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Crook Head, Nether Wasdale
Crook Head
locality:-   Wasdale
civil parish:-   Nether Wasdale (formerly Cumberland) (?) 
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
1Km square:-   NY1404 (guess) 
10Km square:-   NY10
references:-   Otley 1823
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Crookhead
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 30:-  "... At Crook Head, near the foot of the lake [Wast Water], Stansfield Rawson, Esq. of Halifax, has a neat Gothic summer residence."
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Page 131:-  "... At Crook-head, opposite the foot of the lake, Mr. Rawson of Halifax has built a neat summer residence."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Crookhead
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.
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Page 73:-  "... from a field in front of Crookhead, where a beautiful cottage has been built by Stansfield Rawson, Esq. of Halifax, is one of the finest views of Wastdale Head and Water. ..."
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Page 171:-  "..."
"... At Crookhead is a very picturesque cottage."
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