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Purse Point, Patterdale
Purse Point
site name:-   Ullswater
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   headland
coordinates:-   NY393175
1Km square:-   NY3917
10Km square:-   NY31

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
placename:-  Purse, The
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"The Purse"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
placename:-  Purse
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Purse"
item:-  private collection : 10.4
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1815
placename:-  Purse, The
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Ulls Water from the Purse Bay, Patterdale, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.
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From Blowick Bay by Purse Point. 
Plate 23 in Lake Scenery. 
printed at upper right:-  "23"
printed at bottom:-  "ULLS WATER from the PURSE BAY. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6646.22
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evidence:-   perhaps old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Bleawick or Blowick Bay, Ullswater, Patterdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS421
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evidence:-   perhaps old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Ullswater looking at Purse Point? Patterdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative (?) at lower left, right:-  "ULLSWATER / H. BELL."
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS575
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