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Biskey Howe, Bowness-on-Windermere
Biskey Howe
locality:-   Bowness-on-Windermere
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   SD40769698 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD4096
10Km square:-   SD49

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 11) 
placename:-  Biskey Howe
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
placename:-  Biscut How
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 9:-  "... a road to the left leads to one of the most charming points of view in the neighbourhood,- a hill named Biscut How, crested with rocks, which afford as fine a station as the summit of Elleray for a view of the entire lake and its shores."

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