Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Meg Gill | |
| other name:- | Meg's Gill | |
| site name:- | Lang Howe | |
| locality:- | Chapel Stile | |
| parish |
Lakes parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| river | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY3206
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| 10Km square:- |
NY30
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| 1Km square | NY3206 | |
![]() Meg Gill -- Lang Howe -- Chapel Stile -- Lakes -- Cumbria / -- NY32350584 (about) -- 15.2.2012 | ||
| source:- |
Martineau 1855
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| 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. | ||
| Plate, opposite p.64:- | ||
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| Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen a little beyond Rydal Mount, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855. | ||
| MOUNTAINS SEEN A LITTLE BEYOND RYDAL MOUNT. | ||
| L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr. | ||
| The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:- | ||
| 1 Loughrigg Fell, 2 Lingmoor, 3 Pike of Bliscow, 4 Crinkle Crags, 5 Meg's Gill Head, 6 Silver How, 7 Pike of Stickle, 8 Harrison Stickle, 9 Pavey Ark | ||
| placename:- | Meg's Gill | |
| person:- | artist : Aspland, T L | |
| person:- | engraver : Banks, W | |
| person:- | publisher : Garnett, John | |
| date:- | 1855 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1850s | |
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Wmd 25 8)
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| 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. | ||
| placename:- | Megs Gill | |
| river | ||
| date:- | 1890=1899 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1890s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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