Sources
This page lists the various source material for the Lake District 24-Hour Fell Record. So far, research has focused on the period to 1904. Sources are split into six categories:
2. Newspaper sources [separate page, see here]
Any information in relation to a source in category 3 is very much appreciated (do email me at peterwmcdonald <AT> gmail.com or use the contact page).
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1. Sources
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
2. Newspaper sources [return to top]
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3. Sources yet to be acquired [return to top]
ELLIOTT, J. M. (1864). Entry in Wasdale Head Inn Visitor Book
RICHARDSON, K. (2009). The Life and Times of the Legendary Lake District Fell Runner and Shepherd Joss Naylor [id27]
WESTAWAY, Jonathan (2011). 'The Outdoor Movement, Physicality and Physical Cultures: Dietary Regime and the 1920 and 1922 Lake District Endurance Records' [id75]
4. Picture sources [return to top]
[Last used = pi7]
J.M. Elliott's gravestone [pi1] Available here
A. W. Wakefield portrait in FRCC Journal (1913). [pi2] Available here, page 66
A. W. Wakefield portrait in FRCC Journal (1924). [pi3] Available here, front cover
Pilkington, Charles and Lawrence in [id81] [pi4]. Also in [plate 4, id86] and noted as taken in 1883
Robinson, J. W. in [id81] [pi5]. Description of photo in [id84]
Robinson, J. W. in [id93] [pi6, p6]
Tucker, Alfred in [id97] [pi7]