Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Blea Tarn
	parish	Borrowdale parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		lake
	coordinates:-	NY291140
	10Km square:-	NY21
	1Km square	NY2914
		Blea Tarn -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 23.9.2009
		Blea Tarn -- Borrowdale -- Cumbria / -- 23.9.2009 -- Bleatarn Gill in the foreground; Standing Crags behind.
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		Blea Tarn
		outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn
	placename:-	Blea Tarn
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		Page 37:-
		A second Blea Tarn, containing excellent trout, is situated on the heathy mountain between Wythburn and Borrowdale. After a course of nearly two miles, the water is received by Watendleth Tarn, ...
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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		lake
	old print:-	Jenkinson 1875
		Guide book, A Practical Guide to the English Lake District, by Henry Irwin Jenkinson, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 4th edition 1875.
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Blea Tarn ...
	placename:-	Blea Tarn
	date:-	1875
	period:-	19th century, late
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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