Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Nine Standards Rigg, Hartley

Nine Standards Rigg, Hartley

Nine Standards Rigg

civil parish:-

Hartley (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Winton (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

hill

coordinates:-

NY82520616

1Km square:-

NY8206

10Km square:-

NY80

altitude:-

2172 feet

altitude:-

662m

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.

J5NY80NW.jpg
hill hachuring; hill or mountain on county boundary
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Nine Standards

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:-  Nine Standards
placename:-  Wastend
item:-  altitude, Nine Standards Rigg

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 178:- "ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,"
"ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES."


No.	Names of Mountains.	Dalton.	Otley.	Trig. S.	Jamieson

21	Nine Standards, Yorkshire, and Wastend				2136

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