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placename:-
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Scarness
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parish
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Bassenthwaite parish, once
in Cumberland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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building/s; locality; promontory
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coordinates:-
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NY220306
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10Km square:-
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NY23
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NY2230 |
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Ford 1839 map
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Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of
Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by
Charles Thurnham, London, 1839. |
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Scarness
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placename:-
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Scarness
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county:-
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Cumberland
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date:-
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1839
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period:-
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19th century, early; 1830s
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Clarke 1787
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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. |
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Page 97:-
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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:-
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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.
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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. ...
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placename:-
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Scarnhouse
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other name:-
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Scarn House
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person:-
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: Wane, Mr
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date:-
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1787
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s
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Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite
Lake)
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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. |
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Scarnhouse
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placename:-
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Scarnhouse
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house
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date:-
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1787
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s
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West 1784 map
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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:-
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Scareness
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headland
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county:-
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Cumberland
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Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas)
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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. |
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Mr. Jos. Turner's
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At Scarness.
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house
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person:-
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: Turner, Joseph
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date:-
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1783=1794
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
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Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas)
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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. |
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Mr. John Fishers
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At Scarness.
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house
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person:-
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: Fisher, John
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date:-
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1783=1794
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
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old map:- |
Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas)
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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. |
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Scarness
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placename:-
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Scarness
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area
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date:-
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1783=1794
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
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descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
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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:-
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... 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.
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placename:-
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Scareness
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date:-
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1778
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1770s
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Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
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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.
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Turning left:-
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to Scarwell
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placename:-
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Scarwell
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date:-
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1675
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period:-
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17th century, late; 1670s
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photographs
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Scarness -- Bassenthwaite -- Cumbria /
-- Fungus on oak tree by path to St Bega's Church.
-- 17.12.2008
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Scarness -- Bassenthwaite -- Cumbria /
-- Fungus on oak tree by path to St Bega's Church.
-- 17.12.2008
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Scarness Bay,
Bassenthwaite |
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Scarness Cottage,
Bassenthwaite |
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Scarness Dower House,
Bassenthwaite |
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station, Scarness |
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trig point,
NY2214430783 |
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013
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