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Lord's Seat, Shap Rural
Lord's Seat
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY51840660
1Km square:-   NY5106
10Km square:-   NY50
altitude:-   1719 feet
altitude:-   524m
evidence:-   presumably descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Lord's Seat
item:-  altitude, Lord's Seat
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.
image FD01P178, button  goto source
Page 178:-  "ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,"
"ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES."
No. Names of Mountains. Dalton. Otley. Trig. S. Jamieson
26 Lord's Seat 1728
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