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Hen Comb, Loweswater
Hen Comb
civil parish:-   Loweswater (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY13211811
1Km square:-   NY1318
10Km square:-   NY11
altitude:-   1670 feet
altitude:-   509m


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BVG90.jpg (taken 17.8.2011)  

evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Hencomb
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, The Mountains of Crummock and Buttermere as seen on the Road between Scale-Hill and Loweswater, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.125 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains of Crummock and Buttermere: / as seen on the Road between Scale-Hill and Loweswater."
"Whiteside / Grasmoor / Witeless Pike / Robinson / Fleetworth / Rannerdale Knot / Hay Stacks and Gable / Cold Kell Wyke / Kirkfell / High Crag / High Stile / Red Pike / Melbreak / Hencomb"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.7
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Hencomb
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains of Crummock and Buttermere, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.25 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "THE MOUNTAINS OF CRUMMOCK AND BUTTERMERE: as seen on the Road between Scale-Hill and Loweswater."
"Whiteside / Grasmoor / Witeless Pike / Robinson / Fleetworth Pike / Rannerdale Knot / Hay Stacks and Gable / Cold Keld Wyke / Kirkfell / High Crag / High Stile / Red Pike / Melbreak / Hencomb"
item:-  JandMN : 48.6
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856
placename:-  Hen Comb
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Buttermere - Mountains as seen from the Knots near the Hotel at Buttermere, and Mountains as seen at the Seat in Lanthwaite Wood, Scale Hill, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 15 Hen Comb ... 14 Hen Comb ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.19
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Hen Comb
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from The Knots near the Victoria at Buttermere, and Mountains as seen at the Seat in Lanthwaite Wood, Scale Hill, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 15 Hen Comb ... 14 Hen Comb ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.11
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