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| Birds Park Reservoir, Kendal | ||
| Birds Park Reservoir | ||
| locality:- | Birds Park Farm | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | reservoir | |
| locality type:- | tarn | |
| coordinates:- | SD53769329 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5393 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 39 1) |
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| 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. "Reservoir" and another reservoir to the west |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) |
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| 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.![]() J5SD59SW.jpg outline with form lines; lake or tarn; forerunner of the reservoirs? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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