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Joyful Tree, Matterdale
Joyful Tree
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tree
coordinates:-   NY44382224 (?) 
1Km square:-   NY4422
10Km square:-   NY42

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 66 5) 
placename:-  Joyful Tree
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.
"Joyful Tree"

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
placename:-  Joyful Tree
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 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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"Joyful Tree"
item:-  private collection : 10.4
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