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Aira Point, Matterdale
Aira Point
site name:-   Ullswater
locality:-   Aira
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   headland
coordinates:-   NY40291972
1Km square:-   NY4019
10Km square:-   NY41


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BOA28.jpg (taken 25.8.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 65 16) 
placename:-  Airy Point
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:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
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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CT5NY41E.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
placename:-  Airey
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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"Airey"
The whole area is labelled 'Airey'. 
item:-  private collection : 10.4
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