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Box Holme, Thirlmere | ||
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Box Holme | ||
locality:- | Thirlmere | |
civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | island (flooded) | |
coordinates:- | NY310175 (about) | |
1Km square:- | NY3117 | |
10Km square:- | NY31 | |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 4) placename:- Box Holme |
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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. |
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evidence:- | old print:- Harwood 1895 placename:- Box Holme Island |
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source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, Thirlmere looking North, Box Holme Island, and Raven Crag,
Cumberland, probably by Meisenbach, published by Henry Blacklock and Co, Albert Square,
Manchester, 1895.![]() HRW309.jpg Tipped in opposite p.58 of the History and Description of the Thirlmere Water Scheme, by Sir John James Harwood. printed at bottom:- "THIRLMERE (LOOKING NORTH), BOX HOLME ISLAND, AND RAVEN CRAG." printed at lower right:- "M" item:- Armitt Library : A660.11 Image © see bottom of page |
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