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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: location of English lake]
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:14:46 +1200
From: Bill mooney <[log in to unmask]>
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http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/hesket.html#2
refers to Tarn Wadling
Regards
Bill
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University of Otago
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Johnnie D. Sutherland wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: location of English lake
> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:12:31 -0500 (EST)
> From: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hello, colleagues.
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> A historian and a literary scholar here are trying to determine the former
> location of a lake in northern England, in the region of Cumbria, near
> Carlisle. The lake was known as Tarn Wadling (with some variations in
> spelling). It features in a medieval Arthurian romance, which is the
> object of the research. The lake was drained at some point in the past
> 100 years or so, and therefore does not appear on current mapping, such as
> the Landranger map series which I have in my collections. The lake, when
> it existed, appears to have been at about 100 acres in area.
>
> Any information will be of great assistance in their research. Please
> feel free to correspond directly with me. I will share information with
> the list.
>
> Ken
> ___________________________
> Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
> Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726
> Miami University Libraries
> Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
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