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Froswick, Kentmere
Froswick
civil parish:-   Kentmere (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY43520852
1Km square:-   NY4308
10Km square:-   NY40

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BQK92.jpg  Froswick, Ill Bell, Kentmere Reservoir, ...
(taken 16.4.2009)  
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BPV11.jpg  From The Knowe.
(taken 17.11.2008)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 20 13) 
placename:-  Froswick
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.
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.
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hill hachuring; hill or mountain 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Froswick
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Windermere looking towards the North East from Bowness, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.2 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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With a list of mountains. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.3
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Mountains North East of Windermere, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.99 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "MOUNTAINS NORTH-EAST OF WINDERMERE, as seen from Bowness."
Mountains are listed:-  "High Raise / Ullskarth, Wythburn Head / Loughrigg Fell / Stile / Raise Gap / Nab Scar / Great Rigg / Fairfield / Rydal Park / Wansfell Pike / Red Screes / Cawdale Moor / Threshthwaite Mouth / High Street / Froswick / Ill Bell / Yoak / Applethwaite Fell"
item:-  JandMN : 48.12
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Froswick
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Froswick"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Froswick and Ill Bell from High Street, Kentmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS414
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Froswick
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Windermere - Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Biscay How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 12 Froswick ... 28 Froswick ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Froswick
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Bisket How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, about 1844.
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"... 12 Froswick ... 28 Froswick ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.3
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CBE04.jpg  From Over Cove.
(taken 15.7.2014)  
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CBE05.jpg  From Over Cove.
(taken 15.7.2014)  
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CBE01.jpg  Rainsborrow Crag and Cove, Ill Bell, Froswick.
(taken 15.7.2014)  
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BMF58.jpg  Rainsborrow Crag, Ill Bell, Froswick, and High Street, above Kentmere Valley (and a little vertical exageration).
(taken 4.6.2006)  
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BMF59.jpg  Rainsborrow Crag, Ill Bell, and Froswick.
(taken 4.6.2006)  
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CDO73.jpg  Froswick and Ill Bell, from the west.
(taken 9.7.2015)  
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