A
Abbot Hall Art Gallery 172, 231
Abingdon 352
Accrington Road Elementary 12
Achiltibuie 352
Adams, Richard 276
AW’s letters to 276–8
Aiggin Stone 130
Ainley, Catherine 288, 290, 291, 292, 293, 298, 398
Ainley, Margaret 288, 346–7, 398
AW’s letters to 288–301, 347, 348–53, 399
Alker, Bob 16, 30, 62, 120, 386–7
AW’s letters to 120–1, 273, 399–400
Alpine Adventure 28
Alport Low 133
Ammon Wrigley memorial stone 128
Angletarn Pikes 104
Animal Rescue, Cumbria 287, 312, 313, 322, 330, 335, 338, 341, 352–3, 360
see also Kapellan
Appleby 208
Appleyard, Harry 126
Aran Fawddy 306
Ard Crags 298
Argyll, Margaret, Duchess of 233–4
Ashness Bridge 77
Austen, Mrs, AW’s letter to 365
Aviemore 114
axe ‘factory’ 105
Axletree Edge 130
B
Badger Hill 159
Bakestall 342
Balloch 141
Bannerdale Crags 342
Barnes, Alyn, AW’s letter to 367–8
Bartholomew, Messers 90, 117, 118
Bateson and Hewitson 84
BBC 322, 323, 343, 352, 353, 385
Beardsall, Annie (aunt) 12, 71
Beardsall, Eric (cousin) 12, 13, 14, 46, 53, 194, 199–200, 385
Beardsall, Tom (uncle) 71
AW’s letter to 73–5
Beetham 44
Bellingham 134, 189, 190, 192, 197
Belthorn 21
Berry, Geoffrey 316
Birchenough, Joan 387
Bishop, Mr, AW’s letter to 260–1
Black Combe 283, 304, 305, 306
Black Crag 109
Black Cuillin 251
Black Force 237
Black Hill 128, 130, 133, 134, 135
Blackburn
Accrington Road Elementary 12
AW’s visits to 40, 50, 56, 57–8, 68, 165, 169, 336, 369, 391
Blakey Moor School 12, 243, 244
Borough Treasurer’s Department 13, 15, 32, 43–4, 64
Furthergate Congregational Church 15, 334
Blackburn Rovers 336, 362, 385, 390
Blackburn Rovers Supporters’ Club 16, 17, 22, 39, 79, 223
Blackstone Edge 130
Blakey Moor School 12, 243, 244
Blea Tarn 60
Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary 233, 234
Bleaklow 194
Blease Fell 342
Boardale 248
Bolton Photographic Society 109
Bond, Reg, AW’s letter to 117
Boot 61
Booth, John 256
AW’s letters to 255–60
Border Hotel, Kirk Yetholm: free beer for Pennine Way walkers 227, 271–2
Borrowdale Beck 354
Bowfell 34, 41, 49, 70, 78, 250
Bowscale Fell 342
Boyle, Clara, AW’s letter to 131–2
Brabbs, Derry 323, 324, 325, 326, 329, 330, 343
Brae Fell 342
Branstree 99
Brantwood 385
Brathay Valley 40
Bretherdale 355
Brighouse 296, 347, 348, 349–50, 398
British Lakeland Climbing
Expedition 28
Broad Stand 30, 53, 54, 58, 61, 62
Brooks, Patricia 364
AW’s letter to 364
Brown, Hamish 294
Burkett, Mary 172, 195, 196, 216
Burnmoor Farm 16
Buttermere 40
C
Caermote 144
cairns 90, 108, 115, 116–17, 121–2, 255, 256, 257, 260
Calder Valley 131
Calf Close Bay 77
Cambrian Way 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 322, 330
caravan sites 250
Carl Side 342
Carlisle 44
Carrock Fell 342
Carter Bar 190–1
Casterton 320
Casterton Fell 199
Castle, Barbara 385
Cauldron Snout 174
Cautley 289
Celtic Wall 290
Chadwick, Len 111–12, 125, 127, 134, 264, 387
AW’s letters to 112–14, 125–31, 133–8, 264–5, 387–8
Chandler, Sally, AW’s letter to 87
Chapel Stile 100
Chester, Robert, AW’s letter to 368–9
Cindy (AW’s dog) 154, 163, 171, 184
Claife Heights 286
Cleveland Hills 257
Cleveland Way 235
Climber and Rambler magazine 316
Cnicht 337
Coast to Coast Walk 235, 257, 258–9, 261, 271, 289, 343, 365, 399
Cockill, Dr 364
Cooper, Philip, AW’s letter to 273–4
Cotton Famine Road 129
Countryside Commission 318
Coylumbridge 192
Cromford 26
Cross Fell 126, 178, 179, 191, 207
Cumberland Heritage (Molly Lefebure) 235, 236, 239
Cumbria magazine 84, 85–6, 91, 100, 309, 310
Cumbria Tourist Association 385
Cumbrian Literary Society 233
D
A Dales Sketchbook 298
Dales Way 235
Davies, Hunter 359
AW’s letters to 359–60
Davys, Trevor 255
Deer Bield Crag 231–2
Deketelaere, Mrs, AW’s letter to 263–4
Dereham, Jenny 323, 326, 330, 398
Derwentwater 143
Ditchfield, Betty 16, 36, 40, 41, 81–2
Doctor’s Gate 133
Dora’s Field 69
Dougherty, Mr, AW’s letters to 248–52
Dovedale 103
Dow Crag 105
Driver, Harry 15
Duddon Valley 106
Dumfries 143
Dunmail Raise 161
Durness 114
E
eagles 239
Eastwood 130
Eden Field Club 354
Edinburgh 120
Elsom, Roger, AW’s letter to 274–5
Esk Hause 57
F
fan letters 86–8, 89–90, 93–4, 97–110, 111–19, 121–3, 243–65, 268–75, 279–84, 288–311, 347–53, 357–71
Farndale 257
Fell and Rock Journal 193
Fellwalking with Wainwright 326
Fellwanderer 144, 149, 168, 169, 193, 278
Ffestiniog Railway 347
Firth, Harry 154, 155, 161, 168, 169, 185, 193, 197, 227, 322, 326
Firth, Michael 161
Fish, Alice (sister) 12, 72, 334
AW’s letter to 75–6
Fish, Jack (nephew) 334
AW’s letter to 334–5
Fox’s Pulpit 173
Friars Crag 164
Froswick 103
Furthergate Congregational
Fusedale 103
G
Galloway 350
Garburn Pass 338
Gargrave 185
Garmeworthy, Molly 108
Geldard, Ed 383
Gerrish, John 139, 142, 147, 242
Gibbs, K.K., AW’s letter to 281–2
Glen Affric 295
Glen Garry 246
Glen Shee 299
Glencoin 103
Glossop 133
Glyder Fawr 298
Glyders 337
Goat Gap 214
Gower 320
Grange 38
Grasmoor End 349
Grasmoor Pinnacle 350
Great Borne 364
Great Calva 342
Great Carrs 337
Great Cockup 342
Great Dun Fell 207
Great Gable 41, 49, 50, 53, 59, 70, 78, 153, 154, 155, 161, 238, 239, 249, 270, 350
Great Sca Fell 342
Great Shunner 193
Green, Mr, AW’s letters to 262–3
Greenhow, Colin 122
Griffin, Harry 84, 93, 94, 169, 233, 235, 236, 237
Grisedale Bridge 104
Grisedale Forest 309
Guest, John 277
H
Haddon Hall 149
Hamm, Norman 60, 68, 119, 391, 393
Hancock, Mr, AW’s letter to 246–7
Hardcastle, Robert, AW’S letter to 368
Harding, Mike 385
Hardknott 106
AW’s letter to 270–1
Hargreaves, Eric 121
AW’s letters to 121–3
Hargreaves, Mrs, AW’s letter to 363
Harris 284
Harter Fell 34
Harvey, Bob 115
AW’s letters to 115–17
Haslam, Fred Percy 45
Hassnesshow Beck 252
Haweswater 385
Hawick 191
Haworth, Arnold 387
AW’s letters to 243–4, 335–8, 389–91
Hebden Bridge 133
Helm 37–8
Helmsdale 120
Helmsley 289
High Crag 40
High Raise 100
Hirst, Harold 387
Hives, Owen Whitfield 39
Holden, Ruth see Wainwright, Ruth
Hollin Brown Knott 128
Holme Moss 136
Honister Pass 238
Houghton, Mr, AW’s letter to 284
Howgill Fells 193, 241, 275, 289–90, 341
Howtown 103
Hoyes, Dudley 235, 236, 237, 240
I
Ickornshaw Moor 133
Ingleborough 192, 193, 199, 371
Ingleton 138
Inland Revenue investigation of
AW 372–80
Islay 284
Isle of Purbeck 344
J
Jack’s Rake 105, 116, 232, 244
AW’s letters to 302–11, 344, 395–8
Jura 284
K
Kapellan 330, 332, 333, 338, 340–1, 342
see also Animal Rescue, Cumbria
Keighley 133
AW’s drawings of 55–6, 58, 59, 76
Borough Treasurer’s Department 31, 32, 35
Burneside Road 32
development proposals 245, 381–2
Holidays at Home Week 54, 55, 58
Kendal Green 42, 76, 84, 242, 315, 371
Kern Knotts 255
AW’s letters to 279–81
Keswick 19, 28, 29, 142, 143, 144, 152, 153, 155, 158, 164, 166, 297, 357
Kindred Spirits Fell Walking
Kirk Yetholm 126, 134, 135, 192, 194, 200–1, 271
Kirkcarrion 181, 183, 189, 194, 202
Knock Murton 363
Knott 342
Kyle 120
Lakeland Mountain Drawings 360
Lakeland Sketchbooks 68, 228, 231, 237, 239, 241
Langdale 78
Langstrath 109
Lanty Slee’s Cave 232
Latrigg 342
Latterbarrow 236
Lawley, Sue 353
Lefebure, Molly 139, 144–5, 147, 149, 169, 228, 231, 236, 241–2, 264
AW’s letters to 139–50, 228–41
Leslie Hewkin, AW’s letter to 85
Lingmell 108, 115, 116–17, 122, 257
Lingmoor Fell 104
Little Hart Crag 303
Litt’s Memorial 249
Lliwedd 337
Loadpot Hill 119
Loch Awe 300
Loch Carron 292
Loch Hourn 297
Loch Maree 246
Long Kin Cave 205
Long Kin Pot 205
Long Side 342
Longlands Fell 342
Longsleddale 99
Lonscale Pike 342
Lord’s Rake 30, 53, 61, 62, 107, 254–5, 343
Low Borrow Bridge 355
Low Wood 164
Loweswater 152
A Lune Sketchbook 335
Lyke Wake Walk 235
M
McNally, Betty see Wainwright, Betty
McNally, Jane 9, 163, 191, 192
Male, George, AW’s letters to 370–1
Malham Tarn 126
Mallaig 120
Mallam, Valerie and John, AW’s letter to 370–1
Mallerstang 138
Manchester 26–7
Marjorie (Kendal typist) 38
AW’s letters to 102–10
Marsh, John 382
Marshall, Henry 84, 92, 102, 388
Martindale 248
Matlock 26
Matlock Bath 26
Maudsley, Eric Walter 16, 56–7, 70
AW’s letters to 15–31, 47–55, 57–9, 60–3, 67–70
Meal Fell 342
Meldon Hill 336
Memoirs of a Fellwanderer 256
Meyer, Ade 174, 175–6, 177–9, 180, 181, 182–3, 187
Michael Joseph 10, 323, 325–30, 332, 333, 341, 377, 382, 383, 385, 396, 399
Mickleden 146
Middleton-in-Teesdale 130
midges 368
Milton Mountaineers 370
Moor Divock 338
Moorland Publishing 321, 325, 333
Morecambe Bay 38
Morris, Mr, AW’s letter to 261–2
Mosedale Horseshoe 350–1
Muckle Flugga 346
Munros 112, 113, 114, 262, 274, 294–5, 362
Murphy, Sheila 326
AW’s letter to 329–30
N
Nantlle ridge 337
Napes Ridges 37
Nash, Frank 338
AW’s letters to 338–43
AW’s letters to 354–6
Nichol, Andrew 353
North York Moors 257
Northern Fells 341
O
Oban 200
Offa’s Dyke 241
Old Roads of Eastern Lakeland 242
Ordnance Survey 118, 274–5, 285, 397
Orrest Head 41
Orton Scar 181
The Outlying Fells of Lakeland 262
P
panoramas 302–10
A Peak District Sketchbook 320
Penistone 46, 97, 128, 133, 366
Pennine Campaign 20, 22, 25, 27, 28, 51
Pennine Way Companion 125–31, 133–8, 148–9, 187, 189, 192–3, 197, 207–8, 228, 271, 324
Penrith 191
Pentre Ifan 320
Penyghent 133, 192, 193, 199, 385
The Pictorial Gazette 13
Pictorial Guides
AW starts writing 84
AW’s method 108
Book One (Eastern Fells) 84–96, 97
Book Two (Far Eastern Fells) 96, 98, 99, 100, 103, 139, 321
Book Three (Central Fells) 100, 104, 105
Book Four (Southern Fells) 100, 104, 106
Book Six (North Western Fells) 252
Book Seven (Western Fells) 111, 152
hand-written manuscript 95
illustration 95–6
reasons for writing 94
Pike O’Stickle 105
The Plague Dogs (Richard Adams) 276–8
Pollard, Mr, AW’s letter to 90
Poolwe 352
Poucher, John, AW’s letter to 395
AW’s letter to 88
Procter, Ken, AW’s letter to 369–70
Pye, R.G. 30
Rainey, Joan 339
Rake’s Progress 254
Ramblers’ Association 133
Rannoch Moor 141
Red Bank 40
Red Ghyll 61
Redmires 130
Reinbeck, Mary, AW’s letters to 357, 358–9
Rhinogs 313
Rhodes, Miles 272
AW’s letter to 272
A Ribble Sketchbook 334
Richards, Mark 317
Rigg, Moses 147–8
Rimmer, Mr, AW’s letter to 247
Robin Hood’s Bay 235
Robinson, Harry 184
Rochdale 130
Rodger, Frank 330
Roman Road 131
Roseberry Topping 258
Ross, Joy 117
AW’s letter to 118–19
Row Head 20
rowan tree at Buttermere 252–3, 368–9
RSPCA 131–3, 160, 219, 234, 266–7
S
Sager, Ian, AW’s letters to 365–6, 369
St Bees Head 235
St Sunday Crag 50
The Sanitarian journal 89
Scafell 30, 49, 61, 62, 63, 240
Scafell Crag 77, 78, 229, 254–5
Scafell Pike 78, 117, 250, 308, 310
AW’s letters to 312–22, 325–6, 330–3
Scott, Harry 86
Scout Scar 49
Scratch & Co (Molly Lefebure)
Seathwaite 106
Sedbergh Hills 38
Selside Pike 99
Sergeant Man 115
Sgurr nan Gillean 92
Shamrock Traverse 122
Shap Abbey 355
Sharrow Bay 178
Shaw, Alf 60
Shipman Knotts 119
Silver How 100
Simmons, Mr, AW’s letter to 284–5
Skelwith Force 40
Skiddaw Little Man 342
Skillman, Larry 123
AW’s letter to 123
Skipton 133
Skye 251
Slaters Bridge 232
Sleagill 192
Slippery Moss 130
Small Water 99
Smearsett Scar 290, 291, 292, 348
Smith, Helen (Nellie) (aunt), AW’s letters to 72–3, 97–8
Smith, Lawrence 126
Snape, Doris 79, 169, 194, 204–5, 384
Snowdon 123, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 337, 347
Souther Fell 342
Sprinkling Tarn 107
Stac Polly 297
Stickle Tarn 232
Stoodley Pike 131
Stranraer 143
Sty Head Pass 37, 235, 239, 291
Sty Head Tarn 107
Suilven 264
Sutcliffe, Mrs, AW’s letter to 270
Swaledale 261
Swallow, Mr, AW’s letters to 282–3
Sweden Bridge 67
Swindale 99
Swirl How 337
T
Tan Hill Inn 126
Tate, Bill, AW’s letter to 82–3
Tennant, Norman 387
Thirlmere 144
Thirwall Castle 189
Thornton, Jack 100
AW’s letter to 101
Three Dubs Tarn 285–6
Three Men of Gragareth 257
Tilberthwaite 232
Tobermory 200
Todmorden 126
Trans-Pennine Motorway 129, 134
trespass 285–6
Tryfan 337
U
Ullock Pike 342
Understanding the Countryside (Ron Scholes) 333
Upper Eskdale 106
Upper Long Churn Cave 170
Upper Teesdale 175
V
Vipond, Mr, AW’s letter to 248
W
Wainwright, Alfred
accountancy studies 13, 15, 16, 17
animal welfare interests 131–3, 160, 219, 233–4, 266–7, 286–7, 330–1, 352–3
see also Animal Rescue, Cumbria; Kapellan
appearance 12
biography 12–13
birth and early life 12–13
in the Blackburn Borough
Treasurer’s Department 13, 15, 32, 43–4, 64
Blackburn Rovers supporter 16, 17, 22, 39, 336, 362, 385, 390
builds house at Kendal Green 76
character 7
contemplates retirement 367, 399
death 400
on development proposals for
dislike of computer technology 279–80
dislike of personal callers 7, 291, 297, 371
see also Wainwright, Betty education 12–13
failing eyesight 102, 283, 331, 332, 333, 334, 370, 389, 391, 394
first visit to the Lake District 13
honorary curator of Kendal Museum 187
illustrates children’s Books 228–30, 231–3
illustrates The Plague Dogs 276–8
Inland Revenue investigation of 372–80
in the Kendal Borough Treasurer’s Department 31, 32, 35, 45, 49, 64–5, 76, 82
Kendal drawings 55–6, 58, 59, 76
lack of enthusiasm for going abroad 250–1, 283, 284
letters
handwriting 8
sale of 8
total output 7
marries Betty McNally 236
marries Ruth Holden 15
meets Betty McNally 151
military service deferment 16–17, 44–5, 51
plans for Lakeland guidebooks 56, 58, 70
retirement 187
separation and divorce 174, 179, 188–90, 195, 212, 216–26
starts writing Pictorial Guides 84
television career 323, 333, 338, 339, 343, 352, 353, 359, 367, 385, 393–4, 399, 400
on Wales 123, 249, 264, 299, 337
will 226–7
Wainwright, Alfred (father) 12
Wainwright, Annie (sister) 12
Wainwright, Betty (second wife) 8, 9, 226, 343, 356, 364, 384
and the animal refuge 340, 342, 343, 375
AW’s letters to 152–67, 168–86,
187–215, 226–7
friendship with Ade Meyer 174,
gives AW the name ‘Red’ 153, 154
marries AW 236
meets AW 151–2
Wainwright, Emily (mother) 12, 71
Wainwright, Frank (brother) 12, 76
Wainwright, Peter (son) 16, 17, 19, 29, 71, 72, 111, 172, 173, 185, 194, 205, 207–8, 214, 223
Wainwright, Ruth (first wife) 15, 16, 32, 42–3, 111, 147, 150, 172, 183, 184–5, 196, 384
divorce from AW 174, 179, 188–90, 195, 212, 216–26
Wainwright Fells 10
Wainwright in the Limestone Dales 383, 395
Wainwright Memorial Room 385
Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes 343
Wainwright Society 10
Walkers Gully 122
Walks in Limestone Country 138, 231
Walks on the Howgill Fells 235, 237, 239
Wasdale 19–20, 29, 50, 54, 58, 106
Watendlath 16
Wessenden Loop 128
West Wall Traverse 61, 62, 254, 255, 339, 340, 352
Wester Ross 100, 259, 292, 293, 298, 362
Westmorland Cairn 239
Westmorland Gazette 84, 124, 230, 243, 311, 322, 323, 331, 332, 360–1, 382, 385, 398
Westmorland Heritage 260
Whalley 165
Whernside 199
Whinfell 235
White Hill 130
Wilberforce Pike 241
Wilkinson, Graham, AW’s letters to 361–2
Wolstenholme, Lawrence 22, 32, 76, 244, 387
AW’s letters to 32–46, 55–7, 59–60, 63–6, 77–8, 81–2
Wolstenholme, Marjory 32, 42, 64, 66
Woods, Jack 345
World War II 20, 16017
Worm’s Head 320
Wray Bay 77
Wyatt, Irene 22
Wyatt, John 124
Y
Y Wydffa 264
Yew Crag Quarry 117
Yewdale Beck 277
Yordas Cave 370