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