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Peel Wyke, Wythop
Peel Wyke
Peil Wyke
civil parish:-   Wythop (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   NY20323082
1Km square:-   NY2030
10Km square:-   NY23
SummaryText:-   House by the lake shore, and the locality.

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 3) 
placename:-  Peel Wyke
placename:-  Pheasant Inn
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Pull Wike
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Pull Wike"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) 
placename:-  Peelewike
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Peelewike / Sir F. F. Vane's Bart."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake) 
placename:-  Peelwike
source data:-   Map, A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Peelwike / J. Bell"
item:-  private collection : 10.8
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Peel Wyke
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
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Peel Wyke
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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"Peel Wyke"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

story:-  
This is where the last fairy in Cumberland was seen. A climber who had just left the Pheasant, home of a good homebrew beer, was going through castle How where he stumbled over a stone. Turning round he saw a little man in green, when he looked again the little fellow asn't there. ...

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