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Broomhill Point, Borrowdale
Broomhill Point
locality:-   Derwent Water
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   headland
coordinates:-   NY26702149
1Km square:-   NY2621
10Km square:-   NY22

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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headland 
item:-  private collection : 169
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evidence:-   probably old postcard:- 
placename:-  Broom Point
source data:-   Postcard, colour printed photograph, Derwent Water from Broom Point, Keswick, Cumberland, published mid 20th century?
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Probably Broomhill Point? 
printed at bottom:-  "DERWENTWATER FROM BROOM POINT, KESWICK"
item:-  JandMN : 959
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