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Lesketh How, Ambleside
Lesketh How
Street:-   Rydal Road
locality:-   Ambleside
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY37250501
1Km square:-   NY3705
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 6) 
placename:-  Lesketh Howe
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:- OS County Series
placename:-  Lesketh How
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.
"Lesketh How"

evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
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.
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Page 55:-  "... Approaching Ambleside [from Rydal], the first house to the left is Lesketh How, the residence of Dr. Davy: ..."

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