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White Moss Common, Lakes
White Moss Common
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY34530660 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3406
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) 
placename:-  White Moss
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:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Grasmere Hill
placename:-  station, Grasmere 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 WS21P080, button  goto source (coming from Rydal) 
Page 80:-  "station, Grasmere Hill"
"Mount Grasmere hill, and from the top, have a view of as sweet a scene as travelled eye ever beheld [2]. Mr. Gray's description of this peaceful, happy vale, will raise a wish in every reader to see so primaeval a place. ...."
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"[2] A little to the left of the road, is No.5, of Mr. Farrington's views."
source data:-   image WS21P211, button  goto source
Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 211:-  "... [descending from Dunmail Raise] ... The road here winds over Grasmere-hill, whose rocks soon conceal the water from your sight;"

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