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 Coniston Water
viewpoint, Water Head
site name:-   Water Head House
civil parish:-   Coniston (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   viewpoint
coordinates:-   SD31759824 (about) 
1Km square:-   SD3198
10Km square:-   SD39

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Con) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Coniston Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1788, version published 1809.
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"Water head Mr. Knotts's and the Author's third Station"
marked by a square symbol  "... and his [author's] 3d. [station] ... at an alcove in the garden of Water head House."
item:-  JandMN : 182.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Con) 
placename:-  station, Coniston, Crosthwaite 3
source data:-   Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of Coniston Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, and Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794.
"Water head Mr. Knott's and the Author's third Station"

indexing
person:-   map maker
 : Crosthwaite, Peter
place:-   Coniston Water
date:-   1788
period:-   18th century, late
period:-   1780s
item:-   mapAccurate Map of Coniston Lake

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