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| Skiddaw Forest, Underskiddaw | ||
| Skiddaw Forest | ||
| civil parish:- | Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | forest | |
| coordinates:- | NY27502950 (etc etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2729 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 56 3) placename:- Skiddaw Forest |
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| 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 (Cmd 56 6) OS County Series (Cmd 56 7) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Skiddaw Forest |
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| 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. D4NY22NE.jpg "SKIDDAW FOREST" area item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Skiddaw Forest |
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| 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. goto sourcePage 95:- "... the wild and solitary regions of Skiddaw Forest, solitary in all but its abundance of grouse, which is strictly preserved by the Earl of Egremont, the lord of the manor. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Skiddaw Forest |
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| 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. GAR2NY22.jpg "Skiddaw Forest" area item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- Jenkinson 1875 placename:- Skiddaw Forest |
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| 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. click to enlargeJk01E2.jpg "... Skiddaw Forest ..." item:- JandMN : 28.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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