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Burnmoor Tarn
runs into:-    Whillan Beck
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locality:-   Burnmoor
civil parish:-   Eskdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   lake
coordinates:-   NY18380441 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1804
10Km square:-   NY10
altitude:-   830 feet
altitude:-   253m

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BYG36.jpg (taken 27.4.2013)  
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BNV08.jpg (taken 9.6.2007)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 79 7) 
placename:-  Burnmoor 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:- Saxton 1579
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Sax9NY10.jpg
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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SP11NY20.jpg
outline, shaded 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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JAN3NY10.jpg
Outline with shore shaded, dotted area. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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SAN2Cm.jpg
outline, shore shaded; lake 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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MD12NY10.jpg
Outline with shore shading. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   possibly old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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BD10.jpg
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outline with form lines 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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BO18SD19.jpg
outline with form lines 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Burnmoor Tarn
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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D4NY10SE.jpg
"Burnmoor Tarn"
lake; draining into Whillan Beck and the Mite 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Burnmoor Tarn
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.
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Ws02NY10.jpg
"Burnmoor tarn"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Burnmoor Tarn
source data:-   Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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GRA1Lk.jpg
"Burnmoor Tarn"
outline with form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Burnmoor Tarn
source data:-   Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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GRA1Cd.jpg
"Burnmoor Tarn"
outline with form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Burnmoor 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
"Burnmoor Tarn"
lake 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP3.jpg
outline, shaded; lake 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Burnmoor Tarn
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.
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WL13.jpg
"Burnmoor Tarn"
outline, shaded; lake 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Burnmoor Tarn
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.
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OT02NY10.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
image OT01P039, button  goto source
Page 39:-  "... serves as a landmark ... as Burnmoor Tarn does between Wasdale-head and Eskdale. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Burnmoor Tarn
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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FD02NY10.jpg
"Burnmoor Tarn"
Outline with form lines. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Burnmoor 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.
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GAR2NY10.jpg
"Burnmoor Tarn"
outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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BYO76.jpg (taken 18.6.2013)  
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