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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bleatarn like this:
BLEA TARN, a hamlet and a lakelet in Warcop parish, Westmoreland. The hamlet lies on the E side of Patterdale, 6 miles NNE of Ambleside. The manor was given, in the time of Henry II., by John Tailbois, to Byland Abbey in Yorkshire; and a cell to that Abbey was built on it. The lakelet lies high, and sends a streamlet, jointly with that from Angle tarn, to the head of Ulleswater.
Bleatarn is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bleatarn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bleatarn, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24983
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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