Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Whinfell Beacon
	parish	Whinfell parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		hill; beacon
	Altitude	1545 feet
	coordinates:-	NY57350029
	10Km square:-	NY50
	1Km square	NY5700
		Whinfell Beacon -- Whinfell -- Cumbria / -- 26.12.2008
		Whinfell Beacon -- Whinfell -- Cumbria / -- Cairn on the top. -- 23.7.2008
	old map (vignette):-	Burrow 1920s
		Road strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, now Cumbria, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		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 1855-71.
		Page 179:-
		A TABLE OF THE HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS IN THE COUNTIES OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, AND LANCASHIRE.
		No. : Names of Mountains. : Counties. : Height in Feet above the Sea Level.
		24 : Whinfell Beacon, near Kendal : Westmorland : 1500
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		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 190:-
		A TABLE OF THE Height of Mountains and Lakes SEEN IN THIS TOUR, ... TAKEN FROM THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. ... by Mr. John Dalton.
		Whinfell Beacon, N.E. of Kendal ... 500 [yards]
	Altitude	1500 feet
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
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		Whinfield Hill
		Hillock.
	placename:-	Whinfield Hill
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Whinfield Hill
		Circle, on a hillock.
	placename:-	Whinfield Hill
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Wmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Whinfeld hill
		hillock
	placename:-	Whinfeld hill
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1576
		Map, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576; published 1579-1645.
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		Whinfeld hill
		Small hillock.
	placename:-	Whinfeld Hill
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		hill
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old print:-	LMS 1920s
		Guide book, LMS Route Book no.3, The Track of the Royal Scot, part 1 London Euston to Carlisle, by Edmund Vale, published by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
		Hill Outline, Whinfell Beacon, published in the LMS Route Book No.3, The Track of the Royal Scot, by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
		Whinfell Beacon / 1544
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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