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Bank House, Howtown
Bank House
locality:-   Howtown
civil parish:-   Martindale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY44552000
1Km square:-   NY4420
10Km square:-   NY42

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 13 1) 
placename:-  Bank
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Bank
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"Bank"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Banks
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Banks"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Ullswater Steamers 1900s
placename:-  Bank House
source data:-   Advertisement, for J Donaldson, Brackenrigg Hotel, Matterdale, for Mrs and Miss Sanders, Bank House, Howtown, Mrs Mounsey, The Mount, Howtown, and Mrs Dalton, Glenridding House, Patterdale, Westmorland and Cumberland, published by the Ullswater Steam Navigation Co, about 1900s?
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Included in the Souvenir and Guide to Ullswater. 
item:-  JandMN : 383.9
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