Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Scar Ness, Bassenthwaite
	Scar Ness
site name:-	Bassenthwaite Lake
locality:-	Scarness
civil parish:-	Bassenthwaite (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	headland
locality type:-	locality
coordinates:-	NY21343043
1Km square:-	NY2130
10Km square:-	NY23
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 4)  placename:-  Scar Ness
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
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. D4NY23SW.jpg headland into Bassenthwaite Lake  item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-	old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas)
source data:-	Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800. CT6NY23A.jpg "West's 2d. Station" item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake)
source data:-	Map, A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787. CL8NY23A.jpg "M. Wane" item:-  private collection : 10.8 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:-  Scarness
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. GAR2NY23.jpg "Scarness" block, building  item:-  JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page

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