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Striding Edge, Patterdale
Striding Edge
site name:-   Helvellyn
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
coordinates:-   NY34971492 (etc etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3414
10Km square:-   NY31

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 13) 
placename:-  Striding Edge
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:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 59:-  "... On reaching the first ridge of the mountain, the long looked for summit pile is discovered on the top of a rocky precipice, seven hundred feet in height above Red Tarn, which lies enclosed in the bosom of the mountain before us. From hence the shortest way is one that many would hesitate to venture upon; while others might think it a stigma upon their courage to decline it. It lies along the top of Striding Edge, which in"
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Page 60:-  "some parts affords little more footing than the ridge of a house, while its sides are far steeper than an ordinary roof. ..."
evidence:-   old print:- Nelson 1853 (edn 1880s) 
placename:-  Striding Edge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, The Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Patterdale, Westmorland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1853 edn 1880s?
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On p.56 of Views of the English Lakes, and Tourists Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "THE STRIDING EDGE, HELVELLYN."
item:-  JandMN : 474.23
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evidence:-   outline view:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen on the Keswick Road approaching Ullswater, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
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Opposite p.104 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau.  "MOUNTAINS SEEN ON THE KESWICK ROAD APPROACHING ULLSWATER."
"L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr."
The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-  "1 Place Fell, 2 Birk Fell, 3 Red Screes, 4 Scandale Head, 5 Dove Crag (Hartsop), 6 Birks, 7 Rydal Head, 8 St. Sundays Crag, 9, Fairfield, 10 Glenridding Dod, 11 Dolly Waggon Pike, 12 Bleaberry Fell, 13 Striding Edge, 14 Herring Pike, 15 Gowbarrow Park."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1159.15
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS542
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS259
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Helvellyn and Striding Edge, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS262
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS266
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evidence:-   old print:- Philip/Wilson 1890s
source data:-   Print, engraving, Striding Edge and Red Tarn, Helvellyn, published by George Philip and Son, London, Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool, Lancashire, and Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1895.
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"STRIDING EDGE AND RED TARN, HELVELLYN."
item:-  JandMN : 58.26
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evidence:-   old print:- Brabant 1902
placename:-  Striding Edge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Striding Edge and Red Tarn, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Edmund H New, published by Methuen and Co, 36 Essex Street, Strand, London, 1902.
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Tipped in opposite p.190 of The English Lakes, by F G Brabant. 
printed at bottom left:-  "E / H / N"
printed at bottom:-  "STRIDING EDGE AND RED TARN"
item:-  JandMN : 502.15
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evidence:-   text:- Mason 1907 (edn 1930) 
source data:-   Text book, The Ambleside Geography Books bk.III, The Counties of England, by Charlotte M Mason, published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co, Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane, and the Parents' Educational Union Office, 26 Victoria Street, London, edn 1930.
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Page 20:-  "..."
"... [Red Tarn] ... is shut in between two sloping walls of rock, the Striding Edge, and the Swirral Edge,- edges indeed, for they are simply steep, narrow, broken pathways on the top of each wall of rock. If you are a good climber, and not apt to become giddy,"
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Page 21:-  "you may make your way up by one of these edges; but beware of a false step on either side of the narrow pathway; one such step, and you are plunged down a precipice of a hundred feet."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Marr 1916
placename:-  Striding Edge
source data:-   Photograph, halftone print, Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Cumberland, 1916.
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item:-  JandMN : 173.26
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evidence:-   old print:- MacBride 1922
placename:-  Striding Edge
source data:-   Print, colour, Striding Edge, Helvellyn, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.
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Tipped in opposite p.172 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride. 
printed at bottom:-  "STRIDING EDGE, HELVELLYN"
signed at lower right:-  "A. HEATON COOPER"
item:-  JandMN : 195.27
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evidence:-   old print:- Robertson 1911
source data:-   Print, lithograph? Red Tarn, Helvellyn, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
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Tipped in opposite p.226 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. 
Striding Edge in the foreground. 
printed at bottom:-  "RED TARN, HELVELLYN"
signed at painting lower left:-  "Arthur Tucker"
item:-  JandMN : 197.40
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evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:-  Striding Edge
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Striding Edge, from Grisedale, Patterdale, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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On p.177 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "STRIDING EDGE, FROM GRISEDALE. (p.218.)"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.71
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bogg 1898
source data:-   Photograph, halftone print, Red Tarn, Helvellyn, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumbria, by W G Foster, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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Included on p.172 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.60
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Striding Edge
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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"... Striding Edge ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Striding Edge
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Ullswater - Mountains as seen a little on the Matterdale Road near Lyulph's Tower on Ullswater, and Mountains as seen at the Slate Quarry at Blowick on Ullswater, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 13 Striding Edge ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Striding Edge
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen a little on the Matterdale Road near Lyulph's Tower on Ulleswater, and Mountains as seen at the Slate Quarry at Blowick on Ulleswater, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 13 Striding Edge ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.15
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evidence:-   perhaps old print with text:- Farington 1789 (plate 12) 
item:-  geology
source data:-   Print, engraving, Patterdale from Martendale Fell, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by W Byrne and T Medland, published by W Byrne, 79 Titchfield Street, London, 1788.
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The peak in the background is perhaps Striding Edge end on. 
Plate 12 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789; with descriptive text:-  "PATTERDALE, from MARTINDALE-FELL."
"... The Mountains seen in the Distance belong to the same Chain with Helvellyn. These Hills having their Summits sharp and pointed resemble more the Alpine Forms than any which are to be met with in this Country. It is worthy of Remark that in any one Range or System of Mountains a great Similarity of Outline generally prevails; the same Strata perhaps, by whatever Cause the Inequalities of the Earth's Surface might have been produced, naturally disposing themselves into the same or similar Forms."
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.26
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