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Strawberry Wood, Lakes
Strawberry Wood
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   wood
coordinates:-   NY38170354 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3803
10Km square:-   NY30
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 10) 
placename:-  Strawberry Wood
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:-   perhaps old map:- Saxton 1579
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Group of trees south of Ambleside. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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group of trees 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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