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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)  
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CEK43.jpg (taken 3.12.2015)  

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Bank
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.
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OT02SD39.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Coniston Bank
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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GAR2SD39.jpg
"Coniston Bank"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  High Bank Ground Farm
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HIGH BANK GROUND FARMHOUSE AND BARN / / / CONISTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76772 / SD3158597042"

hearsay:-  
Referred to as the Holly Howe by Arthur Ransome.

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