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Low Wray Bay, Windermere lake
Low Wray Bay
site name:-   Windermere lake
civil parish:-   Claife (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bay
coordinates:-   NY37610127
1Km square:-   NY3701
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 2 11) 
placename:-  Low Wray Bay
placename:-  Wray Bay, Low
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.
OS County Series (Wmd 32 2) 

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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item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  rowing boatboat
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Low Wray Bay, Wray Castle Boat House and the castle behind, Claife, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS503
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  boatrowing boat
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, by Windermere lake at Wray, Claife, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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Perhaps Low Wray Bay? 
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS521
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