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| Pendle Hill, Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||
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| county:- | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||
| locality type:- | hill | |||||||||||||||||
| 1Km square:- | SD7941 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10Km square:- | SD74 | |||||||||||||||||
| altitude:- | 2713 feet | |||||||||||||||||
| altitude:- | 827m | |||||||||||||||||
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Pendale Hill placename:- Pendle placename:- Pendle Hill |
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| 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. goto sourcePage 190:- "A TABLE OF THE Height of Mountains and Lakes SEEN IN THIS TOUR, ... TAKEN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. ... by Mr. John Dalton." "Pendale-hill, Lancashire ... 548 [yards]" goto sourceAddendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 Page 221:- "..." "Oct. 14. Leaving [Settle] ... I saw at once the three famous hills of this county, Ingleborough, Pennygant, and Pendle; the first is esteemed the highest, and their features are not to be described, but by the pencil." goto sourceTour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century Page 270:- "... Being so near the top of Whernside, we ventured to ascend to the summit. ... Pendle-hill appeared over the top of Ingleborough, which gave us a high idea of our own elevation, this latter mountain being much higher than the former. ..." |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) item:- latitude; longitude; lat and long |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the
mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be
visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the
district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick,
Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur
Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49,
latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes. goto source Page 79:- "STATION IV.- CONISTON OLD MAN." "Latitude 54° 22′ 20″ N. Longitude 3° 6′ 34″W. Height 2577 feet."
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Clarke 1858 placename:- Pendle Hill |
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| source data:- | Report, Account of the Observations and Calculations of the
Principal Triangulation, by Captain Alexander Ross Clarke,
published by the Ordnance Survey, London, 1858. "PENDLE HILL, 1841. There is a round conical barrow about 10 feet diameter upon the hill. The centre of the barrow is the station, and is marked by a stone measuring 30 inches by 18, with a hole jumped in it." Altitude above mean sea level:- "1816.4 feet" Position, latitude and longitude, degrees minutes decimal seconds "53 52 6.43 / 2 17 48.68" |
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