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| Lang Howe, Lakes | ||
| Lang Howe | ||
| locality:- | Swinescar Pike | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| locality type:- | hill (?) | |
| coordinates:- | NY31840710 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3107 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
| altitude:- | 1358 feet | |
| altitude:- | 414m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 4) placename:- Lang Howe |
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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:- | perhaps outline view:- Martineau 1855 placename:- Meg's Gill Head |
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| source data:- | Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen a little beyond Rydal Mount, drawn
by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere,
Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855. click to enlargeMNU109.jpg Opposite p.64 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. The view is captioned, numbers refering to mountains in the image - 1 Loughrigg Fell, 2 Lingmoor, 3 Pike of Bliscow, 4 Crinkle Crags, 5 Meg's Gill Head, 6 Silver How, 7 Pike of Stickle, 8 Harrison Stickle, 9 Pavey Ark printed at top:- "MOUNTAINS SEEN A LITTLE BEYOND RYDAL MOUNT." printed at bottom left, right:- "L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr." item:- Armitt Library : A1159.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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