountains, whose craggy summits seem formed of rocks thrown together by the hand of discord, and frightful deserts laid waste by the piercing storms of the north, tends to extinguish curiosity, and prevent travellers from seeking the recesses of a country, which promise only labour and fatigue. The roads, or rather paths, between the mountains that lead into those sequester'd retreats, are often frightful beyond description. One particularly, about a mile from Wildbore Fell, deserves notice. The tract which runs along the side of a mountain almost perpendicular, is not above six feet wide. Above, enormous projections of rock hang over the head of the traveller, and threaten to crush him by their fall; while far below, a rapid torrent tumbles headlong into the valley, and with its bellowing noise, excites a terror in the mind that language cannot paint. Not a shrub nor blade of grass enlivens the prospect; the whole side of the mountain appearing as if blasted by lightening, and the place where black despair has fixed her dire aboad."
"But notwithstanding the general aspect of the country is so frightful, and the roads in some parts remarkably dangerous, yet between these mountains are valleys equally remarkable for their beauty and fertility. In one of these, a particular friend, who many years since retreaed from the noise and hurry of the world, has fix'd his habitation; and to visit once more that valuable man, before I was overtaken by the night of death, induced me, last summer, to undertake the journey, which occasioned the trouble of this letter."
"The valley in which my friend lives, is of a circular form, about a mile in diameter, and surrounded by prodigious mountains, whose tops, except those to the south, are hidden in the clouds. Between these mountains are two breaches, the only passages into this delightful valley, one on the west, the other on the south. Through the latter, a large stream of water flows from a lake situated on the south side of the valley, and supplied by two cataracts, which tumble from rock to rock down the sides of the mountains. The declivity of the northern hills being exposed to the prolific rays of the sun, produces plenty of corn, and the cultivated parts are bounded by trees, whose lovely verdure, contrasted with the golden ears of waving corn, and the glowing blossoms of flowery shrubs in the fences of the corn fields, exhibits the most delightful prospect. The greatest part of the valley itself, is divided into fields of pasture, in which abundance of cattle and sheep are constantly fed. The lake above-mention'd is well stored with fish of various kinds, and the several small islands interspersed in it, add greatly to the beauty of this luxuriant retreat, which affords every thing necessary to render life agreeable."
"One of the cascades that supply the lake with water, rushes down the mountain's side, in a fine sheet of water, foaming among the rocks till it reaches the valley, and from thence glides along a stony channel into the lake. The other is much less, and its declivity not so rapid; but its various falls and windings among the rocks, render it more pleasing to the sight than the former. Facing this small cascade, at the foot of the northern mountains, my friend's house is situated; and near it are too (sic) farm-houses, and about a dozen cottages, the dwellings of husbandmen, the only inhabitants of this unfrequented vale. But the declivity of the southern mountains which face north, and thence enjoy the benefit of the solar rays only a small part of the year, exhibit a picture of desolation, a dreary waste of naked rocks and tremendous precipices, whose forbidding spect forms a striking contrast to the luxuriant parts, and renders the prospect more pleasing and delightful."
"Perhaps this sequester'd dale exhibits a more pleasing representation of the antient patriarchal life, that can any where else be seen: my friend, who is the sole owner of the valley, is considered as the protector of his tenants, nay more, as their father. They listen with pleasure to his orders, and gladly follow his steps in the paths of virtue. Every Sunday morning all the"
evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag 1761
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Gentleman's Magazine 1761 p.73  "inhabitants, unless prevented by sickness, repair to a small chapel, where divine service is devoutly performed by a reverend divine, who, after labouring many years in the vineyard of his master, and learning from experience, that merit alone is not always sufficient to procure preferment, has found at least a pleasing retreat, where his hours are spent in tranquillity and peace, and he enjoys the heart-felt pleasure of beholding the precepts of his great master practised by his flock, and his preaching attended with the desired success."
"Such is the tranquillity, such a happiness that reigns in this pleasing solitude; and could the votaries of noisy mirth and riotous intemperance be prevailed upon to visit this calm retreat, and behold the true content and unalloyed delights these peasants enjoy, they would, I am persuaded, be convinced, that they have pursued only the shadow of pleasure, who has here fixed her throne."
"For my own part, I must confess that I left this happy valley with regret, and tho' age has impaired my faculties, and almost dried up the fountains of life, yet I beheld with pleasure their innocent diversions, and could hardly forbear joining in their rural pastimes. "Happy mortals (I said to myself) you enjoy that satisfaction which the rich, the great, the ambitious, and the powerful, seek in vain amidst the crowds of a splendid court, and the gay assemblies of a populous city. And after gliding thus serenely down the stream of life, you will pass, with equal serenity, through the straits of death, into the boundless ocean of a happy eternity.""
"Forgive the loquacity of an old man, who, though he can no longer hope to share in the pleasures of the world, rejoices in the happiness of others; and is desirous, even on the verge of life, to do every thing in his power to promote it, and to spend his last breath in the service of virtue."
"St Paul's Coffee-house,"
"Jan. 6, 1761. J. HARRIS."
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Mallerstang
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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"Mallerstang"
hill hachuring; valley 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Mallerstang
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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"Mallerstang"
hill hachuring; valley 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old print:- Braithwaite 1922
placename:-  Mallerstang Valley
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Mallerstang Valley and Wild Boar Fell, Mallerstang, Westmorland, published by J W Braithwaite and Sons, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, 1922.
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Tipped in opposite p.17 of a guide book, Kirkby Stephen, 4th edn 1922. 
printed at bottom:-  "MALLERSTANG VALLEY AND WILD BOAR FELL, KIRKBY STEPHEN."
item:-  private collection : 220.6
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CEH04.jpg  From High Seat.
(taken 2.11.2015)  
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CEH16.jpg  From High Seat.
(taken 2.11.2015)  
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CDC99.jpg  From The Nab.
(taken 26.5.2015)  
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CDD07.jpg  Upper valley from The Nab.
(taken 26.5.2015)  
MN photo:-  
 Like other valleys you get things flying low.

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BXE71.jpg  Hercules aircraft.
(taken 28.8.2012)  
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BXE72.jpg  Hercules aircraft.
(taken 28.8.2012)  
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