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Tarn Hows, Coniston
Tarn Hows
civil parish:-   Coniston (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   SD33059902 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD3399
10Km square:-   SD39
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 1 16) 
placename:-  Tarn Hows
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:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Tarnhows
item:-  viewpoint
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 OT01P097, button  goto source
Page 97:-  "... A full length view of the lake [Coniston Water] is obtained in passing over the hill called Tarnhows, on the road towards Elterwater; ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, The Tarns, Tarn Hows, Coniston and Hawkshead, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS583
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Tarn Hows, Coniston, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS637
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evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:-  Tarn Hows
item:-  bicycle
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Tarn Hows, Coniston, Lancashire, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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On p.59 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "TARN HOWS. (p.95). / (The Langdale Pikes in the distance.)"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.33
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person:-    : National Trust
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