Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Scarness, Bassenthwaite

Scarness, Bassenthwaite

Scarness

civil parish:-

Bassenthwaite (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY21993056 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY2130

10Km square:-

NY23

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 4)
placename:- Scarness

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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
placename:- Scarwell

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG96m035.jpg
In mile 35, Cumberland.
Turning left:- "to Scarwell"
item:- JandMN : 22
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Scarness

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.

D4NY23SW.jpg
"Scarness"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
placename:- Scareness

source data:-

Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.

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Page 121:- "... On the eastern shore, the lake [Bassenthwaite] retires behind a peninsula, that rushes far into the water, and on its extreme point, a solitary oak, waving to every wind, is most picturesque. This is Scareness."

evidence:-

old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.

CT6NY23A.jpg
"Scarness/Mr. Jos. Turner's"
"Scarness/Mr. John Fishers"
"Scarness/Mr. Abraham Robinson's"
item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Scareness

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.

Ws02NY23.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Scarnhouse
placename:-  Scarn House
item:-  hunting; otter hound; cowherd; scarn; cow dung; placename, Scar Ness

source data:-

Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.

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Page 97:- "..."
"A little below this is Scarnhouse, very beautiful promontory, whose end juts into the Lake; on it are two or three good houses, the principle of which belongs to Mr Wane, a gentleman who goes a hunting three times a week in that season, if the weather is favourable, and often on foot; he runs stoutly when the dogs are in full cry, though he is 87 years of age: he is one proof of the salutary air, and healthful diet, of this county; and was remarkable for his breed of otter hounds, one of which being sold to Salisbury found its way home again. ..."

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Page 98:- "..."
"We return now to Scarnhouse, by West called Scareness: in the parish register, &c. it is called Scarnhouse, and the inhabitants say it received its name thus: All the ground below the road to the Lake was stinted cow-pasture, and upon this hill the cows were always milked; the owners of them kept a person called a Cowherd, who collected them at this place twice-a-day, for which he had one shilling a head for the year; and in time the cows were taught to come by the sounding of a horn (a custom used in many places in this county to this day.) The herd built himself a little hut where he slept, and at a certain hour every morning and evening blew his horn, at which signal both the milk-maids and cows used to come."
"Scarn, in the Cumberland dialect, is cow-dung, and is not applied to any other kind of excrement which is called muck: The cows, coming so much about the herd's house, covered the ground near it with scarn, that the milk-maids could not easily walk among it; hence, out of contempt, they called the house Scarn-House, a name it bears to this day. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake)
placename:- Scarnhouse

source data:-

Map, A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Scarness

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.

BPV72.jpg Fungus on oak tree by path to St Bega's Church.
(taken 17.12.2008)
photograph

BPV73.jpg Fungus on oak tree by path to St Bega's Church.
(taken 17.12.2008)

places:-

NY21893063 Dower House, The (Bassenthwaite) L out of sight

NY21343043 Scar Ness (Bassenthwaite)

NY21703027 Scarness Bay (Bassenthwaite)

NY22023052 Scarness Cottage (Bassenthwaite) L

NY22033066 Scarness Farm (Bassenthwaite)

NY21933057 Scarness Mansion (Bassenthwaite)

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