THE ESKDALE PROJECT: GUIDEBOOK INFORMATION
I am trying to include a wide selection of entries about Eskdale from early guidebooks and other topographical works, as much for the way they illustrate changing perceptions of the valley as for the (frequently second or third-hand) information they contain.
THE RESOURCES
John Housman's notes, c1790
William Hutchinson, c1793
William Green, 1818-19
Rose, Allom & Pickering, 1838-9
"Sylvan's Handbook", 1847
Jonathan Otley, 1849 edition
Charles Mackay, 1852 edition
Black's Guide, 1853 edition
Harriet Martineau, 1855
William Whelan, 1860: Muncaster
George Matthews, 1866
M.J.B. Baddeley, 1886 edition
Herman Prior, 1890 edition: Broad Stand
Black's guide, 1900 edition
The "Gossipy Guide", c1902