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Crag, Troutbeck
Crag
locality:-   Troutbeck
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   NY40800289
1Km square:-   NY4002
10Km square:-   NY40

evidence:-   possibly old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 11) 
placename:-  Crag
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 text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
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Page 34:-  "Troutbeck ... The valley now contains a string of hamlets,- Town End, Town Head, High Green, Crag, and High Fold; and its farmsteads and outbuildings show some of the most curious specimens of ancient edifices that are to be seen in the district. ..."

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Crag, Troutbeck, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS412
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