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| Forces, Bampton | ||
| Thwaites Force | ||
| site name:- | Measand Beck | |
| locality:- | Measand | |
| civil parish:- | Bampton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | waterfall | |
| coordinates:- | NY48491556 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4815 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY41 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 13 15) placename:- Thwaites Force |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 13) |
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| 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. "Thwaite Force" |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Thwaite Fall |
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| 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 sourcePage 164:- "..." "... Thwaite-force or fall, is a fine cataract on the [right of Haweswater]" |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Green 1804 (plate 38) |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured aquatint, Waterfall on Fordingdale Beck, ie The Forces on Measand
Beck, Bampton, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1804 printed
after 1807. click to enlargeGN1638.jpg Plate 38 from a series. printed at bottom:- "Waterfall on Fordingdale Beck, / at the foot of Hawes Water. / Drawn and Engraved by Wm. Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1804." printed at top right:- "38" at :- "[J WHATMAN] / 1807" item:- Armitt Library : 2014.187 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | probably descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) |
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| 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. goto source Page 138:- "... A richly-wooded promontory, that stretches from the west side of the lake, appears to cut it into two: a little beyond is Fordingdale Beck, presenting some beautiful cascades, ..." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Pyne 1853 placename:- Wallergill Force |
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| source data:- | Print, tinted lithograph, Hawes Water and Wallergill Force, perhaps The Forces, Bampton,
Westmorland, by James Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and
Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853. click to enlargePYN207.jpg "PAINTED BY J. B. PYNE. / W. GAUCI LITH. / MANCHESTER, PUBLISHED BY THOMAS AGNEW & SONS, 1853. / Hawes Water and Wallergill Force / M & N HANHART IMPT." item:- Armitt Library : A6678.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Pyne 1853 placename:- Wallergill Force |
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| source data:- | Print, coloured lithograph, Hawes Water and Wallergill Force, perhaps The Forces,
Bampton, Westmorland, by James Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas
Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853. click to enlargePYN407.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A6677.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | probably old print:- Pyne 1853 placename:- Wallergill Force item:- footbridge |
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| source data:- | Drawn by James Barker Pyne, 1848-1853, lithographed by T Picken, 1859. click to enlargePY10.jpg "Hawes Water and Wallergill Force" item:- JandMN : 97.11 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Rose 1832-35 placename:- Thwaite Force |
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| source data:- | Print, engraving, Hawes Water, from Thwaite Force, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved
by W le Petit, 1833. click to enlargeR170.jpg item:- JandMN : 41 Image © see bottom of page |
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| MN photo:- |
Series taken on a walk up beside the forces. |
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 BZK33.jpg (taken 29.9.2013)  BZK34.jpg (taken 29.9.2013)  BZK35.jpg (taken 29.9.2013)  BZK36.jpg (taken 29.9.2013)  BZK37.jpg (taken 29.9.2013)  BZK38.jpg (taken 29.9.2013)  BLO65.jpg (taken 25.1.2006) |
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