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Old Belfield, Bowness-on-Windermere
Old Belfield
Belfield
locality:-   Bowness-on-Windermere
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD40239594
1Km square:-   SD4095
10Km square:-   SD49

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 15) 
placename:-  Belfield
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) 
placename:-  Bellfield
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 WS21P071, button  goto source
Page 71, footnote:-  "On the banks of Windermere-water, have been lately built many elegant villas; by ... Mrs. Taylor, Bellfield, near Bowness; ... These objects, as works of art, most of which are done in styles suitable to their situation, give an air of consequence to the country, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Bell Field
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.
image
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"Bell Field / Mrs. Taylors"
block, building/s 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Belfield
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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"Belfield"
block/s; building/s 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Old Belfield
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"OLD BELFIELD / / KENDAL ROAD / WINDERMERE TOWN / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 351686 / SD4024295944"

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