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Wallow Crag, Shap Rural
Wallow Crag
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   rocks
coordinates:-   NY49531514
1Km square:-   NY4914
10Km square:-   NY41
evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Wallow Cragg
item:-  eagle; fish
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 189:-  "..."
"... At the robbing of an eagle's nest at Wallow Cragg near Haws-water in Westmorland, there were found 35 fish, besides 7 lambs, and other provisions for the young ones; they never have more than two at a time, and many of them breed in these mountains every year. It hath been said by some that they come from Ireland hither to breed, and when the young one are of sufficient strength, they return with them to Ireland again: this assertion I deny, as I have seen them at every season of the year, though they are seldomer seen in Summer than in Winter, when the snow forces them down to the vallies to seek provisions. The lesser eagles are not so common, and are known from the buzzard by their head being less, their neck longer, and their voice. ..."
evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Wallow Crag
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Hawes Water from Measand Beck, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.16 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.10
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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 28:-  "... Its [Hawes Water's] eastern side is bounded by Naddle Forest, the lower part completely wooded, and surmounted by the lofty Wallow Crag; beyond which the hill side is scattered with aged thorns."
evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Wallow Crag
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Haws and Wastwater - Mountains as seen from Burn-Banks near the Foot of Hawes Water, and Mountains as seen near Nether Wastdale at the First Bridge on the road to Wast-Water, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 1 Wallow Crag ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.21
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Wallow Crag
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from Burn Banks near the Foot of Hawes Water, and Mountains as seen near Strands in Wastdale at the First bridge on the Road to Wast Water, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 1 Wallow Crag ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.12
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) 
placename:-  Wallow Crag
source data:-   Print, hand coloured, Hawes Water, from Thwaite Force, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
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Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham. 
printed at bottom:-  "HAWES-WATER, / from Thwaite Force."
printed at bottom:-  "Wallow Crag. / Harter Fell. / Mardale Chapel. / High Street. / Kidsay Pike. / Whelter Crag."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1067.17
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Wallow Crag
source data:-   Print, engraving, Hawes Water, from Thwaite Force, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
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The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. 
Tipped in opposite p.109 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "HAWES-WATER, / from Thwaite Force."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Wallow Crag. / Harter Fell. / Mardale Chapel. / High Street. / Kidsay Pike. / Whelter Crag."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.40
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story:-  
 As Charles Williams was born in Mardale, a large boulder fell from Wallow Crag into Haweswater. The parents thought this an ill omen, and declared their son would drown. In his youth, Charles saved a girl, Maria, from a bull, and they fell in love. Before they could marry, she became ill and died. The sad Charles drowned himself by Wallow Crag; his last poem:-
"And what is death, that I should dread
To mingle with the silent dead?
'Tis but a pang - and pangs are o'er;
A throb - and throbbing is no more;
One struggle - and that one my last;
A gasp - a groan - and all is past!"
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