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placename:- Skelsmergh Fell
parish Skelsmergh parish, once in Westmorland
parish Whitwell and Selside parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
hill; fell
coordinates:- SD5396
10Km square:- SD59

1Km square SD5396

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 94)

Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
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At mile 261.

placename:- Skelsmore Fell
date:- 1720
period:- 18th century, early; 1720s

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)

Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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In mile 261, Westmorland.
Road skirts a hill:-
Skeesmore fell

placename:- Skeesmore Fell
date:- 1675
period:- 17th century, late; 1670s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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