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Helton Tarn, Upper Allithwaite
Helton Tarn
site name:-   Winster, River
civil parish:-   Upper Allithwaite (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Witherslack (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tarn
locality type:-   boundary feature
locality type:-   parish boundary feature
locality type:-   county boundary feature (old) 
coordinates:-   SD41948491 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD4184
10Km square:-   SD48
altitude:-   20 feet
altitude:-   6m
SummaryText:-   an old course of the River Winster is apparent on the 1960s 6inch map.


photograph
BLM99.jpg (taken 31.12.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 41 12) 
placename:-  Helton Tarn
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
OS County Series (Lan 13 1) 

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
image
OT02SD48.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
They say that the first iron boat is sunk here. It was made by John Wilkinson, iron master, Lindale, mid 18th century. It was used to carry peat, for fuel, from Lindale Moss to the iron works at Lindale.

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