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| Todd Fell, Longsleddale | ||
| Todd Fell | ||
| civil parish:- | Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| locality type:- | fell | |
| coordinates:- | NY51220205 (summit) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5102 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY50 | |
| altitude:- | 1313 feet | |
| altitude:- | 400m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 16) placename:- Todd Fell |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Tod Fell |
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| source data:- | Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1
mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas
Jefferys, London, 1770. J5NY50SW.jpg "TOD FELL" hill hachuring; hill or mountain item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) placename:- Todd Fell |
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| source data:- | Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series
one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile,
published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire,
1881-82. O21NY50A.jpg "Todd Fell" item:- JandMN : 61 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | map:- OS Six Inch (1956) placename:- Todd Fell |
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| source data:- | Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about
6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey,
Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s,
then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on
demand from digital data. SINY5102.jpg "Todd Fell / 1313" |
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| evidence:- | old newspaper:- Z8900705.txt placename:- Todfell item:- placename, Todd Fell; fox |
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| source data:- | Z8900705.txt Westmorland Gazette Transcription from the Westmorland Gazette 5 July 1890 page 6:- "... At the lower end of the Dale [Longsleddale] there is Todfell. Now tod is the Norse word for fox, and this might seem the origin of the name. But tradition asserts that this fell was owned by Christopher Todd, and that he is immortalized in the name of the fell. ..." |
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