Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Holly Hill, Bowness-on-Windermere
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	Holly Hill
locality:-	Bowness-on-Windermere
civil parish:-	Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	buildings
coordinates:-	SD40399705
1Km square:-	SD4097
10Km square:-	SD49
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 11)  placename:-  Holly 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:-	descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)  placename:-  Holly Hill
source data:-	Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.   goto source Page 71, footnote:-  "On the banks of Windermere-water, have been lately built many elegant villas; by ... Mr. Bellasis, Holly-Hill; ... These objects, as works of art, most of which are done in styles suitable to their situation, give an air of consequence to the country, ..."

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