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Great Howe, Longsleddale
Great Howe
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY48850626 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4806
10Km square:-   NY40


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BXS52.jpg (taken 29.11.2012)  
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BJH30.jpg  One of series taken for a cardboard cutout Christmas card.
(taken 21.12.2004)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 3) 
placename:-  Great Howe
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:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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O21NY40Y.jpg
, "1580"
item:-  JandMN : 61
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967
placename:-  Greit
placename:-  Greathow
source data:-   Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith, published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Great Howe
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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SINY4806.jpg
"Great Howe / 1580"

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