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Pickett Howe, Buttermere
Pickett Howe
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY15542199
1Km square:-   NY1521
10Km square:-   NY12

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 63 9) 
placename:-  Picket How
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:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low) 
placename:-  Pik'd How
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1794, version published 1800.
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"Pik'd How"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.2
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