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Hoad Hill, Ulverston
Hoad Hill
locality:-   Ulverston
civil parish:-   Ulverston (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   SD294790
1Km square:-   SD2979
10Km square:-   SD27
altitude:-   436 feet
altitude:-   133m


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BMI94.jpg (taken 10.7.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16 3) 
placename:-  Hoad Hill
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 print:- Barber 1873
placename:-  Hill of Hoad
source data:-   Print, ?colour lithograph, Hill of Hoad, published by The Graphotyping Co, 7 Garrick Street and Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Stationers' Hall Court, London, and by J Atkinson, King Street, Ulverston, Cumberland, about 1873.
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Seen from beside the Ulverston Canal, on which there are ships; Sir John Barrow Monument on Hoad Hill; railway bridge in the background.  "HILL OF HOAD"
item:-  JandMN : 69.6
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evidence:-   old print:- Waugh 1860
source data:-   Print, engraving, Barrow's Monument, Ulverston, Lancashire, drawn by T H Wilson, engraved by W Barker, published by Alexander Ireland and Co, 22 Market Street, Manchester, 1860.
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On p.29 of Over Sands to the Lakes, by Edwin Waugh. 
printed at bottom left:-  "THW"
printed at bottom right, centre:-  "W. BARKER Sc. / BARROW'S MONUMENT."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1082.6
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