Research
This page summarises the sources used for the material on the site. So far, around 350 sources have been acquired. It is not fully updated, so there are a number of acquired sources which are not yet on the list.
If you are interested in any information or an extract from any source, don't hesitate to get in touch.
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BOOKS AND ARTICLES
ABRAHAM, Ashley P. (1920), 'Lake District Fell Walking: An Account of Mr. Eustace Thomas' Record'. The Journal of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club, 5, part 2, pp.173-180 [id1] Available here
ABRAHAM, George D. (1923). The Complete Mountaineer (3 ed.) [id82] Available here
ABRAHAM, GEORGE D. (1957). 'In Memoriam: Henry Crewdson Broadrick'. Fell and Rock Climbing Club Journal [id55]
ALPINE CLUB JOURNAL EDITOR (1869). Recent Accidents in the Alps. Alpine Club Journal. Vol. 4, pp.373- [id103]
ASKWITH, Richard (2004). Feet in the Clouds: A Tale of Fell-running and Obsession [id2]
ATKINSON, Michael (2001). 'Fell Running and Voluptuous Panic'. American Journal of Play, vol. 4, no. 1 [id3]
BARKER, Ralph (1975). One Man's Jungle. [id83]
BARRAN, J. N. (1903). In Memoriam: R. Wilfred Broadrick. Yorkshire Ramblers' Club Journal, vol.2, no.5 [id73] Available here
BATEMAN, Josiah (1872). The Life of the Rev. Henry Venn Elliott. 3rd ed. Including a portrait and an appendix containing a short sketch of the life of the Rev. Julius Elliott [id100]
BAYNE, Ronald (2003). Dr. Arthur Wakefield on Mount Everest in 1992. Journal of Medical Biography. Volume 11. Number 3. (pp.150-155) [id99]
BENNETT GIBBS, G. (1910). 'The Pleasures of Long Days on the Fells'. Fell and Rock Climbing Journal [id47]
BIRKETT, Bill (2007). Scafell: Portrait of a Mountain [id107]
BIRNEY, John (1976, Autumn). 'My Impressions of Jos[s] Naylor's Record Attempt'. [id59] Available here
BOB GRAHAM 24 HOUR CLUB. Information from website. [id33] Available here
BOWER, George S. (1949). In Memoriam: Arthur W. Wakefield. Climber's Club Journal [id4] Available here
BROADRICK, R. W. (1902). A Record Fell Walk. Yorkshire Ramblers' Club Journal, vol.1, no.4 [id72] Available here
BUCKLEY, P. and SMITH R. (2005). 42 Peaks: The Story of the Bob Graham Round [id5]
BYNE, Eric and Sutton, G. (1966) High Peak: The Story of Walking and Climbing in the Peak District [id24]
CHAPMAN, Spencer (1945). Memoirs of a Mountaineer [id80]
CHILTON, Steve (2013). It's a Hill, Get Over It [id91]
CHILTON, Steve (2015). The Round [id92]
CHORLEY, R. S. T. (1930). 'Some Mountaineering Controversies'. Fell and Rock Club Journal [id51]
CHORLEY, Katharine C. (1942). 'Portrait of a Mountaineer: Lawrence Pilkington'. Fell and Rock Club Journal [id110] Available here
CLARK, Ronald (1953). The Victorian Mountaineers [id81]
CLARK, Ronald W.; and PYATT, Edward C. (1957). Mountaineering in Britain [id86]
CRESSWELL, Tony (1983, July). 'Bob Grahams the Bland Way'. [id65] Available here
Dark Peak News (summer 1997). 'Before the Bob Graham' by Frank Galbraith [id35]
DAVIDSON, Keir (2018). O Joy for Me! Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Origins of Fellwalking in the Lake District 1790-1802 [id108]
DAVIES, Wade (2011). Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest [id109]
DEAN, Steve (2002-03). 'Eustace Thomas: Manchester Mountaineer'. Climber's Club Journal 2002-03 [id79] Available here
DENT, Clinton (ed.) (1892). Mountaineering [featuring a chapter by Charles Pilkington, "Hill Climbing in the British Isles"] [id89]
DENT, Mike (2011). 'How Eustace Walked the Fells'. The Rucksack Club Journal, x, No. X, pp.201-203 [id45]
FELL AND ROCK CLIMBING CLUB (1922). 'Editor's Notes'. Fell and Rock Climbing Club Journal [id48]
FELL AND ROCK CLIMBING CLUB (1930). 'Editor's Notes'. Fell and Rock Climbing Club Journal, Vol. 8, No. 8 [id41]
FELL AND ROCK CLIMBING CLUB (1931). 'Editor's Notes'. Fell and Rock Climbing Club Journal [id52]
FELL AND ROCK CLIMBING CLUB (1950). 'In Memoriam: Arthur William Wakefield'. Fell and Rock Climbing Club Journal [id53]
FELL AND ROCK CLIMBING CLUB (1962). 'Climbs and Expeditions: Lake District'. Fell and Rock Climbing Club Journal [id56]
GARBETT, James (1869). The Resurrection, A Sermon Preached in St. Mary's Chapel, Brighton, on the death of Rev. Julius Elliott [id104] Available here
GRIFFIN, A. H. (1961). Inside the Real Lakeland [id25]
GRIFFIN, A. H. (1963). In Mountain Lakeland [id36]
GRIFFIN, A. H. (1968). Roof of England [id111]
GRIFFIN, A. H. (1974). Long Days in the Hills [id37]
GRIFFIN, A. H. (1978). Freeman of the Hills [id112]
GWYDR MOUNTAIN CLUB (2011). The Gwydr. No. 14. Available here [id95]
HANKINSON, Alan (1972). The First Tigers [id84]
HANKINSON, Alan (1988). A Century on the Crags [id85]
HASKETT-SMITH, W. P. (1908). In Memoriam: John Wilson Robinson. Climber's Club Journal. Vol.10, pp.56- [id102]
HAYES, M. and Norman, J. M. (1994). 'Strategy in Fell Running: An Analysis of the Bob Graham Round'. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 45, No. 10 [id7]
HOOPER, Jeff. 'Of Walks and Walkers and Times Gone By'. Yorkshire Rambling Club Journal. Ser. 13, No. 7 [id39]
HOOPER, Jeff. 'Of Walks and Walkers and Times Gone By'. Yorkshire Rambling Club Journal. Ser. 13, No. 8 [id38]
HOYS, Dudley (1969). English Lake Country [id90]
JENKINSON, Henry Irwin (1872). Practical Guide to the English Lake District [id58] Available here
JONES, Trevor and MILBURN, Geoff (1988). Cumbrian Rock [id93]
LAWSON COOK, F. (1956). 'From Wheels to Wheels'. Fell and Rock Climbing Journal [id54]
LDMTA (2002). Fifty Years Running: A History of the Mountain Trial [id26]
MILLER, Alan (1999, February). 'The Wainwrights in Seven Days - the Easy Way'. [id71] Available here
NETTLETON, Sarah (2013). 'Cementing Relations within a Sporting Field: Fell Running in the English Lake District and the Acquisition of Existential Capital', Cultural Sociology 7(2) [id14]
OLIVER, Des (1972, Autumn). 'The Lakeland 24 Hour Fell Record'. [id60] Available here
PALMER, William T. (1899). 'Fell-walking Records'. The Cornhill Magazine, April 1899, 6, 34 [id15] [duplicate of id16]
PALMER, William T. (1903). In Lakeland Dells and Fells [id16]
PILLEY, Dorothy (1935). Climbing Days [id88]
PILKINGTON, John (). History of the Pilkington Family of Lancashire and Its Branches, from 1066 to 1600 [id101]
PHIZACKLEA, Al (2016). 'Nowt but a Fleein' Thing': A History of Climbing on Scafell [id106]
ROGERSON, Fred (1976). 'In Quest of the Ultimate'. Alpine Journal, Vol.81 [id32]
ROGERSON, Fred (1982, July). 'Fifty Years of Epic Endeavour'. [id64] Available here
RUCKSACK CLUB (1961). 'In Memoriam: Eustace Thomas'. The Rucksack Club Journal, x, No. x, pp.124-130 [id23]
RUMNEY, A. W. (1915). 'John Wilson Robinson's Walk. Two letters and a few more notes thereon'. Journal of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District, 3, No.3, pp.109-116 [id17]
SCOTT, H. E. (1927). 'Interviews with Club Celebrities'. Fell and Rock Climbing Club [id50]
SHEPHERD, Arthur P. (1929). Tucker of Uganda. [id96] Available here
SHUTTLEWORTH, Neil (2003, June). 'Chris Bland: a tribute'. [id68] Available here
SMITH, Bill (1975, Autumn). 'Joss Naylor Sets New 24 Hour Record' [id61] Available here
SMITH, Bill (1976, Spring). 'The Fellrunners' Ultimate: Some Further Notes on the Bob Graham Round'. [id62] Available here
SMITH, Bill (19xx). Stud Marks on the Summit: A History of Amateur Fell Racing: 1861-1983 [id18] [Need to determine which edition is available on the FRA website]
SMITH, Bill (2007). 'Mr. BGR an Appreciation of Fred Rogerson'. The Fellrunner, Autumn and Winter 2007 [id40]
SPINKS, Nicky (2011). Ladies Lake District 24 Hour Record [id19]
THOMAS, Eustace (1920). 'Climbs and Excursions'. The Rucksack Club Journal, x, No. x, p.133- [id43]
THOMAS, Eustace (1921). 'Mountaineering Endurance: Notes on a System of Training'. The Rucksack Club Journal, 4, No.3, Issue 5 [id28]
THOMAS, Eustace (1922). 'A Lakeland Fell Circuit'. Fell and Rock Climbing Journal [id46]
THOMAS, Eustace (1923). 'A Long Circuit of the Fells'. The Rucksack Club Journal, 5, No. 1, Issue 17, pp.97-102 [id29]
THOMAS, Eustace (original article 1951; published 1987). 'Memories of the Fell Record'. From Kinder Scout to Kathmandu: A Rucksack Club Anthology, 1907-1986 [id30]
THOMPSON, Ian (2010). The English Lakes [id87]
WAKEFIELD, A. W. (1904). The Record Walk in the Lake District. The Sedberghian [id77]
WAKEFIELD, A. W. (1905). The Fell Walk of A. W. Wakefield (O.S.). The Sedberghian [id76]
WAKEFIELD, Arthur (1906). Fell-walking. Climber's Club Journal, 9, part 33, pp.11-24 [id31]
WAKEFIELD, A. W. (1915). From Our Members with the Colours. Fell and Rock Climbing Club Journal, vol.3 no.3 [id105] Available here
WALLER, Mark (2008). A Lakeland Climbing Pioneer - John Wilson Robinson of Whinfell Hall [id98]
WENNERSTROM, Hans (2011). When Things Went Terribly Wrong in the Early Days of Alpinism. [id78] Available here
WESTAWAY, Jonathan (2013). 'The Origins and Development of Mountaineering and Rock Climbing Tourism in the Lake District, c.1800-1914'. In The Making of a Cultural Landscape: The English Lake District as Tourist Destination, 1750–2010 [id21]
WESTAWAY, Jonathan (2013). "Men who can last": Mountaineering Endurance, the Lake District Fell Records and the Campaign of Everest, 1919 - 1924. Sport in History [id20]
WESTAWAY, Jonathan (2013). 'Mountains of Memory, Landscapes of Loss: Scafell Pike and Great Gable as War Memorials, 1919-1924. Landscapes, 14(2) [id22]
WIGHTMAN, Bob. Website available here [id94]
WIKIPEDIA. 'Bob Graham Round' [id42]
WIKIPEDIA. 'Alfred Tucker' [id97]
WILSON, Michael (1928). 'White Fell Tops at New Year'. Fell and Rock Climbing Journal [id49]
YRC COMMITTEE (1903). The Disaster on Scafell Crags. Yorkshire Ramblers' Club Journal, vol.2, no.5 [id74] Available here
NEWSPAPERS
'Pedestrianism'. Morning Advertiser (24 August 1832) [idn062]
'A Mountaineering Feat'. Bury Times (19 August 1865) [idn052]
'Fatal Accident to the Rev. J. Elliott', Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal (03 08 1869) [idn094]
'Untitled', Cork Constitution (06 08 1869) [idn089]
'Fatal Accident in Switzerland'. Bedfordshire Mercury (7 August 1869) [idn088]
'Melancholy Death of a Brighton Clergyman'. Kentish Gazette (10 August 1869) [idn083]
'Mountaineering Extraordinary in the Lake District', Cumberland and Westmorland Advertiser, and Penrith Literary Chronicle (21 06 1870) [idn097]
'Pedestrian Exploit in the Lake District'. Northern Echo (23 June 1870) [idn079]
'Pedestrian Feat Among the Cumberland Lakes'. Newcastle Courant (1 July 1870) [idn056]
'Unitlted', Newcastle Courant (01 07 1870) [idn080]
'"Doing" the Mountains', Carlisle Journal (01 07 1870) [idn099]
'Pedestrian Exploit in the Lake District'. Staffordshire Advertiser (9 July 1870) [idn064]
'Pedestrian Exploits in the Lake District', Lancaster Gazette (09 07 1870) [idn098]
'A Day’s Journey on the Cumberland Mountains'. Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer (6 July 1871) [idn059]
'A Day's Journey on the Cumberland Mountains'. Whitehaven News (6 July 1871) [idn071]
'An Adventure in the Lake District'. Penrith Observer (1 August 1871) [idn053]
'Letters', Daily News (03 08 1871) [idn140]
'An English Mountaineering Adventure'. The Enniscorthy News, and County of Wexford Advertiser (5 August 1871) [idn044]
'English Mountaineering', Daily News (08 08 1871) [idn100]
'Remarkable Mountaineering Feat'. Westmorland Gazette (26 August 1871) [idn045]
'To the Editor, regarding "Remarkable Mountain Feat"'. Penrith Observer (29 August 1871) [idn046]
'Mountaineering in the Lake District'. Birmingham Daily Gazette (30 August 1871) [idn060]
'Public Men and Public Affairs'. The Graphic (31 August 1872) [idn075]
'Good Walking'. Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer (13 July 1876) [idn078]
'Mountain Climbing', Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser (25 09 1877) [idn096]
'A Remarkable Feat of Mountaineering'. English Lakes Visitor (26 May 1883) [idn018]
'Untitled', Athletic News (06 06 1883) [idn017]
'Rights of Way in the Lake District', The Manchester Guardian (03 10 1887) [idn145]
'Rights of Way in the Lake District', The Manchester Guardian (24 12 1887) [idn144]
'A Long Walk in the Lake District', Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer (15 05 1890) [idn016]
'A Day in the Cumberland Fells'. Carlisle Express and Examiner (6 January 1894) [idn011]
'Mountain Walking in the Lake District'. Lakes Herald (19 January 1894) [idn041]
'A Notable Walk in the Lake District'. Edinburgh Evening News (9 August 1895) [idn009]
'A Long Walk in the Lake District'. Carlisle Journal (9 August 1895) [idn013]
'The Lake Fells Walking Record'. Shields Daily Gazette (10 August 1895) [idn032]
'A Round Walk on the Fells'. Penrith Observer (13 August 1895) [idn086]
'Topical Notes: General and Local', Bucks Herald (24 08 1895) [idn077]
'Notable Mountaineering Exploits', Carlisle Journal (04 05 1897) [idn015]
'A Record Walk in the Lake District'. Penrith Observer (7 June 1898) [idn073]
'Here and There'. Westmorland Gazette (11 June 1898) [idn027]
'Here and There'. Westmorland Gazette (18 June 1898) [idn012]
'Walking in the Lake District', Field (17 09 1898) [idn141]
'Leaves from Northerner's Note Book', Penrith Observer (20 09 1898) [idn070]
'A Record Walk in Lakeland'. Cumberland & Westmorland Herald (8 October 1898) [idn055]
'Another Mountaineering Record'. Penrith Observer (1 November 1898) [idn072]
'Fell Climbing in Cumberland'. Sporting Life (8 April 1899) [idn008]
'Mountaineering in Lakeland'. Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer (11 May 1899) [idn014]
'Walking in the Lake District'. Penrith Observer (23 May 1899) [idn007]
'Mountaineering in the Lake District'. Shields Daily Gazette (20 September 1901) [idn002]
'A Walk in the English Lake District', Field (21 09 1901) [idn101]
'Breaking a Record on the Lake District Mountains'. Lakes Chronicle and Reporter (25 September 1901) [idn026]
'To the Editor'. Lakes Chronicle and Reporter (2 October 1901) [idn025]
'About the Bishop of Uganda: A Mountaineering Record'. Globe (29 November 1902) [idn063]
'Bishop Tucker’s Exploits'. Lakes Chronicle and Reporter (3 December 1902) [idn057]
'Countryside Crack'. West Cumberland Times (13 December 1902) [idn003]
'Our Walking and That of Our Ancestors'. The Manchester Guardian (15 May 1903) [idn033]
'Walking Matches in Whit-week'. Manchester Guardian (5 June 1903) [id009]
'Sporting Notes'. Nottingham Evening Post (5 June 1903) [idn024]
'Fell Walking in the Lake District'. The Scotsman (5 June 1903) [idn054]
'A Fell Walking Record'. Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer (11 June 1903) [idn028]
'Walking Records in the Fells'. Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette (15 June 1903) [idn051]
'The Scawfell Disaster'. Yorkshire Evening Post (23 September 1903) [idn004]
'The Dangers of Scawfell'. Dundee Evening Post (24 September 1903) [idn005]
'Dead Climber's Shocking Injuries / Mr J. W. Puttrell's Views', Sheffield Daily Telegraph (24 09 1903) [idn104]
'Incidental Notes', Carlisle Journal (25 09 1903) [idn019]
'Awful Disaster on Scafell'. Lakes Herald (25 September 1903) [idn040]
'The Fell-Walking Record', West Cumberland Times (30 07 1904) [idn103]
'A Record Fell Walk', English Lakes Visitor (30 07 1904) [idn111]
'A New Fell-Walking Record'. Manchester Guardian (1 August 1904) [id010]
'Fell-Walking Feat', Field (06 08 1904) [idn102]
'The Last Big Fell Walk', West Cumberland Times (19 08 1905) [idn105]
'Breaking the Fell Record', English Lakes Visitor (19 08 1905) [idn106]
'A Great Fell Walk: Doctor's 22 Hours' Tramp', Manchester Evening News (19 08 1905) [idn110]
'A Record Fell Walk'. Sheffield Daily Telegraph (21 August 1905) [idn049]
'The Gentle Art of Peak-Bagging', Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (18 01 1906) [idn107]
'Editorial'. Manchester Guardian (2 March 1906) [id011]
'Notable Fell Walks'. The Manchester Guardian (2 March 1906) [idn035]
'Obituary: Bishop Tucker'. Newcastle Journal (16 June 1914) [idn061]
'Big Walk of Cumbrian Hikks: Ninety Miles in Less than a Day', Penrith Observer (07 04 1916) [idn109]
'Climber's Feat: Covered Lakeland Peaks in 22 Hours', Huddersfield Daily Examiner (29 06 1916) [idn108]
'A Lake District Feat'. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (15 July 1916) [idn001]
'A Fell-Walking Record', Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (26 06 1920) [idn115]
'A Great Mountain Walk'. Manchester Guardian (15 June 1922) [idn036]
'The New Lakeland Climbing Record', Penrith Observer (20 06 1922) [idn112]
'To the Hills', Morecambe Guardian (08 07 1922) [idn116]
'A Fell-Walking Record', Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (12 08 1922) [idn113]
'Eye-Witness's Narrative of the Everest Disaster', Freeman's Journal (25 01 1923) [idn137]
'Giants of the Open Road', Daily Herald (24 04 1924) [idn114]
'Lakeland Climbs', Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (29 05 1928) [idn138]
'Peak Bagging": Lake District Fell Walker's 100 miles in 33 Hours'. Manchester Guardian (4 July 1931) [id013]
'The Peak-Bagger's Best', Dundee Courier (07 07 1931) [idn124]
'Untitled', The Manchester Guardian (2- 1932) [idn087]
'Lakeland Climbing Record: Attempt on 33 Peaks in 24 Hours'. The Manchester Guardian (21 May 1932) [idn039]
'Lakeland Feat', Yorkshire Evening Post (21 05 1932) [idn118]
'Lakeland Peaks', Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (21 05 1932) [idn121]
'Mr'. Chapman's Attempt Fails. The Manchester Guardian (23 May 1932) [idn037]
'Night Climbing in Lakeland', Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (23 05 1932) [idn122]
'Night Climbing in Lakeland', Shields Daily News (23 05 1932) [idn123]
'Diary of a Yorkshireman', Yorkshire Evening Post (25 05 1932) [idn117]
'Climbing Record Broken', Yorkshire Evening Post (13 06 1932) [idn126]
'Lakeland Climbing Record', Penrith Observer (14 06 1932) [idn120]
'Peak Climbing Record', Shields Daily News (14 06 1932) [idn125]
'Climbing Record Broken', Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (14 06 1932) [idn127]
'Keswick Climber's Feat', The Scotsman (14 06 1932) [idn129]
'Ups and Downs in Lakeland', Sheffield Daily Telegraph (15 06 1932) [idn128]
'A Mountain Climb Grows Easier', Leeds Mercury (05 07 1932) [idn119]
'Nine Times Scafell: One Who Set Columns', Lancashire Evening Post (06 04 1933) [idn134]
'Lakeland Climbers' Epic Attack on Everest', Lancashire Evening Post (31 05 1933) [idn135]
'Peak Climbing', Lancashire Evening Post (24 06 1933) [idn093]
'Untitled', Dundee Evening Telegraph (26 06 1933) [idn091]
'22 Peaks in 12 Hours', Daily Herald (26 06 1933) [idn092]
'Lakeland Climber's Record Bid', Penrith Observer (27 06 1933) [idn090]
'The County of Cumberland', Carlisle Patriot (03 08 1877) [idn082]
'British Gliding Contests', The Times (05 09 1936) [idn150]
'Everest Explorer on the Lake District', Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (02 12 1936) [idn136]
'Leaves from a Lakeland Notebook', Lancashire Evening Post (28 05 1954) [idn130]
'Bid to Beat Lakes Fells Journey Record', Lancashire Evening Post (10 07 1954) [idn133]
'Mist Ends Attempt on Fell Record'. The Manchester Guardian (12 July 1954) [idn038]
'Leaves from a Lakeland Notebook', Lancashire Evening Post (07 09 1956) [idn131]
'They Will Tackle Unclimbed Himalayas', Lancashire Evening Post (23 01 1957) [idn132]
'Britain's Toughest Test', Guardian (25 06 1960) [idn143]
'New fell record set up on hottest day', Guardian (27 06 1960) [idn142]
'Mountain Walker', Guardian (29 06 1961) [idn146]
'Clerk breaks fells record', Guardian (26 07 1965) [idn147]
'Wizard of the summits runs away with record', Observer (29 06 1975) [idn148]
'The Multi-Marathon Man', The Times (30 06 1982) [idn139]
'Valid record', Independent (21 07 1996) [idn149]
'Freemasons Celebrate a Gem of a Discovery of Darlington Sportsman'. The Northern Echo (30 July 2010) [idn081]
'Alan Heaton obituary'. The Times (29 April 2019) [idn085]