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Belle Grange, Claife
Belle Grange
civil parish:-   Claife (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD387989
1Km square:-   SD3898
10Km square:-   SD39


photograph
BPD38.jpg (taken 12.5.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 2 15) 
placename:-  Belle Grange
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Bella Grange
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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CT9SD39Z.jpg
"Bella Grange, Jno. C. Curwen's Esqr."
block, building/s 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
placename:-  Sandbeds
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Sandbeds"
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Belle Grange
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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GAR2SD39.jpg
"Belle Grange"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Belle Grange
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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PI03M1.jpg
"Belle Grange"
block/s; building/s 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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hearsay:-  
Sir Henry de Hane Segrave died here on Friday 13 June 1930. He had earlier crashed his speedboat, Miss England II, after breaking the world water speed record with a speed 98.76 mph.

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