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Blelham Tarn, Hawkshead
Blelham Tarn
civil parish:-   Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Claife (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tarn
coordinates:-   NY365004
1Km square:-   NY3600
10Km square:-   NY30
altitude:-   138 feet
altitude:-   43m

photograph
BOR14.jpg  From Low Wray.
(taken 15.2.2008)  
photograph
BLK61.jpg  Blelham Tarn, behind Windermere, from Kirkstone.
(taken 5.12.2005)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 2 10) 
placename:-  Blelham Tarn
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 map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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SEL7.jpg
outline with shaded shore; lake 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Blelham Tarn
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.
image
J5NY30SE.jpg
"Blelham Tarn"
outline with form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Blellam Tarn
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
image
CT9NY30Q.jpg
"Blellam Tarn"
outline with form lines 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
image
Ws02NY30.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Bletharn Tarn
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24NY30.jpg
"Bletharn Tarn"
outline with shore form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Blelham Tarn
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw18.jpg
"Blelham Tarn"
lake 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Blelham
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
image
OT02NY30.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Blelham Tarn
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
image
GAR2NY30.jpg
"Blelham Tarn"
outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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PI03M1.jpg
outline with form lines; lake 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Jenkinson 1875 map1
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, Windermere Section, Westmorland and Lancashire, ?colour lithograph, scale about 1 mile to 1 inch, by Stanford's Geographical Establishment, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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JK04.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 28.3
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Blelham Tarn, Hawkshead, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0287.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS644
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photograph
CDZ70.jpg  from Wansfell.
(taken 22.9.2015)  
photograph
BOR45.jpg (taken 15.2.2008)  
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