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Fir Island, Coniston Water
Fir Island
site name:-   Coniston Water
civil parish:-   Satterthwaite (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   island
coordinates:-   SD30589420
1Km square:-   SD3094
10Km square:-   SD39

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Con) 
placename:-  Knott's Island
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Coniston Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1788, version published 1809.
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"Knott's Island"
island 
item:-  JandMN : 182.5
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Fir Island, Coniston Water, Satterthwaite, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS100
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