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Nine Standards Rigg, Hartley
Nine Standards Rigg
civil parish:-   Hartley (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Winton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY82520616
1Km square:-   NY8206
10Km square:-   NY80
altitude:-   2172 feet
altitude:-   662m

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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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hill hachuring; hill or mountain on county boundary 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Nine Standards
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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"9 Standards"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Nine Standards
placename:-  Wastend
item:-  altitude, Nine Standards Rigg
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
image FD01P178, button  goto source
Page 178:-  "ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAINS,"
"ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES."
No. Names of Mountains. Dalton. Otley. Trig. S. Jamieson
21 Nine Standards, Yorkshire, and Wastend 2136

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