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Holme Fell, Coniston
Holme Fell
Holm Fell
civil parish:-   Coniston (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Skelwith (formerly Lancashire) (?) 
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
coordinates:-   NY315006 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3100
10Km square:-   NY30
altitude:-   994 feet
altitude:-   317m


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BLZ72.jpg (taken 28.4.2006)  
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BZN32.jpg (taken 15.10.2103)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 1 12) 
placename:-  Holme 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.

evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Holm Fell
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Coniston Water from near Bank Ground, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.8 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.6
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Holm Fell
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, A Group of Mountains, seen from Helvellyn, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.63 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "A GROUP OF MOUNTAINS, Seen from Helvellyn, looking to the South-West."
"Holm Fell / Old Man - Coniston Fell / Wetherlam / Carrs, or Scars / Gray Friar / Black Combe / Harrison Stickle / Crinkle Crags / Bowfell / Hanging Knot / Scawfell Pike / Hindside / Great-end Crag / Glaramara / Great Gable / Green Gable / Kirkfell / Pillar Fell / Honister, and High Crag / High Stile / Dalehead, and Red Pike / Hindscarth, and Robinson / Blake Fell / Witeless Pike / Grasmoor / Ill Crags / Causey Pike / Grisedale Pike"
item:-  JandMN : 48.10
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photograph
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BVR66.jpg  From near Tarn Hows.
(taken 15.11.2011)  

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