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| Ling Holme, Windermere lake | ||
| Ling Holme | ||
| site name:- | Windermere lake | |
| civil parish:- | Windermere (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | island | |
| coordinates:- | SD38559360 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3893 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 37 3) placename:- Ling Holme |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) placename:- Ling Holm |
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| 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. CT9SD39W.jpg "Ling holm" island item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.102 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- West 1784 map |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland,
Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch,
engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784. Ws02SD39.jpg In Windermere Water. item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere S) placename:- Ling Holm |
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| source data:- | Map, A Map of the Southern 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. CLBSD39W.jpg "Ling holm" item:- private collection : 10.11 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Lingholm |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto sourcePage 26:- "..." "Of the numerous islands that crowd the narrow part of the Mere [Windermere], we shall only mention two: Lingholm, which is two miles from the Ferry House, a small rocky island covered with wood, and presenting some fine views; ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Prior 1874 map 1 placename:- Ling Holme |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale
about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett,
Windermere, Westmorland, 1874. click to enlargePI03M1.jpg "Ling Holme" island item:- private collection : 133.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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