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Green Bell, Ravenstonedale
Green Bell
locality:-   Ravenstonedale Common
civil parish:-   Ravenstonedale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY69860108 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY6901
10Km square:-   NY60
altitude:-   1985 feet
altitude:-   605m


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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 29 16) 
placename:-  Green Bell
source data:-   Maps, 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.

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Green Bell
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"GREEN BELL"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old text:- Pennant 1773
placename:-  Green Belt Fell
source data:-   Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.
image PEN6p117, button  goto source
Pennant's Tour 1773, page 117  "... after a ride of about three miles reached the Lune, a river which rises under Green Belt Fell, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Green Bell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Green Bell"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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