Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Kentmere Reservoir | |
| site name:- | Kent, River | |
| parish |
Kentmere parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| reservoir; lake | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY444080 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY40
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| 1Km square | NY4408 | |
 Kentmere Reservoir -- Kent, River -- Kentmere -- Cumbria / -- 18.4.2007 | ||
 Kentmere Reservoir -- Kent, River -- Kentmere -- Cumbria / -- 18.4.2007 | ||
| source:- |
Martineau 1855
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| 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 1855-71. | ||
| Page 175:- | ||
| ... While this [Kentmere] tarn existed, the mills at Kendal were very irregularly supplied with water. Now, when the streams are collected in a reservoir, which the traveller sees in coming down | ||
| Page 176:- | ||
| from the pass of Nanbield, and the intercepting tarn is done away with, the flow of water no longer fails. | ||
| date:- | 1855 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1850s | |
| photographs | ||
| Kentmere Reservoir -- Kent, River -- Kentmere -- Cumbria / -- 9.92009 | |
| Kentmere Reservoir -- Kent, River -- Kentmere -- Cumbria / -- Spillway -- 9.9.2009 | |
| Kentmere Reservoir -- Kent, River -- Kentmere -- Cumbria / -- Spillway, footbridge, ... -- 9.9.2009 | |
| Kentmere Reservoir -- Kent, River -- Kentmere -- Cumbria / -- 9.9.2009 | |
| mapping:- |
-- NY44530836
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| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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