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)