Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Wild Boar Fell | |
| parish |
Mallerstang parish, once in
Westmorland
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| parish |
Ravenstonedale parish, once
in Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| hill; fell | ||
| Altitude | 2323 feet | |
| coordinates:- |
SD7598
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| 10Km square:- |
SD79
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| 1Km square | SD7598 | |
 Wild Boar Fell -- Mallerstang and Ravenstonedale -- Cumbria / -- 3.8.2009 | ||
 Wild Boar Fell -- Mallerstang and Ravenstonedale -- Cumbria / -- 18.6.2009 | ||
| old map:- |
Bowen and Kitchin 1760
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| New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87. | ||
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| Wildbore Fell | ||
| hill hachuring | ||
| placename:- | Wildbore Fell | |
| date:- | 1760 | |
| period:- | 18th century, late; 1760s | |
| old map:- |
Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
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| goto source. | |
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| Wildbore Fell | ||
| Hillock. | ||
| placename:- | Wildbore Fell | |
| county:- | Yorkshire | |
| date:- | 1746 | |
| period:- | 18th century, early; 1740s | |
| descriptive text:- |
Defoe 1724-26
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| Travel book, Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in parts, London, 1724-26. | ||
| ... The River Eden, ... rises in this part out of the side of a monstrous high mountain, called Mowill Hill, or Wildbore Fell, which you please; ... | ||
| placename:- | Mowill Hill | |
| placename:- | Wildbore Fell | |
| date:- | 1724=1726 | |
| period:- | 18th century, early; 1720s | |
| old map:- |
Morden 1695 (Wmd)
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| 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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| goto source. | |
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| Wildborefell | ||
| Hillock. | ||
| placename:- | Wildborefell | |
| county:- | Westmorland | |
| date:- | 1695 | |
| period:- | 17th century, late; 1690s | |
| photographs | ||
| Wild Boar Fell -- Mallerstang and Ravenstonedale -- Cumbria / -- 18.6.2009 -- cairn | |
| Wild Boar Fell -- Mallerstang and Ravenstonedale -- Cumbria / -- From Mallerstang. -- 9.8.2005 | |
| story |
The last wild boar in England is said to have been killed by
Richard Musgrave of Kirkby Stephen on the fell, late 17th
century. When his grave was opened in 1847 a boar's tusk was
found lying on his body, which proves it, doesn't it?
Or in the 16th century, according to some. | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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