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Isthmus Bay, Derwent Water
Isthmus Bay
site name:-   Derwent Water
civil parish:-   Keswick (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bay
coordinates:-   NY26022271 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY2622
10Km square:-   NY22

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 6) 
placename:-  Isthmus Bay
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:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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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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bay 
item:-  private collection : 169
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1815
item:-  sailing boatboat
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Derwent Water from Isthmus, Keswick, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.
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Plate 37 in Lake Scenery. 
printed at upper right:-  "37"
printed at bottom:-  "DERWENT WATER from ISTHMUS. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6646.34
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