Concise Description English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains General Directions to Tourists
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CONCISE DESCRIPTION E N G L I S H L A K E s , AND ADJACENT MOUNTAI NS GENERAL D IRECT IONS T O T OURISTS ; NOTICE! 0? m B A NY M N ERA GY AND G G Y OF T H E R C OT , I LO , EOLO DIST I T ; OB SE RV ATIONS ON ME TEO ROLO G Y ; T H E F LOATI NG ISLAND I N DERWENT LAKE ; AND - T H E B LACK LEAD M INE I N BORROWDALE. JONAT H A N T L EY Q . F I F TH ED I TION. KESW ICK PUBLISHED BY T HE AUTHOR; ’ B Y MPKIN A ND MARSH ALL A IONER ' SI , ST T S oouar, LONDO N ; AND AR TH UR F O R K RKBY ONSD A . STE , I L LE PR E FA C E . Gumna andTours to the Lakes have een andcontinue b , to be, ofieredto the u li P b c in varibus forms and sizes ; but they are hiefl c y devotedto a single object- the picturesque appearance of theCountr —to theexclusionof y other finportant considerations. Itis a mitted that the ratificationof the l d , g eye is a eading motive with many of those who make the Tour of the Lakes ; bu iti n t s otso withall. The reflecting mind will feel more satis faction in havin aine some knowle e of the stru ur ! g g d dg ct e, the natural histor and ro u n f y, p d ctio s, o theregion hehas visited . As a resi entamon theo ts h att m t d g bjec e e p s to describe, the Author of this Manual has possessed many opportunities of makin er ati n wh w l g obs v o s, ich ou d escapethenoticeofthetransient visitor—the compiler from the works of others—or even of one who un erk a tour for the rofesse ur o of makin d p d p p w g a book. a Ma f D ri surveying, heconstructed p o the ist ct, divestedof many w h n i into form r ma s and i errors hic had bee cop ed e p , contaning some particulars notto be found in any other. This Map has na m ani wi hsu ri tions irections andremarks bee cco p ed t chdesc p , d , , as were judged likely to be serviceable to the Tourist; in con. ducting him through the most eligible paths for viewing the r i m r varied scene y, andatthe sametime conveyng so einfo mation The Public haveso far appreciated his labours as toenable h to f ition ev r n im dispose of cut ed s, e y o e of which has been l r r w carefulyrevised, and inte spe sed ith additional matter ; but theoriginal designhas never been departed from- to compriseas i l in a m and to much information as poss b e oderate compass, supplya book of facts—useful withoutbeing either cumbrous or expensive. Th Lakes have een so often andso c iousl ilat u on e b op yd ed p , thata concise descri ption of them is all that has been thought ' necessary; buttheobservations uponthe diflerentMountains are l n h as the have n hith rt v r ina s extended to some e gt , y bee e o e y d v r a urat l quatelyandoften e y in cc e y described. s ies f illustration was intro u i A new pec o d ced nto thefourth, andis further improved in this edition—sketches of some of the ka le ran es of mountains as th a most remar b g , ey ppear from tions inthe roa s or laces eas of T i differentsta d p y access. his, tis ex ecte will befoun amoreintelli i lemo e f communi tin p d, d g b d o ca g heir nam ver al ri ti n w t es than any b desc p o , as ell as more easily which are often wishedto be pat when no one is at hand to answer. C E ONT NTS. Tan LAlms Windermere Sketchof Mountains Ullswater Brother Water Sketch of Mountains Coniston Water Esthwaite Water Grasmere Lake Rydal Water Sketch of Mountains Thirlmere DerwentLake Sketch of Mountains Bassenthwaite Lake Buttermere Lake Crummock Lake Lowes Water Sketch of Mountains Ennerdale Lake Sketch of Mountains Hawes Water WastWater Sketch of Mountains Tun T u ms — — Elterwater Loughrigg Tarn Little Langdale T arn Blea Tarn Stickle Tarn Codale Tarn—Besdale Tarn — — H ays Water Angle Tarn Grisedale Tarn — RedTarn Keppel Cove Tarn Small Water— Blea Water Levers Water— Low Water— Gates Water BlindTarn— Beacon Tarn—Seathwaite Tarn — Kentmere Tarn Skeggles Water — — Blea Tarn Watendleth Tarn Angle Tarn — Sprinkling Tarn StyHeadTarn Dock Tarn — -Tarn of Leaves Harm]; Tarn Scales T arn— Bowscale Tarn— Over Water Burtness Tarn— Floutern Tarn— Burnmoor — — — Tarn DevokeWater EelTarn Stony T arn Rlvnns— Derwent— Greta- Cocker— Ellen -Eamont — Lowther Eden Petterill Caldew— Lune — — — Kent Sprint Mint Brathay Rothay Leven — - C rake- Duddon Esk Irt Mite Bleng Lissa— Ehen— C alder WATER F ALLS Lowdore Cascade Barrow Cascade - — White Water Dash Scale Force Airey Force — — Stock Gill Force Rydal Waterfalls D ungeon Gill— Skelwith Force — — Colwith Force Birker Force DalegarthForce - — Taylor Gill Sour Milk Gill MoUNr' ArNs Skiddaw Sketch of Skiddaw andSaddleback Helvellyn Sketch of Mountains from Helvellyn Scawfell and Pikes Saddleback Carrock Fell Bowfell Gable Pillar Grasmoor Grisedale Pike Black Combo Coni ston OldMan Fairfield Langdale Pikes HighStreet Wansfell Pike Witeless Pike Loughrigg Fell BEAR INGS AND nmonrs or MOUNTAINS CnAcs ANTIQ UITIES Druidi cal Circles ’ ’ — ’ KingArthur S RoundTable Mayburgh -Giants Graves—Barnscar Beacons—HardknotCastle—Castles — — Furness Abbey Calder Abbey Shep Abbey ExPLANATION or TERMS SEASON F OR V ISITING rm : LAKES GENERAL DIR ECTIONS AND Ec mSIoNS Stages in the District Lancaster Lancaster to Ulverston andFurneSS Abbey Ulverston Ulverston to Coniston Coniston to Ambleside Milnthorp to Kendal Kendal Bowness Sketch of Mountains seenfrom Bowness Bowness toEsthwaite Water andConiston Low WoodInn Ambleside Ambleside to Langdale ri F ll &c. Ambleside to Lough gg e , Ambleside to Ullswater Ambleside toEskdale andWasdale Amblesideto Keswick C arlisle to Keswick Penrith Penrith to Ullswater Pooley Bridge Inn Sketch Of Mountains from PooleyBridge Excursions to Hawes Water Kendal to Hawes Water by Shap Keswick RoundDerwentLake To Borrowdale by Watendleth Ride to Buttermere D rive to Scale Hill andButtermere Keswick to WestWater andCalder Bridge Return from Calder Bridge to Keswick D rive roundBassenthwaite Lak e Keswick to Ullswater Whitehaven to Cockermouth ck rmouth t w Co e o Lo es Water, &c. BOTANICAL NOr' IcL's GEOLOGY or run DISr' nIc'r Mnr nononoev FLOAE' INO ISLAND IN DanwnNr' LAKE BLACK-LEAD MINE IN Bonnownm DESCRIPTION TH E ENGLI SH LAKES AND AD JACENT MOUN NS TAI . TH A E L KES. Mountainous District in which the En lish TH E , g es are situat extend in o ree oun ies Lak ed, s t th C t , um erlan estmorlan and ancas ire w ic C b d, W d, L h , h h form their j unction at a point upon the moun i W r n s ne r the r si i ta n o e a oa e. ancas re y , d d L h is separated from C umberland by the river Duddon; from Westmorland by the stream running through itle an ale and Elterwater and in er. L t L gd , by W d mere un il sou of orrs all after w ic , t th St H ; h h the river Winster forms the boundary till it enters the sands near Medup ; and the latter county is parted from C umberland by the mountain ridge ' lea in O er Bowfell to B un'weil Raise from t ence d g v , h o er the to of el ell n and rou Glencoin v p H v y , th gh n 2 wa unu z nn. to Ulls a er andb the ri r E mon ill itenters w t , y ve a t t the E n to de . Windermere Lake is said to belong es morlan at leas its islan s are claime W t d, t d d by thatcounty ; although the whole Of its western and ir part of its eastern shores belong to Lancash e. onis on and Esthwaite a es wi Blelham and C t L k , th m s of onis on r ll ir the a a e o in ancas e. t C t , wh y L h rasmere al and awes a er it several G , Ryd , H W t , w h li es morl h e Of llswa r arns e in an . T e a U e t , W t d h d t is in es morlan but elow Glencoin it cons i W t d, b t un ar w r tutes the bo d y bet een that and Cumbe land. erwent assent wai e ut ermere Enner ale D , B h t , B t , d , tw er r i m rl n and es a a e n u e a . W t , C b d Before this country became SO much the resort of s ran ers the wor A E was li tle nown to t g , d L K t k the native inhabitants ; butto the ancient termina tion mere WA T E R was usuall su era e as , y p dd d, in ermere- ater rasmere- er W d W , G Wat .