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Oaks Farm, Ambleside
Oaks Farm
Street:-   Kirkstone Road
locality:-   Ambleside
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY37840476
1Km square:-   NY3704
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 6) 
placename:-  Oaks, The
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 print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Oaks, The
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, The Oaks, from the Salutation Coach House, Ambleside, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
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Plate 8 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "8"
printed at bottom:-  "THE OAKS, from the SALUTATION COACH HOUSE. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.8
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Oaks, The
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, The Oaks and How Head, Ambleside, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
image  click to enlarge
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Plate 9 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "9"
printed at bottom:-  "THE OAKS and HOW HEAD, AMBLESIDE. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.9
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Oaks, The
source data:-   Drawing, The Oaks and How Head Ambleside, Westmorland, by William Havell, 1800s-10s.
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View of two buildings in Ambleside in wooded setting with hills in background. One of a set of twenty views of the lake district executed by the artist on one sheet of paper. 
at bottom:-  "The Oaks and How Head Ambleside"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 2009.89.41
Image © Tullie House Museum

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