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Tarn Bank, Skelsmergh
Tarn Bank
civil parish:-   Skelsmergh (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD53299643
1Km square:-   SD5396
10Km square:-   SD59

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 9) 
placename:-  Tarnbank
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:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Tarne banke
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Tarne banke"
in  "Patton and Skelsmoore"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Tarn Bank
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
J5SD59NW.jpg
"Tarn Bank"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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