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  Windermere lake
viewpoint, Rayrigg Hall
site name:-   Rayrigg Hall
locality:-   Windermere lake
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   viewpoint
coordinates:-   SD40219809 (guess) 
1Km square:-   SD4098
10Km square:-   SD49
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
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.
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Page 74:-  "an eminence, a little behind Rayrig [1], there is a fine view of the northern extremity of the lake. ..."
"[1] This place is said to have some resemblance to Ferney, on the lake of Geneva, the seat of the late celebrated Voltaire."
indexing
person:-   author
 : West, Thomas
place:-   Windermere lake
date:-   1778
period:-   18th century, late
period:-   1780s
item:-   guide book; Guide to the Lakes
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