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Lingholm Islands, Derwent Water
Lingholm Islands
site name:-   Derwent Water
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   island (group) 
coordinates:-   NY25632239 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2522
10Km square:-   NY22
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 6) 
placename:-  Lingholme Islands
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:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) 
placename:-  Ling Holm
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"LING HOLM"
single island 
item:-  private collection : 169
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Lingholms
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 18:-  "There are other small islets; as, ... two others known by the name of Lingholms."
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