Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Whitemoss Tarn, Lakes | ||
| Whitemoss Tarn | ||
| White Moss Tarn | ||
| Skater's Tarn | ||
| Wordsworth's Tarn | ||
| locality:- | Whitemoss Common | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tarn | |
| coordinates:- | NY34680680 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3406 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
| altitude:- | 375 feet | |
| altitude:- | 114m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) placename:- Whitemoss 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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| hearsay:- |
This either a tenting pond where wollens were washed, or a retting pond where flax
was retted before being scutched and hackled. |
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| William Wordsworth used to skate here; it is also known as Skater's Tarn, or Wordsworth's
Tarn. |
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