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South Head, St Bees Head
South Head
site name:-   St Bees Head
civil parish:-   St Bees (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   headland
coordinates:-   NX95191220 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NX9512
10Km square:-   NX91

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CDK97.jpg (taken 23.6.2015)  
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BPQ55.jpg (taken 24.8.2008)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 72 1) 
placename:-  South Head
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  South Head
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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D4NX91SW.jpg
"South Head"
headland 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  South Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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FD02NX91.jpg
"South Head"
Headland. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

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CDK98.jpg  Thrift, Armeria maritima.
(taken 23.6.2015)  
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CDK99.jpg  Thrift, Armeria maritima.
(taken 23.6.2015)  
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CDL15.jpg  Devil's bit scabious, Succisa pratensis.
(taken 23.6.2015)  
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CDL16.jpg  Devil's bit scabious, Succisa pratensis.
(taken 23.6.2015)  
photograph
CDL17.jpg  Devil's bit scabious, Succisa pratensis.
(taken 23.6.2015)  
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