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Lingy Holm, Ullswater
Lingy Holm
site name:-   Ullswater
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   island
coordinates:-   NY39381806
1Km square:-   NY3918
10Km square:-   NY31


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BMY14.jpg (taken 2.11.2006)  
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BMY18.jpg (taken 2.11.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 7) 
placename:-  Lingy Holm
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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J5NY31NE.jpg
island 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
placename:-  Ling Holm
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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CT5NY31Z.jpg
"Ling Holm"
Two islands are drawn. 
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
placename:-  Moss Holm
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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CL4NY31Z.jpg
"Moss Holm"
item:-  private collection : 10.4
Image © see bottom of page


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BOA35.jpg (taken 25.8.2007)  
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BOA36.jpg (taken 25.8.2007)  

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