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Lilies of the Valley, Windermere lake
Lilies of the Valley
site name:-   Windermere lake
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   island (two) 
coordinates:-   SD38989665
coordinates:-   SD39099670
1Km square:-   SD3996
10Km square:-   SD39

photograph
BPE47.jpg  the W island.
(taken 12.5.2008)  
photograph
BPE49.jpg  the E island.
(taken 12.5.2008)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 11) 
placename:-  Lilies of the Valley
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.
OS County Series (Lan 5 7) 
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
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.
image WS21P058, button  goto source
Page 58:-  "[Windermere] ... And two smaller islets borrow their names form the lilies of the valley, which decorate them."
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Lily of the Valley Holms
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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"2 Lily of the Valley holms"
two islands 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
placename:-  Two Lillys of the Valley
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
image
CLASD39Y.jpg
"The two Lillys of the Valley"
Two islands are shown. 
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1804 (plate 5) 
placename:-  Lily of the Valley Holms
item:-  boat; sailing boat
source data:-   Print, uncoloured aquatint, Windermere, from one of the lily of the valley holms, Windermere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1804.
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Plate 5 from a series. 
printed at bottom:-  "Windermere, / from one of the lily of the valley holms. / Drawn and Engraved by Wm. Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1804."
printed at top right:-  "5"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2014.156
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Lillies of the Valley
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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PI03M1.jpg
"Lillies of the Valley"
island 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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