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Hen Holme, Windermere lake
Hen Holme
site name:-   Windermere lake
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   island
coordinates:-   SD39719737
1Km square:-   SD3997
10Km square:-   SD39

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BPE51.jpg  Hen Holme.
(taken 12.5.2008)  
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BPD42.jpg  Hen Holme and Lady Holme.
(taken 12.5.2008)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 11) 
placename:-  Hen Holme
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:-   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 WS21P058, button  goto source
Page 58:-  "[Windermere] ... Hen-holme is a rock covered with shrubs. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Hen Holm
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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CT9SD39Y.jpg
"Hen holm"
island 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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CLASD39Y.jpg
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Hen Holme
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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"Hen H."
island 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Hen Holm Island
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Windermere - Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Biscay How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... Hen Holm Island ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Hen Holm Island
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Bisket How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, about 1844.
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BC02E1.jpg
"... Hen Holm Island ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.3
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photograph
BWH89.jpg (taken 3.5.2012)  
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