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How Hill, How
How Hill
locality:-   How (?) 
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
1Km square:-   NY2424 (?) 
10Km square:-   NY22
references:-   West 1778

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  How Hill
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P207, button  goto source
Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 207:-  "..."
"Oct. 5. I walked through the meadows and corn-fields to the Derwent, and crossing it went up to How-hill; it looks along Bassenthwaite-water, and sees at the same time the course of the river, and a part of the upper lake, with a full view of Skiddaw: ..."

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