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road, Gosforth to Wasdale Head
Gosforth to Wasdale Head
Wasdale Head to Gosforth
civil parish:-   Gosforth (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Nether Wasdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   route
10Km square:-   NY10
evidence:-   old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 41) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Wast Water, looking up to Wastdale Head, Cumberland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.
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Plate 41 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "The Revd. Jos: Wilkenson delt. / W. F. Wells sculpt. / Wast-water, looking up to Wast-dale Head. / Published June 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand. London."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.41
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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 map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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single line, solid; minor road; Gosforth, Wood How, Wasdale Head 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
item:-  viewpoint; road distances; itinerary
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 129:-  "KESWICK TO WAST WATER."
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Page 131:-  "After passing the inhabited part of the valley [Wadale Head], the road approaches the lake, which shews the purity of its water, by the clean blue gravel washed upon its shores. As the road proceeds along the margin of the lake, the screes on the opposite side form a striking object, and the mountains left behind should not be forgotten; retrospective views taken at short intervals, will shew the majestic and varied forms they assume on being viewed from different points. After passing Over Beck Bridge at the foot of Bowderdale, and just before entering the gate, the mountain Yewbarrow appears in a fine conical shape: and one of the best views of the lake is from a rocky knoll projecting into the water."
"It has been suggested that Wast Water would be more advantageously seen, by reversing the excursion, so that the principal mountain views would be always in prospect on advancing up the vale. As far as relates to Wast Water alone, this is certainly true; but ... tourists generally congratulate themselves, on having passed over the most difficult part of the road on the first day."
"Towards the lower parts of the lake, the shores are more rocky; and the composition of the rock is changed, from a kind of greenstone, to a reddish sienite. ..."
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Page 132:-  "A road turns off on the left to Ravenglass; and at the Strands, near the Church, there are two small public-houses, at one of which it may be necessary to take some refreshment, after a morning's ride of 20 miles, and none of the best road."
Miles. Miles.
...
2 Wasdale Head 14
6 Nether Wasdale, Strands 20
4 Gosforth 24
...
evidence:-   old strip map:- Rumney 1899
source data:-   Road map, strip map and itinerary for Route XVII, Seascale to Wastdale Head, Cumberland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by A W Rumney, published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, and Liverpool, 1899.
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On p.70 of the Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney. 
printed at top:-  "Route XVII."
item:-  JandMN : 147.25
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places:-    Gosforth
 Nether Wasdale
 Wasdale Head, Nether Wasdale
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