Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Oakland, Windermere
	Oakland
locality:-	Windermere
civil parish:-	Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	buildings
coordinates:-	SD40959901 (?)
1Km square:-	SD4099
10Km square:-	SD49
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 8)  placename:-  Oakland
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 text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-	Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.   goto source Page 8:-  "..." "... The large house, on the hill and amidst the woods of the Elleray estate, and often mistaken for the new college, is the property of"   goto source "John Gandy, Esq., who has chosen a charming site for his abode; ..."

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