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Talkin Tarn, Brampton
Talkin Tarn
civil parish:-   Brampton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tarn
coordinates:-   NY54525875 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5458
10Km square:-   NY55


photograph
BOD87.jpg (taken 7.9.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 18 9) 
placename:-  Talkin 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 text:- Pennant 1773
placename:-  Talkin Tarn
item:-  placename, Talkin Tarn
source data:-   Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.
image PEN6p170, button  goto source
Pennant's Tour 1773, page 170  "I passed near Talkin Tarn, a small lake. Talkin is a corrupt Welsh word from Talcen, a front: Tarn is a piece of water, a very old northern word, derived, according to Dr. Johnson, from the Icelandic Teorne. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Talkin Tarn
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.
image
D4NY55NE.jpg
"Talkin Tarn"
lake 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP3.jpg
outline, shaded; lake 
item:-  JandMN : 86
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Talkin Tarn
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.
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FD02NY55.jpg
"Talkin Tarn"
Outline with form lines. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

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