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  Bassenthwaite Lake
viewpoint, Long Close
site name:-   Long Close Farm (near) 
civil parish:-   Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   viewpoint
1Km square:-   NY2426
10Km square:-   NY22
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) 
placename:-  station, Bassenthwaite, Crosthwaite 1
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"The Author's 1st. Station"
Elsewhere on the map:-  "N.B. In 1794, the Author pointed out two other Stations; the 1st. upon the Keswick Road, 220 Yards, on the Keswick side of Longclose; ..."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
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indexing
person:-   map maker
 : Crosthwaite, Peter
place:-   Bassenthwaite Lake
date:-   1785
period:-   18th century, late
period:-   1780s
item:-   map; Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake
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