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Bowness Point, Bowness
Bow Ness
civil parish:-   Bowness (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   headland, imagined
1Km square:-   NY1160 (?) 
10Km square:-   NY16
references:-   Speed 1611
evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Boulnesse
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"BOULNESSE"
headland 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Boulness
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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"Boulness"
headland 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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notes:-  
 I have found no evidence for a headland called Bow Ness on old maps or charts, as yet. Perhaps it's washed away!
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