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Pull Wyke, Windermere lake
Pull Wyke
site name:-   Windermere lake
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bay
coordinates:-   NY36490212
1Km square:-   NY3602
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 14) 
placename:-  Pull Wyke
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.
OS County Series (Lan 2 6) 

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Pull Wike
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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"Pull wike"
bay 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
placename:-  Pull Wych
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Pull wych"
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  Pullwyke
item:-  flowerlily of the valley
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.
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Page 19:-  "... Wray Castle, ... Just above it, Pullwyke bay, where lily of the valley is found, runs far into the land; ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Pull Wyke
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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"Pull Wyke"
bay 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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