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Yewdale Fells, Coniston
Yewdale Fells
civil parish:-   Coniston (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
coordinates:-   SD30469953 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD3099
10Km square:-   SD39


photograph
BZL22.jpg (taken 15.10.2103)  
photograph
BZN27.jpg (taken 15.10.2103)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 1 16) 
placename:-  Yewdale 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 photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Yewdale Fells and Yewdale, Coniston, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
image  click to enlarge
HB0886.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS557
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Yewdale Fells, Coniston, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
image  click to enlarge
HB0456.jpg
stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS115
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
Referred to as High Topps by Arthur Ransome.

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