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| Biskey Howe, Bowness-on-Windermere | ||
| Biskey Howe | ||
| locality:- | Bowness-on-Windermere | |
| civil parish:- | Windermere (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | SD40769698 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4096 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD49 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 11) placename:- Biskey Howe |
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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 text:- Martineau 1855 placename:- Biscut How |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet
Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland,
and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76. goto sourcePage 9:- "... a road to the left leads to one of the most charming points of view in the neighbourhood,- a hill named Biscut How, crested with rocks, which afford as fine a station as the summit of Elleray for a view of the entire lake and its shores." |
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