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Subject: Re: location of English lake]
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 17:17:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
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I want to thank the respondents who replied to my query.
Bill Mooney of University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, provided a web
site transcribing parish histories of Cumberland which provided very
useful information.
Tinho da Cruz of University of Liverpool provided a tiff of a portion of a
map of The County of Cumberland, Hodskinson, 1774.
Laura Campbell of University of California, Santa Cruz, found another
useful website with information about the area for genealogists, which
includes map images of maps 1810 and 1870 by Ordnance Survey.
And finally, an anonymous posting from Dartmouth University provided
additional narrative description of the area with reference to the Tarn
given.
Many thanks to all of you.
Ken
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Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, 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.
>
> 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
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> Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
> Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726
> Miami University Libraries
> Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
>
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