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Cam, North Yorkshire
Cam
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   hill
1Km square:-   SD8182
10Km square:-   SD88

evidence:-   probably descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P270, button  goto source
Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century 
Page 270:-  "..."
"We now [after climbing Whernside] shaped our course back to Winterscales, and from thence to a public-house called Gearstones, by the side of the turnpike road, at the bottom of the mountain Cam. Here we refreshed ourselves, and left our horses, while we went about half a mile to the south, to explore another subterranean wonder of nature called Catknot-hole. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Balderston c1890 map
placename:-  Cam Fell
source data:-   Map, the hills in the Ingleton area, probably by Robert R Balderston, engraved by Goodall and Suddick, Leeds, West Yorkshire, about 1890.
image
BS1SD88B.jpg
"CAM FELL / 1831"
item:-  private collection : 27.1
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