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Hilton Fell, Murton
Hilton Fell
civil parish:-   Murton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
coordinates:-   NY77172261 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY7722
10Km square:-   NY72

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 10 10) 
placename:-  Hilton Fell
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.
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Hilton Fell on Wmd 10 

evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Helton Beacon
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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"Helton Beacon"
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item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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