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Whinfell Tarn, Whinfell
Whinfell Tarn
civil parish:-   Whinfell (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tarn
coordinates:-   SD55929803 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5598
10Km square:-   SD59
altitude:-   452 feet
altitude:-   138m


photograph
BPN65.jpg (taken 23.7.2008)  
photograph
BNH04.jpg (taken 2.3.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 6) 
placename:-  Whinfell 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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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
J5SD59NE.jpg
outline with form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD59.jpg
outline with shore form lines; lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

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