Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Stable Hills Farm, Borrowdale
	Stable Hills Farm
locality:-	Stable Hills
civil parish:-	Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	buildings
coordinates:-	NY26752188
1Km square:-	NY2621
10Km square:-	NY22
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 10)  placename:-  Stable Hills
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:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der)  placename:-  Stable Hills
source data:-	Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800. CT2NY21U.jpg "Stable Hills" item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der)  placename:-  Stable Hills
source data:-	Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787. CL152621.jpg "STABLE HILLS" building and land  item:-  private collection : 169 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)  item:-  stable; horse
source data:-	Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.   goto source Page 120:-  "... near the shore, Stable Hills farm is reared upon the site where stood Lord Derwentwater's stables at the time his mansion was upon the adjacent island. ..."

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