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placename:- | Wasdale Head | |
locality:- | Wasdale | |
parish |
Nether Wasdale parish, once
in Cumberland
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county:- | Cumbria | |
building/s | ||
coordinates:- |
NY186088 | |
10Km square:- |
NY10 | |
place code:- | WsHd | |
1Km square | NY1808 | |
![]() Wasdale Head -- Wasdale -- Nether Wasdale -- Cumbria / -- 12.5.2009 | ||
![]() Wasdale Head -- Wasdale -- Nether Wasdale -- Cumbria / -- 11.5.2006 | ||
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Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn
1908)
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Print, colour halftone, Wastdalehead, Wastwater, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908. | ||
Opposite p.94 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. | ||
printed at tissue opposite the print:- | ||
WASTDALEHEAD, WASTWATER | ||
printed at signed lower right:- | ||
A HEATON COOPER | ||
placename:- | Wastdalehead | |
date:- | 1905 | |
period:- | 1900s | |
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Bell 1880s-1940s
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Photograph, black and white, Wasdale Head, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. | ||
internegative at lower left:- | ||
H. Bell | ||
stamped at reverse:- | ||
HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE | ||
date:- | 1890=1899 | |
period:- | 19th century, late | |
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Bell 1880s-1940s
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Photograph, black and white, Wasdale Head and Great Gable, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. | ||
stamped at reverse:- | ||
HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE | ||
date:- | 1890=1899 | |
period:- | 19th century, late | |
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Bell 1880s-1940s
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Photograph, black and white, Wasdale Head, Kirk Fell behind, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. | ||
date:- | 1890=1899 | |
period:- | 19th century, late | |
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Garnett 1850s-60s H
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Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. | ||
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Wasdale Hd. | ||
cross, a church | ||
placename:- | Wasdale Head | |
date:- | 1850=1869 | |
period:- | 19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s | |
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Ford 1839 map
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Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839. | ||
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Wastdale Head | ||
placename:- | Wastdale Head | |
county:- | Cumberland | |
date:- | 1839 | |
period:- | 19th century, early; 1830s | |
descriptive text:- |
Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
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Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52. | ||
Page 71:- | ||
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... the deep, confined, and fruitful valley of Wastdale Head, with its chapel and half-dozen houses scattered upon a plain of meadow and corn-ground, divided into chequers by stone walls. Beyond, within a bed of steep rocky mountains of pure, unmixed, impenetrable sterility, is the long, narrow, stern, and desolate lake of Wast Water, to the head of which from these houses it is two miles. Refreshment may be had at any of these very respectable statesmen, and the tourist will not offend them by offer- | ||
Page 72:- | ||
[offer]ing a sufficient remuneration for their civility and trouble. Near their dwelling is the humble Chapel of Ease, past which a mountain track leads under Scafell by Burnmoor Tarn into Eskdale. | ||
Page 171:- | ||
... country is more distinguished by sublimity. | ||
Wastdale Head contains only a few scattered houses; and its small chapel has only eight pews, and is without a burial-ground. | ||
placename:- | Wastdale Head | |
date:- | 1839 | |
period:- | 19th century, early; 1830s | |
descriptive text:- |
Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
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Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards. | ||
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Wasdale Head consists of about half a dozen dwellings sheltered by trees, and a small Chapel, in the midst of an area of arable land, encircled by the loftiest mountains. A public house here is much wanted by travellers; on which account the hospitality of the inhabitants is not unfrequently drawn upon by strangers. | ||
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Wasdale Head comprises a level area of 400 acres of land, divided by stone walls into small irregular fields, which have been cleared with great industry and labour; as appears from the enormous heaps of stones, piled up from the surplus after completing the inclosures. Here six or seven families have their Chapel, of a size proportionate to the number of inhabitants, and in a style according with the situation; and what Mr. Gray formerly said of Grasmere, may with equal propriety be applied to this vale: 'Not a single red tile, no gentleman's flaring house, or garden walls, break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradise; but all is peace, rusticity, and happy poverty, in its neatest, most becoming attire.' | ||
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A variety of granite with reddish felspar, and which from a deficiency of mica, has sometimes been | ||
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called sienite, ... may be seen shooting up in places, almost as far as Bootle, and also at Wasdale Head. ... It contains veins of red hematite and micaceous iron ore. ... | ||
date:- | 1823 | |
period:- | 19th century, early; 1820s | |
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Hall 1820 (Cmd)
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Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31. | ||
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Wasdale Hd. | ||
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement | ||
placename:- | Wasdale Head | |
county:- | Cumberland | |
date:- | 1820 | |
period:- | 19th century, early; 1820s | |
source:- |
Otley 1818
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New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s. | ||
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placename:- | Wasdale Head | |
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Cooke 1802
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Maps, Westmoreland, Cumberland, etc, now Cumbria, by George Alexander Cooke, London, 1802-10; published 1802-24. | ||
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Wastedale Head | ||
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality | ||
placename:- | Wastedale Head | |
county:- | Cumberland | |
date:- | 1802 | |
period:- | 19th century, early; 1800s | |
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Clarke 1787
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Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787 and 1789; and Plans of the Lakes ... 1793. | ||
Page 98:- | ||
... There is a kind of sheep in these mountains called Herdwicks, which when fed to the highest growth, seldom exceed nine or ten pounds a quarter; they, contrary to all other sheep I have met with, are seen before a storm, especially of snow, to ascend against the coming blast, and take the stormy side of the mountain, which, fortunately for themselves, saves them from being over-blown. This valuable instinct was first discovered by the people of Wasdalehead, a small village, whose limits join those of Borrowdale. They, to keep this breed as much as possible in their own village, bound themselves in a bond, that no one of them should sell above five ewe (or female) lambs in one year; means, however, were found to smuggle more, so that all the shepherds now have either the whole or half breed of them; especially where the mountains are very high, as in Borrowdale, Newlands, and Skiddow, where they have not hay for them in winter. These sheep lye upon the very tops of the mountains in that season as well as in summer; and, as I said before, keep to the stormy side, where the wind blows the snow off the surface of the ground. | ||
If a calm snow fall, the shepherds take a harrow, and drag it themselves over the tallest heath, or ling; the snow then falls to the bottom, and the sheep feed upon the tops of it, and the moss which grows upon the stones. They are so remarkably wild and stupid in their temper, that in forcing them by dogs to washing, shearing, &c. they have laid down and died without much fatigue. | ||
Whence this breed first came I cannot learn; the inhabitants of Nether Wasdale say they were taken from on board a stranded ship, however, till within these few years, their number was very small: they grow very little wool; eight or nine of them jointly not producing more than a stone, yet their wool is pretty good. | ||
placename:- | Wasdalehead | |
date:- | 1787 | |
period:- | 18th century, late; 1780s | |
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Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
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Maps, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland? in The Agreeable Historian by Samuel Simpson, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746. | ||
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Warsdale | ||
Building. | ||
placename:- | Warsdale | |
county:- | Cumberland | |
date:- | 1746 | |
period:- | 18th century, early; 1740s | |
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Badeslade 1742
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A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and descriptive text, Cumberland similarly, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742. | ||
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Warsdale C. | ||
circle, italic lowercase text; village, hamlet or locality, at the head of Wast Water | ||
placename:- | Warsdale Chapel | |
county:- | Cumberland | |
date:- | 1742 | |
period:- | 18th century, early | |
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Seller 1694 (Cmd)
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Map, Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694; editions to 1787. | ||
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Wasdale Chap. | ||
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house | ||
placename:- | Wasdale Chapel | |
county:- | Cumberland | |
date:- | 1694 | |
period:- | 17th century, late; 1690s | |
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Jenner 1643
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Table of distances and map, Cumberland, now Cumbria, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643. | ||
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Wasdale chap | ||
circle | ||
placename:- | Wasdale Chapel | |
date:- | 1643 | |
period:- | 17th century, early; 1640s | |
source:- |
Keer 1605
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Map, Westmorlandia et Comberlandia, ie Westmorland and Cumberland now Cumbria, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605; published about 1605 to 1676. | ||
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Wasdale chap | ||
dot, circle and tower; village | ||
placename:- | Wasdale Chapel | |
county:- | Cumberland | |
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Saxton 1579
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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. | ||
Wasdale chap: | ||
placename:- | Wasdale Chapel | |
county:- | Cumberlandia | |
hamlet | ||
date:- | 1576 | |
period:- | 16th century, late; 1570s | |
source:- |
Martineau 1855
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Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71. | ||
Page 230:- | ||
VALLEY OF WASDALE HEAD. (Head Office:- Whitehaven.) | ||
Braithwaite, Joseph, farmer, Middle How. | ||
Briggs, Robt., farmer, The Hall. | ||
Burns, William, farmer, Down-i'th-Dale. | ||
Colebank, Fletcher, farmer, Burnthwaite. | ||
Kitchin, Rev. Jos., Middle Row | ||
Ritson, John, yeoman and boatman, Row Foot. | ||
Ritson, Wm., farmer, Row Foot | ||
Ritson, J., farmer, Burnthwaite. | ||
Robinson, Jefferson, farmer, Rowhead. | ||
date:- | 1855 | |
period:- | 19th century, late; 1850s | |
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Rose 1832-35
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Engravings - Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated; from drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, and H Gastineau, described by Thomas Rose, published by H Fisher, R Fisher, and P Jackson, Newgate Street, London, 1832-35. | ||
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Wastdale Head, Scawfell Pikes, Cumberland | ||
Drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by J Sands, 1833. | ||
placename:- | Wastdale Head | |
date:- | 1833 | |
period:- | 19th century, early; 1830s | |
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Farington 1816 (plate 25)
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Set of prints, 43 engravings, The Lakes of Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland, drawings by Jospeph Farington, with text by Thomas Hartwell Horne, published by T Cadell, and W Davies, Strand, and by J M'Creery, Black Horse Court, Fleet Street, London, 1816. | ||
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Print, uncoloured engraving, Wastdale Village, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by J Landseer, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand, London, 1815. | ||
Plate 25 in The Lakes of Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland ... with text by Thomas Hartwell Horne:- | ||
WASTDALE VILLAGE, / IS situated among the western mountains of Cumberland, about two miles north from Eskdale; and has in its front the Lake of Wast-Water. From the difficulty of access to these interesting objects, except on the side of Egremont, this Village and Lake are seldom visited by strangers, but the traveller will be well rewarded on approaching the secluded and truly alpine valley in which the village is situated. Here every thing is rural, and seen in the true style of pastoral beauty and simplicity. ... | ||
placename:- | Wastdale Village | |
date:- | 1815 | |
period:- | 19th century, early | |
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Barber and Atkinson 1927
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Guide book, Lakeland Passes, by John B Barber and George Atkinson, published by James Atkinson, Caxton Printing Works, Ulverston, Lancashire, 3rd edn 1928. | ||
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Print, halftone photograph, Looking into Mosedale, view of Wasdale Head, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, published by James Atkinson, Caxton Printing Works, Ulverston, Lancashire, 1928. | ||
Tipped in opposite p.38 of Lakeland Passes, by John B Barber and George Atkinson, 1927, 3rd edn 1928. | ||
at inter negative:- | ||
WASDALE HEAD. / Atkinsons Series 1266. | ||
printed at bottom:- | ||
Looking into Mosedale and showing (right) path to Black Sail. (To face plage 38. | ||
date:- | 1927 | |
period:- | 1920s | |
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Sylvan 1847
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Print, engraving, Wastdale Head, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847. | ||
On p.216 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes. | ||
printed at bottom:- | ||
WASTDALE HEAD. | ||
placename:- | Wastdale Head | |
date:- | 1847 | |
period:- | 19th century, early | |
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Bogg 1898
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Book, Lakeland and Ribblesdale, OR A Thousand Miles of Wandering along the Roman Wall, the Old Border Region, Lakeland, and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg, publishd by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898. | ||
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Photograph, halftone print, Wasdale Head and Great Gable, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by F Leach, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898. | ||
Included on p.168 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. | ||
date:- | ||
period:- | 19th century, late | |
photographs | ||
![]() | Wasdale Head -- Wasdale -- Nether Wasdale -- Cumbria / -- 25.6.2009 | |
![]() | Wasdale Head -- Wasdale -- Nether Wasdale -- Cumbria / -- The emblem of the Lake District National Park. -- 11.5.2006 | |
![]() | footbridge, Wasdale Head | |
![]() | packhorse bridge, Wasdale Head | |
![]() | Ritson Force, Nether Wasdale | |
![]() | school, Wasdale Head | |
![]() | St Olaf, Nether Wasdale | |
![]() | stone wall, Wasdale Head | |
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![]() | Wasdale Head Inn, Nether Wasdale | |
Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013 | ||