Strandshag Bay, Derwent Water | ||
Strandshag Bay | ||
site name:- | Derwent Water | |
civil parish:- | Keswick (formerly Cumberland) | |
civil parish:- | Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | bay | |
coordinates:- | NY26612209 (etc) | |
1Km square:- | NY2622 | |
10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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BPQ01.jpg (taken 24.8.2008) |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 6) placename:- Strandshag Bay |
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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. |
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evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Transhag End item:- slate; charcoal; oak; bark; lead ore |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto source Page 82:- "... [Grange, Borrowdale] ... The river is navigable hither, when the water is pretty high, for boats, which carry down blue slate, wood, charcoal, oak, bark, lead-ore, &c. to Crow Park, or Transhag-End." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) placename:- |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs,
scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J
Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in
London etc, 1787. CL152622.jpg bay item:- private collection : 169 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old print:- Green 1819 placename:- Strands Hagg |
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source data:- | Print, aquatint, Derwent Water from Strands Hagg, Keswick, Cumberland, by William
Green, 1819, published by R Lough and Co, Chronicle Office, Finkle Street, Kendal,
and others, 1820. click to enlarge GN0120.jpg Tipped in opposite vol.2 p.106 of The Tourist's New Guide, by William Green. printed at bottom right, centre:- "Vol.2, page 106, line 11. / DERWENT WATER from STRANDS HAGG. / Published at Ambleside, Augt. 1. 1819, by Wm. Green." item:- Armitt Library : A1141.21 Image © see bottom of page |
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