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Rawlinson Nab, Satterthwaite
Rawlinson Nab
site name:-   Windermere lake
civil parish:-   Satterthwaite (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   headland
coordinates:-   SD38599306
1Km square:-   SD3893
10Km square:-   SD39
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 5 15) 
placename:-  Rawlinson Nab
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.
OS County Series (Wmd 37 7) 
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.
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headland 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Rawlinson's Nab
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.
image WS21P065, button  goto source
Page 65:-  "... Rawlinson's-nab is a peninsular-rock, of a circular figure, swelling to a crown in the centre, covered with a low wood;"
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Rawlinson's Nab
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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"Rawlinson's Nab"
headland 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Rawlinson's Nab
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere S) 
placename:-  Rawlinson Nab
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Southern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Rawlinson Nab"
item:-  private collection : 10.11
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Rawlinson's Nab
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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"Rawlinson's Nab"
headland 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) 
placename:-  Rawlinson's Nab
source data:-   Print, hand coloured, Lower Reach, Windermere, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
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Frontispiece to The Lakes of England, by W F Topham. 
printed at bottom:-  "LOWER REACH - WINDERMERE."
printed at bottom:-  "Cartmel Fells. / Rawlinson's Nab. / Grisedale Fell."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1067.1
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Rawlinson's Nab
item:-  boat; sailing boat
source data:-   Print, engraving, Lower Reach, Windermere, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
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The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. 
Tipped in opposite p.30 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "LOWER REACH, WINDERMERE. / Pubd April 15th. 1836, by Sherwood &Co. / [London]"
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Cartmel Fells. / Rawlinson's Nab. / Grisedale Fell."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.4
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