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| Lion and Lamb, Helm Crag | ||
| site name:- | Helm Crag | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| coordinates:- | NY32670929 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3209 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 18 16) placename:- Lion and Lamb, The |
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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:- Gents Mag |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1800 p.19 "... A rock on the top of Helm Crag exactly resembles a thirteen-inch sea-mortar, ready to burst forth her formidable shell at 45 degrees elevation; military men would be much struck with it; and yet it had formerly escaped my notice, till a gentleman desired me to observe it. ..." on another walk:- "... [I] overtook a weary old soldier, ... As we advanced, and I pointed to the mortar on the crag, he was quite delighted with the remark, and said,- "that bull-dog looks as if it was going to open u[ ]on us, to hinder our passing the Gaut;" ..." |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Aspland 1840s-60s |
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| source data:- | Photograph, sepia toned, Lion and Lamb, Helm Crag, by Grasmere, Westmorland. click to enlargeAS0508.jpg "Top of Helm Crag / Grasmere" item:- Armitt Library : 1958.389.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s |
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| source data:- | Drawing, pencil, Lion and Lamb, Helm Crag and Grasmere, Westmorland, by Theophilus
Lindsey Aspland, 1857. click to enlargeAS0509.jpg "see page 48" page number "7" item:- Armitt Library : 1958.389.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Payn 1867 placename:- Lion and Lamb |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Lion and Lamb, on Helm Crag, Grasmere, Westmorland, by
T L Aspland, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867. click to enlargePN0319.jpg Three different visions. On p.36 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. item:- Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.19 Image © see bottom of page |
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