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placename:- Wythburn Fells
parish St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
hill; fell
coordinates:- NY3112
10Km square:- NY31

1Km square NY3112

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) -- roughly relevant

Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in London etc, from 1787 to 1793.
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WYTHEBURN MANOR / L. W. FLETCHER ESQr.

placename:- Wytheburn Manor
person:- : Fletcher, L W
area
date:- 1787
period:- 18th century, late; 1780s

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)

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 miles 20 to 27, Cumberland.
Mountains on the left of the road for 7 miles.
date:- 1675
period:- 17th century, late; 1670s

old print:- Tattersall 1836

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Print, engraving, View from Skiddaw, looking South, Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view.
Tipped in opposite p.91 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall.
printed at bottom:-
VIEW FROM SKIDDAW, / looking South. / [London Pubd. ...]
printed at p.91:-
... FOUR VIEWS FROM THE SUMMIT OF SKIDDAW. III. LOOKING SOUTH. / ... / 5. Wythburn, Cumberland. / ...
date:- 1836
period:- 19th century, early

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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