Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Sprinkling Tarn, Borrowdale

Sprinkling Tarn, Borrowdale

Sprinkling Tarn

civil parish:-

Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

tarn

coordinates:-

NY22800912 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY2209

10Km square:-

NY20

BNG84.jpg and Great Gable.
(taken 26.2.2007)

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BRM71.jpg (taken 14.9.2009)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 75 9)
placename:- Sprinkling Tarn

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 drawing:- Green 1790s-1820s
item:- fishing

source data:-

Drawing, pen and ink, fishing, Sprinkling Tarn, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1800s-10s?

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PR1741.jpg
item:- Dove Cottage : 1994.118.7
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1815
placename:- Sprinkling Tarn
item:- sheep

source data:-

Print, coloured aquatint, Sprinkling Tarn, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.

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GN0545.jpg
Plate 49 in Lake Scenery.
printed at upper right:- "49"
printed at bottom:- "SPRINKLING TARN. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6646.45
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.

OT02NY20.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
item:- fishing; trout

source data:-

Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.

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Page 37:- "... Sprinkling Tarn, of irregular shape, reposes under Great End Crag: it abounds with excellent trout; but they are too well fed, or too wary, to be easily tempted by the bait of the angler. ..."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Sprinkling Tarn

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 70:- "..."
"... [Stye Head etc] ... The tarn under Great End Crag is a fine subject for the pencil. ... Sprinkling Tarn, noted by all anglers for its trout. ..."

evidence:-

old text:- Miller 1847
placename:- Sparkling Tarn
item:- rain gauge; rainfall

source data:-

Book, Report on the Fall of Rain in the Lake Districts of Cumberland and Westmoreland in 1846, by John Fletcher Miller, printed by G Irwin, Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1847.

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Page 4:- "Note. The Lake district Gauges are five inches in diameter; they are all of the same construction, and are elevated about eighteen inches above the surface. The funnel rims are of stout sheet brass, so that the apertures cannot readily lose their circular form. The Metres were all made by Bate of the Poultry, London. - The Rain is read off daily at 9 A.M."
"..."

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Page 8:-

MI02Tab3.jpg

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Page 9:- "REMARKS ON MOUNTAIN GAUGES."
"The Mountain Gauges are on pretty much the same construction as those in the vallies, but the receivers are much more capacious, being calculated to hold nearly 80 inches of Rain."
"..."
"The Gauge ... [at] Sparkling Tarn is about 600 feet above the top of Stye Head Pass, ..."
".."

			INCHES.
The Valley,	160	feet above the sea, has received	71.24
Stye Head,	1290		76.24
Seatollar,	1334		77.85
Sparkling Tarn,	1900		91.15
Great Gabel,	2925		64.69
Sca Fell,	3166		56.35

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Sprinkling Tarn

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

GAR2NY20.jpg
"Sprinkling Tarn"
outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn
item:- JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, sepia, camping at Sprinkling Tarn, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Strawberry Bank, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1890s-1900s.

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HB1000.jpg
internegative at lower left:- "H. Bell."
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.3186.1
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, black and white, Sprinkling Tarn and Great Gable from Esk Hause, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

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HB0578.jpg
internegative at lower left:- "H. Bell"
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS238
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evidence:-

old print:- MacBride 1922
placename:- Sprinkling Tarn

source data:-

Print, colour, Sprinkling Tarn and Great Gable, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.

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MB0104.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.17 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride.
printed at bottom:- "SPRINKLING TARN AND GREAT GABLE"
signed at lower right:- "A. HEATON COOPER"
item:- JandMN : 195.6
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BNG85.jpg (taken 26.2.2007)

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CAY94.jpg (taken 23.6.2014)

hearsay:-

Rainfall of more than 200 inches in a year has been recorded here.

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