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Ghyll Head, Cartmel Fell
Ghyll Head
civil parish:-   Cartmel Fell (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD393927
1Km square:-   SD3992
10Km square:-   SD39

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series
placename:-  Gill Head
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.
"Gill Head"

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Gill Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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"Gill head / Mr. John Pool's"
block, building/s 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere S) 
placename:-  Gill Head
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Southern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Gill Head"
item:-  private collection : 10.11
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evidence:-   old map:- Greenwood 1824
placename:-  Spooners Close
source data:-   Maps, Map of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, and Map of the County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, etc, by C and J Greenwood, published by George Pringle jnr, 70 Queen Street, Cheapside, London, 1823 and 1824 respectively.
"Spooners Close"

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Speaners
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Speaners"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Gillhead
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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"Gillhead"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Gill Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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"Gill Head"
block/s; building/s 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-   old print with text:- Farington 1789 (plate 14) 
placename:-  Gill Head
source data:-   Print, engraving, View of Windermere from Gill Head, Cumbria, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by T Medland, published by W Byrne, 69 Titchfield Street, London, 1788.
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Plate 14 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789; with descriptive text:-  "VIEW of WINDERMERE from GILL-HEAD. ... The Drawing of this Subject was made near a Place called Gill-Head, about three Miles below Bowness. ..."
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.11
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