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565:A dictionary of Lake District place-names
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391:Scale Force
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240:Max. length
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929:Categories
814:Windermere
809:Wast Water
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529:References
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353:Cumberland
349:Workington
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264:Max. depth
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132:map (1925)
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794:Tarn Hows
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377:Mellbreak
371:Geography
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438:Wetherby
419:Maryport
138:Location
37:Red Pike
882:Cumbria
854:Commons
448:Gallery
409:History
357:Cumbria
319:in the
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