Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Scarness
	parish	Bassenthwaite parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s; locality; promontory
	coordinates:-	NY220306
	10Km square:-	NY23
	1Km square	NY2230
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		Scarness
	placename:-	Scarness
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old text:-	Clarke 1787
		Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787 and 1789; and Plans of the Lakes ... 1793.
		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. ...
		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. ...
	placename:-	Scarnhouse
	other name:-	Scarn House
	person:-	: Wane, Mr
	date:-	1787
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake)
		Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in London etc, from 1787 to 1793.
		Scarnhouse
	placename:-	Scarnhouse
		house
	date:-	1787
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	West 1784 map
		A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
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	placename:-	Scareness
		headland
	county:-	Cumberland
	old map:-	Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas)
		Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of Coniston Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, and Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794.
		Mr. Jos. Turner's
		At Scarness.
		house
	person:-	: Turner, Joseph
	date:-	1783=1794
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
	old map:-	Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas)
		Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of Coniston Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, and Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794.
		Mr. John Fishers
		At Scarness.
		house
	person:-	: Fisher, John
	date:-	1783=1794
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
	old map:-	Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas)
		Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of Coniston Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, and Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794.
		Scarness
	placename:-	Scarness
		area
	date:-	1783=1794
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		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.
	placename:-	Scareness
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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		In mile 35, Cumberland.
		Turning left:-
		to Scarwell
	placename:-	Scarwell
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
		photographs
		Scarness -- Bassenthwaite -- Cumbria / -- Fungus on oak tree by path to St Bega's Church. -- 17.12.2008
		Scarness -- Bassenthwaite -- Cumbria / -- Fungus on oak tree by path to St Bega's Church. -- 17.12.2008
		Scarness Bay, Bassenthwaite
		Scarness Cottage, Bassenthwaite
		Scarness Dower House, Bassenthwaite
		station, Scarness
		trig point, NY2214430783
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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