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Snake Holme, Windermere lake
Snake Holme
Stake Holme
site name:-   Windermere lake
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   island
coordinates:-   SD39609681
1Km square:-   SD3996
10Km square:-   SD39

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 11) 
placename:-  Snake Holme
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:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
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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The headland on Belle Isle then seems to correspond to this island now. 
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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