Old Cumbria Gazetteer - viewpoint, Swinside


included in:-	Derwent Water
	viewpoint, Swinside
site name:-	Swinside
civil parish:-	Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	viewpoint
1Km square:-	NY2422
10Km square:-	NY22
altitude:-	801 feet
altitude:-	244m

evidence:-	descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- station, Derwent Water, West 5
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 source Page 105:- "STATION V. This view [that from Crow Park] is seen to much greater advantage from the side of Swinside, a little before sun-set, where the vale and both the lakes are in full view, with the whole extent of rocky shore at the upper, and the flextures of the lower lake. And when the last beams of the sun rest on the purple summit of Skiddaw, and the deep shade of Wythop's wooded brows is stretched over the lake, the effect is amazingly great."

evidence:-	old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) placename:- station, Derwent Water, West 5
source data:-	Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800. CT2NY22K.jpg "Swinside Hill / 5th. Station" item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.3 Image © see bottom of page

	indexing
person:-	author : West, Thomas
place:-	Derwent Water
date:-	1778
period:-	18th century, late
period:-	1780s
item:-	guide book; Guide to the Lakes

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