Bowscale

Bowscale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mungrisdale, in the Westmorland and Furness 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
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OS grid reference	NY357315
Civil parish	Mungrisdale
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness
Ceremonial 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	Westmorland and Lonsdale
List of places UK England Cumbria 54.675°N 2.996°W / 54.675; -2.996

History

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]