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]

Bowscale
Bowscale
Bowscale is located in the former Eden District
Bowscale
Bowscale
Location in Eden, Cumbria
Bowscale is located in Cumbria
Bowscale
Bowscale
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY357315
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPENRITH
Postcode districtCA11
Dialling code017687
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°40′30″N 2°59′46″W / 54.675°N 2.996°W / 54.675; -2.996

History

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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

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  1. ^ "Population statistics Bowscale Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  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.
  5. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Mungrisdale Parish (E04002557)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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