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Howe Head, Grasmere
Howe Head
locality:-   Grasmere
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY34250718
1Km square:-   NY3407
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) 
placename:-  Howe Head
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 map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
placename:-  Howhead
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Howhead"
item:-  private collection : 10.9
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