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Bee Holme, Windermere lake
Bee Holme
site name:-   Windermere lake
civil parish:-   Claife (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   island
coordinates:-   NY37050196
1Km square:-   NY3701
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 2 6) 
placename:-  Bee Holme
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.
OS County Series (Wmd 26 14) 

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Bee Holm
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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"Bee holm"
island at mouth of the stream from Blelham Tarn 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Bee Holme
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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"Bee H."
island 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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