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Yewbarrow, Nether Wasdale
Yewbarrow
locality:-   Wasdale
civil parish:-   Nether Wasdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY173085
1Km square:-   NY1708
10Km square:-   NY10
altitude:-   2057 feet
altitude:-   627m

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BQN98.jpg (taken 11.5.2009)  
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BYO45.jpg (taken 18.6.2013)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 74 10) 
placename:-  Yewbarrow
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:-   old painting:- Green 1790s-1820s
item:-  cattle; clouds
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Overbeck Bridge and Yewbarrow, Wasdale, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1800s-10s?
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item:-  Dove Cottage : 2005.27.26
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1804 (plate 24) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured aquatint, Wast Water, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1804.
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Plate 24 from a series. 
printed at bottom:-  "Wast Water. / Drawn and Engraved by Wm. Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1804."
printed at top right:-  "24"
at :-  "W ELGAR / 1802"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2014.173
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evidence:-   old text:- Green 1810
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Studies from Nature, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn 1808-10, published 1810.
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page 92:-  "... Yew-barrow, if not like the camelion in colour, assumes a decidedly different form from every part of the valley."
evidence:-   old print:- Green 1810 (plate 46) 
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Over Beck Bridge in Wasdale, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1808.
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Yewbarrow behind. 
Plate 46 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810. 
printed at top right:-  "46"
printed at bottom:-  "OVER BECK BRIDGE IN WASDALE. / Drawn and Engraved by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1808."
watermark:-  "J WHATMAN / 1813"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6641.46
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 44) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Wast Water from the Road, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 44 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "44"
printed at bottom:-  "WAST WATER FROM THE ROAD. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6656.44
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 44) 
source data:-   Print, tinted soft ground etching, Wast Water from the Road, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 44 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "44"
printed at bottom:-  "WAST WATER FROM THE ROAD. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6653.44
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1815
placename:-  Yewbarrow
item:-  clouds
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Yewbarrow from Bowderdale, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.
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Plate 59 in Lake Scenery. 
printed at upper right:-  "59"
printed at bottom:-  "YEWBARROW from BOWDERDALE. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6646.55
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains round Wastwater as seen from the Strands in Nether Wasdale, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.129 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains round Wastwater: / as seen from the Strands in Nether Wasdale."
"Buckbarrow Pike / Middlefell / Yewbarrow / Great Gable / Lingmell / Great-end Crag / Scawfell Pike / Scawfell / Screes"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Mountains of Wast Water as seen from Nether Wasdale, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.22 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.14
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, A Group of Mountains seen from Helvellyn, looking towards the South West, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.50 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.18
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Mountains of Wast Water, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.31 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "THE MOUNTAINS OF WAST WATER: as seen from Nether Wasdale."
"Buckbarrow Pike / Middlefell / Yewbarrow / Great Gable / Sty Head Pass / Lingmell / Great-end Crag / Scawfell Pike / Scawfell / Screes"
item:-  JandMN : 48.8
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Yewbarrow"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Pyne 1853
source data:-   Print, tinted lithograph, Wast Water, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by James Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853.
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"PAINTED BY J. B. PYNE. / W. GAUCI LITH. / MANCHESTER, PUBLISHED BY THOMAS AGNEW & SONS, 1853. / Wast Water / M.& N. HANHART, IMPT."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6678.26
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evidence:-   old print:- Pyne 1853
source data:-   Print, coloured lithograph, Wast Water, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by James Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A6677.26
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Yewbarrow from Black Sail Pass, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS442
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evidence:-   outline view:- Seascale 1920s-30s
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, outline view, mountains from Seascale, published by Edward Burrow and Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s-30s.
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"PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF LAKELAND AS SEEN FROM SEASCALE."
"... Yewbarrow 2058 ..."
item:-  JandMN : 1079.13
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evidence:-   old postcard:- 
source data:-   Postcard, colour photograph, Wast Water and Great Gable, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, published by Sanderson and Dixon, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1959.
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The prominent mountain is Yewbarrow not Great Gable. 
printed at bottom:-  "WASTWATER AND GREAT GABLE"
item:-  JandMN : 976.4
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evidence:-   old print:- Rowbotham 1875
source data:-   Print, colour lithograph? Wast Water, Cumberland, by T L Rowbotham, published by Marcus Ward and Co, London? 1875?
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Included in the set of prints, Views in the English Lake District. 
printed at lower left, right:-  "Rowbotham / MARCUS WARD &CO"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.128
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evidence:-   outline view:- Matthew 1866
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the Road to Wastwater near Murthwaiteside, Cumberland, published by J Richardson, Highgate, Kendal, Westmorland, 1866.
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Tipped in before p.1 of The English Lakes, Peaks and Passes, from Kendal to Keswick, by George King Matthew. 
printed at bottom:-  "MOUNTAINS AS SEEN FROM THE ROAD TO WASTWATER NEAR MURTHWAITESIDE."
printed at caption to mountains:-  "... Yewbarrow. ..."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1168.3
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Yewbarrow
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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"... 3 Yewbarrow ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.21
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evidence:-   old print:- Pyne 1853
source data:-   Drawn by James Barker Pyne, 1848-1853, lithographed by T Picken, 1859.
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"Wast Water"
item:-  JandMN : 97.13
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evidence:-   outline view:- Linton 1852
placename:-  Yewbarrow
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline views, Mountains as Seen from the Esk Viaduct, the Eskmeals Viaduct, and Mountains as Seen from the Viaduct near Drigg, the Irt Viaduct, Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway, Cumberland, engraved by W H Lizars, Edinburgh, published by Whittaker and Co, London, and by R Gibson and Son and by Callander and Dixon, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1852.
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Tipped in opposite p.86 of A Handbook of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, by John Linton. 
printed at upper scene, top:-  "MOUNTAINS AS SEEN FROM THE ESK VIADUCT."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1158.11
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Yewbarrow
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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"... 3 Yewbarrow ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.12
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1819
source data:-   Print, aquatint, Over Beck Bridge on Wast Water, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by William Green, 1819, published by R Lough and Co, Chronicle Office, Finkle Street, Kendal, and others, 1820.
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Tipped in opposite vol.2 p.247 of The Tourist's New Guide, by William Green. 
printed at bottom right, centre:-  "Vol.2, page 247, line 19. / OVER BECK BRIDGE on WAST WATER. / Published at Ambleside, Augt. 1. 1819, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1141.28
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evidence:-   old print with text:- Farington 1816 (plate 25) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Wastdale Village, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by J Landseer, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand, London, 1815.
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Plate 25 in The Lakes of Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland ... with text by Thomas Hartwell Horne:-  "... Excepting the opening towards the Lake the valley is closely surrounded by mountains. That which is most conspicuous in our view rises in the form of a cone, to a stupendous height, and presents a precipitous front; which, under varying effects of light and shade, exhibits alternately the aweful, the beautiful, and the sublime. ..."
item:-  private collection : 76
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Yewbarrow
item:-  footbridge
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Bridge at Bowderdale, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.
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Plate 46 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. 
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:-  "Number 46. Bowderdale is a solitary house, ... the conical mountain is Yewbarrow."
printed at bottom:-  "BRIDGE AT BOWDERDALE. / Published Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6637.46
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evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Head of Wastwater, drawn by IW, engraved by R Scott, about 1800?
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printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "I.W. delint. / R. Scott sculpt. / The Head of Wastwater"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.393
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BPF38.jpg  From the East.
(taken 20.5.2008)  
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BUR28.jpg (taken 3.6.2011)  
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BUR29.jpg (taken 3.6.2011)  
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BQX35.jpg  From Pillar.
(taken 25.6.2009)  
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BQX39.jpg  Mosedale and Yewbarrow.
(taken 25.6.2009)  
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BMB39.jpg (taken 11.5.2006)  
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BYO46.jpg (taken 18.6.2013)  
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BYO47.jpg  and Dropping Crag.
(taken 18.6.2013)  
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BYO48.jpg  Summit.
(taken 18.6.2013)  
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BYO49.jpg  Cairn on summit.
(taken 18.6.2013)  
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BYO61.jpg  Panorama - Haycock, Red Pike, Pillar, Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Sca Fell.
(taken 18.6.2013)  
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