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Otter Island, Derwent Water
Otter Island
site name:-   Derwent Water
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   island
coordinates:-   NY25311942
1Km square:-   NY2519
10Km square:-   NY21
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 14) 
placename:-  Otter Island
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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island in Derwent Water 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
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:-  Otter Island
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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"OTTER ISLAND"
island 
item:-  private collection : 169
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Otter Isle
item:-  viewpoint
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, Otter Isle, situated in a bay near the head of the lake [Derwent Water], the views from which have been much admired; ..."
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