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Bleaberry Fell, St John's Castlerigg etc
Bleaberry Fell
locality:-   Castlerigg Fell
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
coordinates:-   NY28561957
1Km square:-   NY2819
10Km square:-   NY21
altitude:-   1936 feet
altitude:-   590m

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 15) 
placename:-  Bleaberry Fell
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:-   mine plan:- Postlethwaite 1877
placename:-  Bleaberry Fell
source data:-   Print, drawing, geological section, Section through Falcon Crag and Bleaberry Fell, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by J C Ward, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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On p.20 of Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite. 
printed, upper left  "SECTION THROUGH / FALCON CRAG AND BLEABERRY FELL. / ..."
printed, bottom  "... / From the Memoir of the Geology of the Northern part of the English Lake District by J. C. Ward, F.G.S."
item:-  JandMN : 162.11
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evidence:-   presumably outline view:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  Bleaberry Fell
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, outline view, Mountains seen on the Keswick Road approaching Ullswater, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
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Used opposite p.104 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. 
The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image - 1 Place Fell, 2 Birk Fell, 3 Red Screes, 4 Scandale Head, 5 Dove Crag (Hartsop), 6 Birks, 7 Rydal Head, 8 St. Sundays Crag, 9, Fairfield, 10 Glenridding Dod, 11 Dolly Waggon Pike, 12 Bleaberry Fell, 13 Striding Edge, 14 Herring Pike, 15 Gowbarrow Park. 
printed at top:-  "MOUNTAINS SEEN ON THE KESWICK ROAD APPROACHING ULLSWATER."
printed at bottom left, right:-  "L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr. / ..."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.413
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Bleaberry Fell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Derwent Water and Vale of Keswick, engraved by W H Lizars, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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Named on the map is:-  "Bleaberry fell"
item:-  JandMN : 100.3
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