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| Brownhow Hill, Hutton | ||
| Brownhow Hill | ||
| civil parish:- | Hutton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | NY40822657 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4026 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY42 | |
| altitude:- | 1001 feet | |
| altitude:- | 305m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 16) placename:- Brownhow Hill |
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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 text:- Clarke 1787 item:- archery butts |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 51:- "... Brown How, or Bounder Hill, where evidently have been the butts for the archers, ..." |
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