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| High Bank Ground, Coniston | ||
| High Bank Ground | ||
| Bank Ground Farm | ||
| locality:- | Bank Ground | |
| civil parish:- | Coniston (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD31599703 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3197 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
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![]() BLZ83.jpg (taken 28.4.2006) ![]() CEK43.jpg (taken 3.12.2015) |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Bank |
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| 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.![]() OT02SD39.jpg item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Coniston Bank |
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| 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.![]() GAR2SD39.jpg "Coniston Bank" block, building item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- High Bank Ground Farm |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "HIGH BANK GROUND FARMHOUSE AND BARN / / / CONISTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76772 / SD3158597042" |
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| hearsay:- |
Referred to as the Holly Howe by Arthur Ransome. |
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