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Sail, Above Derwent
Sail
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY19862031 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1920
10Km square:-   NY12
altitude:-   2536 feet
altitude:-   773m


photograph
BOR76.jpg (taken 13.2.2008)  
photograph
BLM47.jpg  From the path up Knott Rigg from Newlands Hause; Sail on the right.
(taken 25.12.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 63 15) 
placename:-  Sail
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.

evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Sail
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains South West of Derwentwater as seen from Keswick, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.115 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains South-West of Derwentwater: / as seen from Keswick."
"Brund and Glaramara / Esk Hause / Castle Crag and Great End / Scawfell Pike / Gait Crag / Blea Crag / Bull Crag / Cat Bell / Hindscarth / Gold Scalp / Robinson / High Stile / Red Pike / Rawling end / Causey Pike / Sail / Ill Crags / Barrow / Swinside / Coledale Hause / Grisedale Pike"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.6
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Sail
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Derwent Water from Crow Park, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.10 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.7
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains South West of Derwentwater, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.21 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH-WEST OF DERWENTWATER: as seen from Keswick"
"Brund and Glaramara / Esk Hause / Castle Crag and Great End / Scawfell Pike / Gait Crag / Blea Crag / Bull Crag / Cat Bell / Hindscarth / Gold Scalp / Robinson / High Stile / Newlands Hause / Red Pike / Rawling End / Causey Pike / Sail / Ill Crags / Barrow / Swinside / Coledale Hause / Grisedale Pike"
item:-  JandMN : 48.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Barrow 1888
placename:-  Sail
source data:-   Outline view, engraving? Outline of Mountain Tops as seen from the Keswick Hotel, sketched by John Barrow, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, St Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, London, 1888.
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"... Sail ..."
item:-  Kendal Library : 10.3
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Sail
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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Jk01E1.jpg
"... Sail ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Sail
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Sail ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Sail
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Skiddaw and Derwent Water - Mountains as seen at Lodore Hotel, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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BC08E4.jpg
"... 22 Sail ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.14
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Sail
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen at Lowdore Inn, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 22 Sail ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.7
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BNP67.jpg (taken 26.4.2007)  
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BPJ39.jpg (taken 23.6.2008)  
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BPJ40.jpg (taken 23.6.2008)  

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