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Little Mell Fell, Matterdale
Little Mell Fell
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY42312402
1Km square:-   NY4224
10Km square:-   NY42
altitude:-   1657 feet
altitude:-   505m


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BXP08.jpg  Great Mell Fell and Little Mell Fell.
(taken 27.10.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 66 1) 
placename:-  Little Mell Fell
placename:-  Mell Fell, Little
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:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Mell Fell
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.
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"MELL FELL"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Little Mellfell
source data:-   Topograph, the view from Penrith Beacon, Cumberland, by James Clarke, published by James Clarke, London, 1787.
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"Little Mellfell"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6615.12
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evidence:-   outline view:- LMS 1920s
source data:-   Hills from Penrith Station, published in the LMS Route Book No.3, The Track of the Royal Scot, by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
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item:-  JandMN : 95.13
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