Bowscale

Bowscale
Bowscale
	Bowscale
	Bowscale Location in Eden, Cumbria Bowscale Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY357315
Civil parish	Mungrisdale;
District	Eden;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA11
Dialling code	017687
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°40′30″N 2°59′46″W / 54.675°N 2.996°W

Bowscale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mungrisdale, in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27.^[1] The sable tarn in Sir Walter Scott's poem The Bridal of Triermain was reportedly based on Bowscale Tarn.^[2]

History[edit]

Bowscale was formerly a township in Greystoke parish,^[3] from 1866 Bowscale was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1934 and merged with Mungrisdale,^[4] which is made up of eight hamlets and had a population of 297 in the 2011 United Kingdom census.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Population statistics Bowscale Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ Nuttall, John; Nuttall, Anne (1 January 1996). The Tarns of Lakeland. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-85284-210-9. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
^ "History of Bowscale, in Eden and Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Relationships and changes Bowscale Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Mungrisdale Parish (E04002557)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links[edit]

Cumbria County History Trust: Bowscale (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)

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[1] "Population statistics Bowscale Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[NuttallNuttall1996-2] Nuttall, John; Nuttall, Anne (1 January 1996). The Tarns of Lakeland. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-85284-210-9. Retrieved 19 July 2012.

[3] "History of Bowscale, in Eden and Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[4] "Relationships and changes Bowscale Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[census2011-5] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Mungrisdale Parish (E04002557)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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