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Birkett Fell, Matterdale
Birkett Fell
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
coordinates:-   NY36381983 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3619
10Km square:-   NY31

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 65 14) 
placename:-  Nameless Fell
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.

hearsay:-  
Named after Lord Birkett who argued against the plan to make Ullswater a reservoir, in the House of Lords, 1962.

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