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Bassenthwaite Lake |
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viewpoint, Bassenthwaite Common | ||
site name:- | Bassenthwaite Common | |
civil parish:- | Bassenthwaite (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | viewpoint | |
1Km square:- | NY2329 | |
10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) |
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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. goto source Page 136:- "... a ride by the foot of Skiddaw, to a station a little above the road upon an open common, at the distance of five miles from Keswick. Here the principal part of the lake may be seen, with the three bold promontories of Bowness, Broadness, and Scarness, ..." |
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