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Maiden Moor, Above Derwent
Maiden Moor
locality:-   Derwent Fells
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   moor
coordinates:-   NY23731811 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2318
10Km square:-   NY21

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BLZ93.jpg  Valley of the Newlands Beck, Maiden Moor on the left, Dale Head at end on right.
(taken 3.5.2006)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 1) 
placename:-  Maiden Moor
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:- Gents Mag 1751
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.
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"exceeding high Steep Rocks"
cliffs 
item:-  JandMN : 114
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Maiden Moor
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Maiden Moor ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Maiden Moor
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Maiden Moor ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Maiden Moor
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Scawfell Pike, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Maiden Moor ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.9
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Maiden Moor
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Skiddaw and Derwent Water - Mountains as seen at Lodore Hotel, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 12 Maiden Moor ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.14
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Maiden Moor
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen at Lowdore Inn, and Mountains as seen at the Third Gate on Ascending Latrigg on the Way to Skiddaw, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 12 Maiden Moor ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.7
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Maiden Moor
source data:-   Print, engraving, Derwentwater and Entrance to Borrowdale, Cumberland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
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The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. 
Tipped in opposite p.60 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "DERWENTWATER &ENTRANCE TO BORROWDALE."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Ashness. / Gowder Crag. / Hollow Stone Crag. / Glaramara. / Shepherd's Crag. / Grange Crag. / Castle Crag. / Gt. End. / Scawfell Pike. / Maiden Moor. / Higher Catbell."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.21
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