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Wansfell Holme, Lakes
Wansfell Holme
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY38020269 (?) 
1Km square:-   NY3802
10Km square:-   NY30


photograph
CDJ83.jpg (taken 18.6.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 14) 
placename:-  Wansfell Holme
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 text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
image MNU1P019, button  goto source
Page 19:-  "... Wansfell Holme, inhabited by the Rev. James J. Hornby. This is another choice situation. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Wansfell
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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PI03M1.jpg
"Wansfell"
block/s; building/s 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Wansfell Holme
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WANSFELL HOLME / / WINDERMERE ROAD / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 451912 / NY3802102697"

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