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Ill Bell, Kentmere
Ill Bell
civil parish:-   Kentmere (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY43650774
1Km square:-   NY4307
10Km square:-   NY40

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 20 13) 
placename:-  Ill Bell
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Hill Bell
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"HILL BELL"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Hillbell
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.
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Page 190:-  "A TABLE OF THE Height of Mountains and Lakes SEEN IN THIS TOUR, ... TAKEN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. ... by Mr. John Dalton."
"Hillbell, N.W. of Kendal ... 812 [yards]"
evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Hill Bell
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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"HILL BELL"
Shown by a small circle of hachuring. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Hill Fell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Hill Fell"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Hill Bell
source data:-   Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"H Bell"
hillock; mountain 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Ill Bell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Ill Bell
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Windermere looking towards the North East from Bowness, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.2 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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With a list of mountains. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.3
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Mountains North East of Windermere, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.99 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "MOUNTAINS NORTH-EAST OF WINDERMERE, as seen from Bowness."
Mountains are listed:-  "High Raise / Ullskarth, Wythburn Head / Loughrigg Fell / Stile / Raise Gap / Nab Scar / Great Rigg / Fairfield / Rydal Park / Wansfell Pike / Red Screes / Cawdale Moor / Threshthwaite Mouth / High Street / Froswick / Ill Bell / Yoak / Applethwaite Fell"
item:-  JandMN : 48.12
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Hill Bell
item:-  altitude, Ill Bell
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 178:-  "ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,"
"ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES."
No. Names of Mountains. Dalton. Otley. Trig. S. Jamieson
17 Hill Bell 2436
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Hill Bell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Hill Bell"
Hill hachuring. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Hill Bell
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Hill Bell"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  Hill Bell
item:-  altitude, Ill Bell
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
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Page 179:-  "A TABLE OF THE HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS IN THE COUNTIES OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, AND LANCASHIRE."
"No. : Names of Mountains. : Counties. : Height in Feet above the Sea Level."
"16 : Hill Bell : Westmorland : 2500"
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Froswick and Ill Bell from High Street, Kentmere, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS414
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evidence:-   old print:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  outline view
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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"... 13 Ill Bell ... 29 Ill Bell ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Ill Bell
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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"... 13 Ill Bell ... 29 Ill Bell ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.3
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BRK20.jpg  Cairns on the summit.
(taken 9.9.2009)  
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BRK21.jpg  One of the 3 cairns on the summit.
(taken 9.9.2009)  
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BRK22.jpg  One of the 3 cairns on the summit.
(taken 9.9.2009)  
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BRK23.jpg  One of the 3 cairns on the summit.
(taken 9.9.2009)  
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BQK92.jpg  Froswick, Ill Bell, Kentmere Reservoir, ...
(taken 16.4.2009)  
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CBE01.jpg  Rainsborrow Crag and Cove, Ill Bell, Froswick.
(taken 15.7.2014)  
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BMF58.jpg  Rainsborrow Crag, Ill Bell, Froswick, and High Street, above Kentmere Valley (and a little vertical exageration).
(taken 4.6.2006)  
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BMF59.jpg  Rainsborrow Crag, Ill Bell, and Froswick.
(taken 4.6.2006)  
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BNO97.jpg  Yoke and Ill Bell, above Kentmere Reservoir.
(taken 18.4.2007)  
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CDO73.jpg  Froswick and Ill Bell, from the west.
(taken 9.7.2015)  
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