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| Silver Holme, Windermere lake | ||
| Silver Holme | ||
| Solva Holme | ||
| site name:- | Windermere lake | |
| civil parish:- | Windermere (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | island | |
| coordinates:- | SD37729076 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3790 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 37 10) placename:- Silver Holme |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) placename:- Silver Holm |
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| 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. CT9SD39Q.jpg "Silver holm" island item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.102 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere S) placename:- Silver Holm |
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| source data:- | Map, A Map of the Southern 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. CLBSD39Q.jpg "Silver holm" item:- private collection : 10.11 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
Referred to as Cormorant Island by Arthur Ransome. |
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| hearsay:- |
Some say there is a hoard of silver ... |
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| of course they would. |
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