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Farleton Fell, Beetham
Farleton Fell
civil parish:-   Beetham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
coordinates:-   SD54308065 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5480
10Km square:-   SD58


photograph
BJS24.jpg  From the west.
(taken 12.8.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 47 1) 
placename:-  Farleton 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.
OS County Series (Wmd 47 5) 

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5SD57NW.jpg
hill hachuring; hill or mountain, the knott labelled at the N 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   probably descriptive text:- Baker 1802
source data:-   Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
pp.25-26:-  "... On leaving it [Burton], to the right of the road, may be observed a tremendous barren rock near 600 feet above the common level of the road. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Faralton
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
image
OT02SD58.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

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