Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Seatoller, Borrowdale

Seatoller, Borrowdale

Seatoller

civil parish:-

Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY24491378 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY2413

10Km square:-

NY21

BYI11.jpg (taken 17.5.2013)
photograph

BQN55.jpg (taken 11.5.2009)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 13)
placename:- Seatoller

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:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Seatallor

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.

D4NY21SW.jpg
"Seatallor"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 35)
placename:- Seatoller

source data:-

Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, View near Seatoller, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.

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WKN135.jpg
Plate 35 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire.
printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "The Revd. Jos: Wilkenson delt. / W. F. Wells sculpt. / View near Seatoller, Borrowdale. / Published May 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand. London."
item:- Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.35
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 36)
placename:- Seatoller

source data:-

Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, View above Seatoller, Cumberland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.

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WKN136.jpg
Plate 36 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire.
printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "Revd. Jos: Wilkenson delt. / W. F. Wells sct. / View above Seatoller. / Published Novr. 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand. London."
item:- Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.36
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evidence:-

old text:- Green 1814
placename:- Seat Oller

source data:-

Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Small Prints, with text, A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.

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page 20:- "..."
"A morning's ride from Keswick, ... from Rosthwaite by Seat Oller, under Honister Crag in Gatesgarthdale, to Buttermere, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Seatoller

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.

OT02NY21.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Seatoller

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 88:- "... Seatoller, a small hamlet seated on the mountain's side, in a recess, filled with oak, ash, birch, and larch. ..."

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Page 168:- "..."
"Seatoller is a hamlet in the upper part of Borrodale. A carriage may proceed as far as this"

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Page 169:- "place; but here begins the ascent of Borrodale Hawse, and the road is so narrow, rugged, and steep, that cars pass with great difficulty."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Seatallor

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

FD02NY21.jpg
"Seatallor"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Seatoller

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.