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Grasmere Common, Lakes
Grasmere Common
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   common
1Km square:-   NY3109 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY30
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 19 9) 
placename:-  Grasmere Common
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.
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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Grismeere Hill
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In miles 19 to 20, Westmerland. 
A mountain alongside the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 260) 
placename:-  Gresmere Hill
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.260, The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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At mile 19-20, hills on the right. 
item:-  private collection : 1.260
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Gresmere Hill
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Gresmere Hill"
hill hachuring 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Grasmere Hill
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 WS21P210, button  goto source
Addendum, Article III; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 210:-  "...soon after a beck near Dunmail-raise, where I entered Westmorland a second time: and now began to see Helm-crag..."
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Page 211:-  "...Just beyond it, opens one of the sweetest landscapes that art ever attempted to imitate. The bosom of the mountains spreading here into a broad bason discovers in the midst Grasmere-water:..."
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