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Derwent Fells, Above Derwent
Derwent Fells
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
coordinates:-   NY21372695 (etc etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2119
10Km square:-   NY21

photograph
BJQ02.jpg (taken 10.6.2005)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 16) 
placename:-  Derwent Fells
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.
OS County Series (Cmd 69 4) 
evidence:-   probably old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In miles 32 to 33, Cumberland. 
Mountains to the left of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Defoe 1724-26
placename:-  
source data:-   Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in parts, London, 1724-26.
"... hills, call'd Derwent Fells, where the ancient copper mines were found in Queen Elizabeth's time, ..."
evidence:-   probably old map:- Gents Mag 1751
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.
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"All rocky and pik'd Mountains"
knobbly hillocks; mountains 
item:-  JandMN : 114
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Darwent Fells Mountains
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Darwent Fells Mountains"
hill hachuring 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old print:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Newlands Fells
source data:-   circles
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"Newlands Fells"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6615.12
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evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789
placename:-  Derwentfels
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
image CAM2P170, button  goto source
Page 170:-  "..."
"... [The Derwent] winds among the hills called Derwentfels, ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Derwent Water and Derwent Fells, Above Derwent, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS608
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Derwent Water and Derwent Fells, Above Derwent, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0932.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS609
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