Kendal:
Titus Wilson, Publisher. Only, he should not go alone. The island itself was for a while known as Montague Island, from
its owner. 6d. Conishead in Low Furness was Cunninges-heved, the
headland of the King, where perhaps Ecgfrith or his successors
had a customs-house to take toll of the traders crossing the
sands to the iron mines. and West. Antiq. Soc. _Transactions_, vol. iii.) Nobody here calls it "brook," as in the Saxon south,
nor "burn," as in the Anglian north. and
West. Antiq. Soc. _Transactions_, vol. xi., p. 5). They were a canny race, and knew how to adapt
themselves to circumstances. Church Coniston got no share in this advantage. e_., south part of High Furness. The monk set her a penance, and promised absolution. The hole is there. Many rocks have
such holes, from the weathering out of nodules. Monk Coniston made
slow but sure progress, and reached a point beyond which it did
not advance for the next three hundred years. Monk Coniston remained separate from Church Coniston, both
ecclesiastically and politically, until the Local Government Act
of 1894 establishing Parish Councils gave occasion for the union
of the two shores of the lake into one civil parish. So West says. His son, Sir John, had three children. Of his three sons, Sir Thomas, the eldest, succeeded him. I. for Cockermouth,
1685. In the
Rydal MSS. 5, 9, and 10, and applying it very well to her." The names of the
brothers, he stated, were "Major and Roger." Later,
the old oak was carried off. 6d." 6d." 6d. Monk Coniston was, and still is ecclesiastically, in the
parish of Hawkshead. 10d. in those days. A. Peache, and the living is now in the gift of the Peache
trustees. Hodgson, John Holms, Wm. Hobson de Huthw^t,
Wm. ffleming jun^r de Littlearrow, Jam. Robinson, Tho. Cowerd, Park Yeat. Dixon de Littlearrow, Mich. Atkinson,
Huthw^t, Geo. Towers, Hows bank. ffleming, Low Littlearrow,
Henry Dover de Brow, Wm. Dixon, Wm. Dixon, Tho. Towers
The third fform Smartfield, Jo. Tyson, Low House Low Udale, Wm. Walker Parks. Tyson de Nook, Tho. Dixon de Littlearrow, Wm. Atkinson, Above beck, their wives. 5 The ffifth fform: Smartfield, Wm. Atkinson, Wm. Cowerd, Wm. Hobson de Huthw^{t}, Jo. Atkinson and Wm. Atkinson, Catbank, their
wives. Addison, Low Udale, Wm. Walker, Wm. Wm. The
Rev. C. J. John Morris, 1891-1902. W. J. Rich, 1902. The hon. 3d. a quarter; for boys, 9d. a week,
or 2s. 6d. a month. Sunnybank, in Torver, 1678, and Hawkshead
Hill, founded a few years later, no doubt took the early Baptists
of Coniston; one of whom, William Atkinson of Monk Coniston,
tanner, was fined in 1683 for attending a conventicle. They also took over the Coniston mines, and worked them with
energy and profit. 6d. to 8s. T. Ellwood.) IRON. The Rev. SLATE. Wilson,
Anthony Rigg and Wm. Stopart, slate-getters. Fleming, Bessy Crag Quarry; Wm. 10d. to 7s. 10d. a ton. 4d. 6d. or 1s. 6d., before they were out of their time. 10d. Tilberthwaite was the old possession of the Jacksons. WOOD. It was one of the magical,
misty autumnal sunrises we know so well. Far away, serene in the morning light, stood
Helvellyn. "I ext him to forgive me, and we yan forgev
t'udder." It is signed by Edward Jackson, Isaac Tubman, Geo. Ion; at Spone How (Spoon Hall), Geo. Dixon; at Far End, Wm. Harrison; at Town
End (Coniston Bank), Ed. Adinson. xvi. Brantwood, that is to say the nucleus of the present house, was
built at the end of the eighteenth century by Mr. Woodville on
a site bought from the Gaskarths. G. W. Kitchin, now Dean of
Durham. Above beck, 47, 48;
Bovebeck, 77. ADDISON of Coniston, 48;
Adinson, 77. "Allans," 44, 45. Anglian settlement, 23. Angling Association, 13. Anglo-Cymric score, 25. Arnside, 27. ASHBURNER of Coniston, 77. Ashgill quarry, 19, 66, 67. BAINBRIDGE of Coniston, 77. Bank ground, 9, 34, 77. Banniside, 2, 6, 7, 18, 19. Baptist chapels, 56, 57. BARRATT of Coniston, 1, 60, 80. BARROW of Coniston, 49, 74, 77. Basalt, 1. Beacons, 4, 12, 15. "Beck, brook, burn," 26. Beck Leven, 10, 62. BEEVER of Coniston, 8, 52, 53, 79. BELL of Coniston, 42, 68, 74, 76, 77. Bethecar, 17. BIRKETT, Rev. J., 49, 54. Black Bull, 1, 60, 72, 73, 77. Bleaberry haws, 19. Bloomsmithy rent, 64. Boathouses, 8, 9, 10. Bobbin mills, 17, 69. Bonfires, 4. Booth crag and tarn, 7. Bounding of pasture, 35. Bowmansteads, 38, 48, 76. Brantwood, 10, 81-84. Brasses in church, 52, 78. British village, 15. Brow, 47, 48, 77. Brown How, 12. BUCCLEUGH, duke of, 12. Burnmoor, 20. BURNS of Coniston, 77. Bursting-stone quarry, 7. BYWATER, Dr., 80. Carnarvon, Cumberland, 37. Carrs, 5, 23. Catbank, 47, 48, 75, 77. Chapels at Coniston, 57. Chapel Syke, 75. CHAPMAN, Rev. C, 51, 54. Char, 13. Church Coniston, 29, 32. Church of Coniston, 46-54. Clergy of Coniston, 54. Colwith, 27. Comet, 41. Conishead Priory land, 63, 65. Coniston, the name, 24. COPLEY of Brantwood, 81. COWERD of Coniston, 47, 48. CREIGHTON of Coniston, 73, 77, 80. Crowberry Haws, 2, 3. Crown Hotel, 74, 75. "Currock," 16. DAWSON of Coniston, 76, 77. Deer-traps, 20. DEMETRIUS of Tarsus, 22. DENISON of Coniston, 48. DE QUINCEY at Coniston, 73. DOUGLAS, Rev. J., 49, 54. DOVER of Coniston, 47, 48. Dow crags, 5, 6, 23. Dykes, ancient, 19, 20. EDRINGTON of Coniston, 77. ELLWOOD, Rev. T., 25, 28, 61. EVANS, Rev. F., 15. Far end, 5, 47, 48, 77. "Feet, fit," 27;
Fittess, 45. Fellfoot, 27. Fir island, 11. Fir point, 9. FLEMING, Fletcher, 27. ---- Lady le, 53-55, 67, 77. ---- Sir Daniel, 13, 27, 41, 42, 44, 59, 64. ---- Sir Daniel (in 1819), 79. ---- Thomas le, 63. Floating island, 13. FORD of Monk Coniston, 68, 80. Forge, 1, 62, 69. Furness fells, 29, 34, 35. Gateside, 47. GELDERD of Coniston, 75, 76;
GELDART, 77. German miners, 58-60, 64. Ghosts, 17. Giant's grave, 15. Giants of Troutbeck, 40. Gill, 48, 69. Gillhead bridge, 1, 2. Glacial action, 1, 2, 11. Glen Mary, 26. Goldscope quarries, 66, 67. Gondola, 8. GREEN, Wm., 66, 67, 73. Gridiron, 12. Grisedale, 33. "Grounds," 34. Guards, 8, 26. Hallgarth, 48. Hare crags, 19. "Hause," 2. ---- hill, 57. Haws bank, 42, 74;
Hows bank, 47, 48. Heald, 11, 18. Heathwaite, 76. High cross, 18. HILLIARD, Mr. L. J., 78. HOBSON of Coniston, 47, 48. Hodge close, 66, 77. HODGSON of Coniston, 47. Hollin bank, 77. Holly how, 80. Holme ground, 45, 77. HOLMS of Coniston, 47. Holywath, 1, 2, 47, 80. How head, 77. HUDSON of Brantwood, 81. HUERTSON of Coniston, 77. Hut-circles, 18, 19. ION of Coniston, 76. Jenkin syke, 22. JOHNSON of Coniston, 66, 77. Kendal, barons of, 29, 32, 37. KENDALL, Dr., 20, 44, 55, 56. Kernel crag, 3. Kirkby quay, 9, 66. KIRKBY of Coniston, 76, 77. "Kirk Sinkings," 16. KITCHIN, Dean, 82. KNOTT of Monk Coniston, 42, 77, 80. Lakebank hotel, 12. Lanehead, 9, 74, 80. Lang crags, 1. Levers hause, 5,6. Line or Lang gards, 44. LINTON of Brantwood, 81, 82, 84. Low Bank ground, 9. Low house, 48. Low water, 2, 3, 5;
Lowwater fall, 3. MACKRETH of Coniston, 69. "Man, maen," 4, 23;
High Man, 18. Manor of Coniston, 38, 44;
of Monk Coniston, 36. Meerstone, inscribed, 18. MASACKS, MASSICKS of Coniston, 66, 74. MASSEY, Gerald, 82. Mills, 69, 72. Mines, _see_ Copper. Model of Coniston, 7. Monk Coniston, 29, 31-36. ---- ---- hall, 35, 80. ---- ---- moor, 18. ---- ---- tarns, 4, 26. Montague island, 12, 36. Moors and their antiquities, 14-20. Nook, 48. NORTH of Coniston Bank, 81. OLDFIELD, Lieut., 74. Old Man, 1-7, 23. Otters, 13. Outlaws, 33, 34, 38. Outrake, 48. Oxenfell, 27, 77. Oxness, 11. PARK, PARKE of Coniston, 48, 76, 77. Park Yeat, 47, 48. "Parrocks, parks," 33, 63, 64. Partition of Furness, 29. Pennyrigg quarries, 5, 66. Pilgrim's badge, 35. Population, 69, 70. Priest stile, 46. Priory, none at Coniston, 72. Pudding-stone, 3. Quarries, _see_ Slate. RADCLIFFE, Mrs., at Coniston, 71. Railway, 61. Raven crag (Yewdale), 5. Raven tor (Old Man), 3. Rear or Ray crag, 45. RIGBYE, Miss, 80. Ring mounds, 16-19. Roman Catholics, 40, 57. Roman roads, 22. ROULE, Sir R., 46. Ruskin cross, 53. Saddlestones quarry, 3, 66. SANDERS of Coniston, 77. Satterthwaite, 33. SAWREY of Coniston, 77. Schools, 46, 54, 55. Scrow, 2, 7. Selside, 12, 17, 62. Ship inn, 74. SIDNEY, Sir Philip, 40. Silverbank, 1, 47, 48. Simon Nick, 60. SLY of Coniston, 74. Smartfield, 48. SMITH, Elizabeth, 78. Smithies, 64. SMITH of Coniston Bank, 81. SPEDDING of Coniston, 66, 75, 77. Spoon hall, 76, 77. Springs bloomery, 10, 62, 65. Stable Harvey, 62, 65. Statesmen, 74-77. Stone rings, Burney, 16. SUERT of Coniston, 77. Sun hotel, 2, 74. Sunnybank, 11, 57. Tanneries, 68. Tarn hows, Tarnhouse, 77. TENNYSON at Coniston, 78. Tent cottage, 9, 35, 78. Tent lodge, 9, 78. Thingmounts, 27-29. THOMPSON of Coniston, 66, 80. "Thwaite," 26. Thwaite cottage, 80. Thwaite house, 8, 79. Tilberthwaite, 47, 48, 67, 77. ---- gill, 5; Micklegill, 45. TODD, Mr. E., 56. Tom or Tarn gill, 26, 62. TOWERS of Coniston, 47, 48, 77. TOWNSON of Coniston, 49, 69, 78. TUBMAN of Coniston, 76. VICKERS of Coniston, 47, 66. Volcanic rock, 2, 7. WALKER of Coniston, 48, 66, 67, 77. Walna scar, 20, 21. WARSOP, Mr., 61, 62. Waterhead, 35, 77, 80. ---- hotel, 8, 9. ---- old inn, 9, 74. Waterpark (Coniston), 62, 64. Weatherlam, 2, 5, 26. Welsh survivals, 23. "Whittlegate," 46. WILL O' T' TARNS, 40. WILSON of Coniston, 66, 77. WONDERFUL WALKER, 20, 72. Wonwaldremere, 24. Wood industries, 68, 69. Woods, 36, 64. WOODVILLE, Mr. T., 79, 81. Woollen, burials in, 51. WORDSWORTH at Coniston, 72, 80. ---- beck, 26, 44. ---- crag, 5, 10. ---- grove, 79. Yewtree, 27;
Utree, 77. YOUDALE of Coniston, 66. ADVERTISEMENTS. CONISTON. =J. 28, Highgate, Kendal. HAWS BANK, CONISTON, R.S.O.