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Binsey, Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth
Binsey
civil parish:-   Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Ireby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY22513553 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2235
10Km square:-   NY23
altitude:-   1467 feet
altitude:-   447m

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BVE91.jpg (taken 8.8.2011)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 46 8) 
placename:-  Binsey
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Binsey
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Binsey"
hill hachuring; a hill or mountain 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Binsey
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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OT02NY23.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
item:-  geology
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
image OT01P156, button  goto source
Page 156:-  "... A curious mixed rock of basaltic appearance is found near Berrier; it skirts the north side of Caldbeck Fells, forms the hill called Binsey, and may be seen on the north side of the Derwent near to Cockermouth."
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Binsey
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Binsey"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Binsey
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Skiddaw and Derwent Water - Mountains as seen at Lodore Hotel, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 4 Binsey ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.14
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Binsey
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen at Lowdore Inn, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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BC02E4.jpg
"... 4 Binsey ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.7
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