Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Windermere to Ambleside
	other name:-	Ambleside to Windermere
	other name:-	A591
	parish	Windermere parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Lakes parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		road; route
	10Km square:-	SD49
	10Km square:-	NY40
	10Km square:-	NY30
	road code:-	Wndr=Ambl
	suffix:-	WtoA
		Windermere to Ambleside -- Windermere and Lakes -- Cumbria / -- Map on the side of a bus, at Ambleside bus stance. -- 21.4.2008
		Windermere to Ambleside -- Windermere and Lakes -- Cumbria / -- Map on the back of a bus, near Lowwood. -- 3.5.2011
	old map:-	Burrow 1920s
		Road strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, now Cumbria, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	source:-	Burrow 1920s
		Road strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, now Cumbria, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
		[from Windermere] ... The road runs close beside the lake to its northern end at Ambleside, with Langdale Pikes, showing up as the outstanding element in the glorious mountain country ahead. Across the lake to the left rise such famous peaks as Coniston Old Man (2,633 feet); farther away and more to the north the loftier forms of Scafell Pike (3,210 feet) and Scafell (3,162 feet). But closer at hand, right upon our course, is the beauty spot of Low Wood, on the shore of the lake, where steamers embark passengers for trips down the long narrow lake. ...
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	old map:-	Prior 1874 map 1
		Map, Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
		double line; road
	date:-	1874
	period:-	19th century, late; 1870s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		double line, bold light, major road
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		A to K 13 1/2 Ms.
		Distance Kendal to Ambleside; the old road ignores Windermere, which didn't much exist.
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 160:-
		...
		VII. KENDAL TO AMBLESIDE.- 13½ M.
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		... All the way, ... to the head of the lake, the views are excellent; and every rising ground affords something new in the combination. ...
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old map:-	Cooke 1802
		Maps, Westmoreland, Cumberland, etc, now Cumbria, by George Alexander Cooke, London, 1802-10; published 1802-24.
		though no Windermere, double line, light dark solid; road
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	road book:-	Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
		Road book, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1798-1828.
		page 317-318
		LONDON to Cockermouth and Workington
		part of
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	road map:-	Cary 1790 (Wmd/edn 1792)
		Map, Westmoreland, now Cumbria, scale about 11.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1790; published 1790-1828.
		no Windermere shown double line, with road distances from Kendal
	date:-	1790
	period:-	18th century, late; 1790s
	old map:-	Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N)
		Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in London etc, from 1787 to 1793.
		To Kendale
		road
	date:-	1787
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old text:-	Gilpin 1786
		Guide book, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, on Several Parts of England, Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland Westmoreland, by Rev William Gilpin, 1772-74; published 1786-1808.
		vol.1 p.134
		...
		... From Ambleside we set out for Bowness, to take a view of the lake. Part of the road we had traversed, the day before, from Kendal; and were a second time amused by the woody landscape it afforded: and it's sudden, interrupted openings to the lake, before the whole burst of that magnificent scene was presented. ...
	date:-	1786
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old print:-	Middiman 1784-92
		Set of prints, Select Views in Great Britain, by various artists, engraved and published by Samuel Middiman, 3 Grafton Street, Tottenham Court Road, and others, London, 1784-92.
		Print, uncoloured engraving, View at Ambleside, Westmorland, painted by C Powel, engraved and published by Samuel Middiman, London, 1786.
		There is accompanying text in English and French:-
		PLATE XXII. / VIEW at AMBLESIDE, WESTMORELAND. / THE annexed View is taken on the road from Winandermere, within a few Yards of Ambleside Turnpike, and not far distant from that represented in the preceding Plate. / From Ambleside to Keswick, is about Sixteen Miles of excellent Road; the Hills through which it leads are not difficult of Ascent, being mostly fine Sheep Walks, and well turfed. A variety of Mountain Prospects present themselves in this Tour; and the Waterfalls that appear successively, either trickling down the gray Rocks, or pouring from the Mountains in foaming Torrents, are not to be equalled in so small a Tract of Country.
	date:-	1785
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble)
		Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of Coniston Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, and Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794.
		double line
		double line
		double line
		To Low-wood and Ambleside
		double line, and turning
		to Troutbeck
		double line, turnings labelled
		to Troutbeck
		to Kendal
		double line, turning lakeside south of Bowness
		to Kendal
		double line, and other roads to Ferry Nab, and to the lakeside road, which is labelled
		to Cartmel
	date:-	1783=1794
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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		Page 73:-
		From Bowness to Ambleside is six miles, along the side of the lake [2]. On the top of
		[2] The Low-Wood Inn, ...
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		Page 74:-
		an eminence, a little behind Rayrig, there is a fine view of the northern extremity of the lake. As you proceed along the banks, every step has importance, and the prospect becomes more and more august, exhibiting much variety of Appenine grandeur. Langdale-pikes, that guard the pass into Borrowdale on this side of the Yoak, and spiral Hill-bell; the overhanging crags of lofty Rainsbarrow; the broken ridge of Redscrees, Fairfield, and Scrubby-crag (on whose precipitous front the eagle builds his nest, secure from the envious shepherds of the vale) with a chaos of other nameless mountains, are all in sight.
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		Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
		Page 212:-
		...
		[from Ambleside to Windermere]... The road in general fine turnpike, but some parts (about three miles in all) not made, yet without danger.
		For this determination I was unexpectedly well rewarded; for the afternoon was fine, and the road for the space of full five miles, ran along the side of Windermere, with delicious views across it, and almost from one end to the other. ...
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		Page 213:-
		... The way rises continually, till a place called Orrest-head where it turns south-east, losing sight of the water. ...
	date:-	1769; 1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s; 1770s
	old map:-	Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
		Map, The County of Westmoreland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed by J Ainslie and perhaps T Donald, engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
		double line; road, bold, main road, with mile numbers
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1770
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Kitchin 1767 (plate 84)
		Road book with strip road map maps, Kitchin's Post Chaise Companion, by Thomas Kitchin, published by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, John Bowles, Cornhill, and Carington Bowles, St Paul's Church Yard, London, 1767.
	date:-	1767
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		double line, solid, road distance
		double line, solid, road distance
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Bowen 1720 (plate 260)
		Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
		The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth - from Kendal on past Keswick, Cumberland. Places labelled are:-
		... 10 ... Winandermere Water on the left ... 13 / Ambleside, The Hall / 14 ...
	date:-	1720
	period:-	18th century, early; 1720s
	old map:-	Bowen 1720 (plate 259)
		Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
		Plate 259 has the title cartouche for:-
		The Roads from KENDAL to COCKERMOUTH, &c. Containing 32 Comp. and 43'7 measd. Miles &c.
		and a table of distances, computed and measured miles in miles'furlongs, which includes, from Kendal:-
		...
		Ambleside 10 / 13'3
		...
	date:-	1720
	period:-	18th century, early; 1720s
	descriptive text:-	Fiennes 1698
		(The road from Bowness to Ambleside.)
		Travel book, manuscript record of Journeys through England including parts of the Lake District, by Celia Fiennes, 1698.
		Thence [Bowness] I rode almost all the waye in sight of this great water [Windermere]; some tymes I lost it by reason of the great hills interposeing and so a continu'd up hill and down hill and that pretty steep even when I was in that they called bottoms, which are very rich good grounds,
	date:-	1698
	period:-	17th century, late
	period:-	1690s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, early; 1670s
	old photograph:-	Bell 1880s-1940s
		Photograph, near Waterhead, Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late
	old map:-	Hall 1820 (Wmd)
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
		single line, solid; minor road; Applethwaite, Ambleside
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1820
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old map:-	Badeslade 1742
		A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and descriptive text, Cumberland similarly, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
		double line
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1742
	period:-	18th century, early
	old road map:-	Rumney 1899
		Guide book, The Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney, published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, and Liverpool, 1899.
		Road map, strip map, gradient diagram, and itinerary for Route I, Kendal to Keswick, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by A W Rumney, published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, and Liverpool, 1899.
		On p.14 of the Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney.
		printed at top:-
		Route I.
	date:-	1899
	period:-	19th century, late
	old road map:-	Rumney 1899
		Guide book, The Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney, published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, and Liverpool, 1899.
		Road map, strip map, gradient diagram, and itinerary for Route II, Levens Bridge to Ambleside via Lindale, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by A W Rumney, published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, and Liverpool, 1899.
		On p.19 of the Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney.
		printed at top:-
		Route II.
	date:-	1899
	period:-	19th century, late
	places
	mapping:-	Windermere Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere Low Wood Hotel, Lakes Ambleside
	route segments
	mapping:-	Kndl=Cckr:m010
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