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| Talkin Tarn, Brampton | ||
| Talkin Tarn | ||
| civil parish:- | Brampton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tarn | |
| coordinates:- | NY54525875 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5458 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY55 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 18 9) placename:- Talkin Tarn |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Pennant 1773 placename:- Talkin Tarn item:- placename, Talkin Tarn |
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| source data:- | Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas
Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801. goto sourcePennant's Tour 1773, page 170 "I passed near Talkin Tarn, a small lake. Talkin is a corrupt Welsh word from Talcen, a front: Tarn is a piece of water, a very old northern word, derived, according to Dr. Johnson, from the Icelandic Teorne. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Talkin Tarn |
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| 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. D4NY55NE.jpg "Talkin Tarn" lake item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 |
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| 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. click to enlargeCOP3.jpg outline, shaded; lake item:- JandMN : 86 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Talkin Tarn |
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| 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. FD02NY55.jpg "Talkin Tarn" Outline with form lines. item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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