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Wild Boar Fell, Mallerstang
Wild Boar Fell
civil parish:-   Mallerstang (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Ravenstonedale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
coordinates:-   SD75799882 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD7598
10Km square:-   SD79
altitude:-   2323 feet
altitude:-   708m

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CDC28.jpg (taken 26.5.2015)  
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BQV44.jpg (taken 18.6.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 36 6) 
placename:-  Wild Boar Fell
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:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Wildborefell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"Wildborefell"
Hillock. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Defoe 1724-26
placename:-  Mowill Hill
placename:-  Wildbore Fell
source data:-   Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in parts, London, 1724-26.
"... The River Eden, ... rises in this part out of the side of a monstrous high mountain, called Mowill Hill, or Wildbore Fell, which you please; ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Wildbore Fell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Wildbore Fell"
Hillock. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Wildbore Fell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Wildbore Fell"
hill hachuring 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Wild Boar Fell
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.
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"WILD BOAR FELL"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   probably old print:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Wilber Fell
source data:-   circle
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"Wilber Fell"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6615.12
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Wild Boar Fell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Wild Boar Fell"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old text:- Capper 1808
placename:-  Wild Boar Fell
item:-  Helm Wind
source data:-   Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.
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"... On the top of Wild Boar Fell, a remarkable high mountain, there is often a curious phenomenon called a Helm Wind, being a rolling cloud floating sometimes for several days, when every other part of the sky is perfectly serene, from whence issues a violent hurricane down the sides of the hill, threatening destruction to all before it. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Wild Boar Fell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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"Wild Boar Fell"
hill hachuring; mountain or hill 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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CER17.jpg (taken 7.3.2016)  
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BRF83.jpg (taken 3.8.2009)  
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CDD19.jpg  Small tarn,
(taken 26.5.2015)  
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BJR63.jpg  From Mallerstang.
(taken 9.8.2005)  
hearsaystory:-  
 The last wild boar in England is said to have been killed by Richard Musgrave of Kirkby Stephen on the fell, late 17th century. When his grave was opened in 1847 a boar's tusk was found lying on his body, which proves it, doesn't it?
Or in the 16th century, according to some.
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