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Stable Hills, Borrowdale
Stable Hills
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   NY26802170 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2621
10Km square:-   NY22

evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Stable Hills
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 70:-  "..."
"Stable-Hills, which are near to Lord's Island, seem to have taken their name from the stables built near them: they have been connected with the house by no other means than boats, as the channel that divides them is upwards of an hundred yards broad."

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