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Skelly Neb, Matterdale
Skelly Neb
site name:-   Ullswater
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   headland
coordinates:-   NY43812086
1Km square:-   NY4320
10Km square:-   NY42

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 13) 
placename:-  Skelly Neb
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 (Cmd 66 9) 

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
placename:-  Skelly Neb
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Skelly Neb"
item:-  private collection : 10.4
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hearsay:-  
Skelly, or Schelly, Coregonus lavaretus, is a whitefish in the Salmonidae family, a kind of freshwater herring. These were netted from Skelly Neb.

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