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| Watch Hill, Setmurthy | ||
| Watch Hill | ||
| locality:- | Hay | |
| civil parish:- | Setmurthy (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| locality type:- | beacon (?) | |
| coordinates:- | NY14953188 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1431 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
| altitude:- | 770 feet | |
| altitude:- | 235m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 1) placename:- Watch Hill |
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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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) |
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| source data:- | Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to
Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about
1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675. OG96m040.jpg In mile 42, Cumberland. "Hilly" on the right of the road, and perhaps a drawing of a hill profile? item:- JandMN : 22 Image © see bottom of page |
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