Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Lune, River

runs into:-

Irish Sea

civil parish:-

Ravenstonedale (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Orton S (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Tebay (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Sedbergh (formerly Yorkshire)

civil parish:-

Firbank (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Killington (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Middleton (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Mansergh (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Barbon (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Casterton (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Kirkby Lonsdale (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY6205 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY60

10Km square:-

SD69

10Km square:-

SD68

county:-

Lancashire

locality type:-

river

10Km square:-

SD68

BVU53.jpg At Lincoln's Inn Bridge:-
(taken 13.1.2012)
photograph

BNP36.jpg At Salterwath Bridge, Tebay.
(taken 18.4.2007)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 28 12)
placename:- Lune, River

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 (Wmd 29 5)
OS County Series (Wmd 29 6)
OS County Series (Wmd 29 7)
OS County Series (Wmd 34 4)
OS County Series (Wmd 34 8)
OS County Series (Wmd 40 1)
OS County Series (Wmd 40 13)
OS County Series (Wmd 43 4)
OS County Series (Wmd 43 8)
OS County Series (Wmd 43 16)
OS County Series (Wmd 47 4)
OS County Series (Wmd 47 8)

evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:- Lon

source data:-

Map, colour photozincograph copy, reduced size facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, scale about 28.5 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875.

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Ggh1Cm.jpg
"lon"
Flowing from east of Kirkby Lonsdale to the sea.
item:- JandMN : 33
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evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:- Lon

source data:-

Map, lithograph facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, 20 miles to 1 inch? published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1935.

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Ggh2Cm.jpg
"lon"
Flowing from east of Kirkby Lonsdale to the sea.
item:- JandMN : 34
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evidence:-

old map:- Ptolemy 1540

source data:-

Map, copy, uncoloured lithograph? Anglia II Nova Tabula, New Map of England, scale about 50 miles to 1 inch, data in the Geographia by Claudius Ptolemy, engraved by Sebastian Munster, Basle, Switzerland, 1540.

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PTY4Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly double line; river
item:- private collection : 131
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evidence:-

old map:- Lloyd 1573
placename:- Lan Flu.

source data:-

Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.

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Lld1Cm.jpg
"Lan flu."
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Lune Flu.

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

Sax9NY60.jpg

Sax9SD59.jpg

Sax9SD58.jpg
"Lune flu:"

Sax9SD57.jpg
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Lune flu.

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.

MER5WmdA.jpg
"Lune flu."
double line with stream lines; river, running into Lancashire, county boundary with Yorkshire
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-

old map:- Keer 1605

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.

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KER8.jpg
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double wiggly line, tapering to single; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cum/EW)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, scale about 36 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, about 1610-11, published by Thomas Bassett, Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1676?

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SPD6Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly line, to the coast below Lancaster
item:- private collection : 85
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)
placename:- Lune flud

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP14SD69.jpg
double line; county boundary

SP14SD68.jpg
"Lune flud"
double line with stream lines
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-

poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:- Lon
item:- weather signs

source data:-

Poem, Poly Olbion, by Michael Drayton, published by published by John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, and others? London, part 1 1612, part 2 1622.

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page 133:- "..."
"... Christall Lon,
The Flood that names the Towne, from whence the Shire begun,
Her title first to take, ...
... the long-wandring Lon, ...
As shee comes ambling on from Westmerland, where first
Arising from her head, amongst the Mountaines nurst,
By many a pretty spring, that howerly getting strength,
Ariving in her Course in Lancashire at length,
To Lonsdale showes her selfe, ...
...
That shee with greater state may come to Lancaster,
Of her which takes the name, which likewise to the Shire,
The Soveraigne title lends, ..."
"... ..."

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page 162:- "...
The source of long liv'd Lun, I long-liv'd doe her call;
For of the British Floods, scarce one amongst them all,
Such state as to her selfe, the Destinies assigne,
By christning in her Course a Countie Palatine,
For Luncaster so nam'd; the Fort upon the Lun,
And Lancashire the name from Lancaster begun:
Yet though she be a Flood, such glory that doth gaine,
In that the British Crowne doth to her state pertaine,
Yet Westmerland alone, not onely boasts her birth,
But for her greater good the kind Westerian earth,
Cleere Burbeck her bequeaths, and Barrow to attend
Her grace, till shee her name to Lancaster doe lend."

evidence:-

old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:- Lun, Springe of
placename:- Springe of Lun

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberlande and Westmorlande, by Michael Drayton, probably engraved by William Hole, scale about 4 or 5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Mariott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622.

DRY524.jpg
"The springe of Lun"
River, naiad.
item:- JandMN : 168
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evidence:-

table of distances:- Simons 1635

source data:-

Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 42 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.

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SIM3.jpg
on thumbnail map
item:- private collection : 50.39
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evidence:-

old map:- Jenner 1643

source data:-

Table of distances, with map, hand coloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Jacob van Langeren, published by Thomas Jenner, Cornhill, London, 1643.

JEN3Sq.jpg
wiggly line
item:- private collection : 52.Wmd
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.

JAN3NY60.jpg

JAN3SD69.jpg

JAN3SD68.jpg
"Lune fl."

JAN3SD67.jpg
Double wiggly line tapering to single.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
placename:- Lune Flu.

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG38m232.jpg
In mile 233, Lancashire. "Lune Flu:"
crossed by the road.
item:- JandMN : 21
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evidence:-

old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:- Lune fl.

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.

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SAN2Cm.jpg
"Lune fl."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd)
placename:- Lone fl.

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL7.jpg
"Lone fl"
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (EW)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, England, including Wales, scale about 27 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale Awnsham and John Churchil, London, about 1695.

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MRD3Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly line
item:- JandMN : 339
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Lune Flu.
placename:- Lone Flu.

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

MD10NY60.jpg
"Lone flu / Lone flu"

MD10SD69.jpg
"Lone Flu"
With the county boundary drawn alongside.

MD10SD68.jpg
"Lune Flu"

MD10SD67.jpg
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Fiennes 1698
placename:-
item:- salmon; salmon wier

source data:-

Travel book, manuscript record of Journeys through England including parts of the Lake District, by Celia Fiennes, 1698.
"... on the Castle tower walking quite round by the battlements I saw the whole town and river at a view, which runs almost quite round and returns againe by the town, ..."
"... in the river there are a great many wires or falls of water made for salmon fishing, where they hang their nets and catch great quantety's of fish, which is neare the bridge; ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Stukeley 1723

source data:-

Road map, uncoloured engraving, the Antonine Itineraries through Britain, scale about 55 miles to 1 inch, plotted by William Stukeley, 1723, published London, 1724.

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Stu1Cm.jpg
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2001.171
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Defoe 1724-26
placename:- Lone, River
placename:- Lune, River

source data:-

Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in parts, London, 1724-26.
"... Lancaster is the next, the county town, and situate near the mouth of the River Lone or Lune."
"..."
"... Kirby Launsdale, or Lunedale, because it stands on the River Lune, which is the boundary of the county, and leaves the hills of Mallerstang Forest, which are, in many places, unpassable."

evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Lone, River
placename:- Lune, River

source data:-

Maps, Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742; published 1742-49.
"... the Lone or Lune after having received the River Burrow is the Boundary [of Westmorland] to Yorkshire, then passes by Kirby Lonsdale into Lancashire."

evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Lone River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

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BD12.jpg
"Lone R"
tapering wiggly line; county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:- Lone, River
placename:- Lune, River

source data:-

Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.

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Page 1020:- "..."
"... The greatest River in the South Parts [of Westmoreland], is the Lone or Lune, which rising near Mallerstrand Forest, not far from Rissendale, gives Name to the Track called Lonsdale, i.e. a vale upon the Lone. After receiving some Rivulets, and the two Rivers Birkbeck and Burrow, near Orton. it grows a large Stream, and waters the middle Part of the County, and near half the Borders towards Yorkshire, and then passes into Lancashire. ..."

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Page 1024:- "..."
"Kirkby Lonsdale, ... with a good Stone Bridge over the River Lone."

evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2NYK.jpg
Wiggly line.

SMP2NYQ.jpg
"Lone R."
Wiggly line.

SMP2SDU.jpg
Wiggly line; partly county boundary with Yorkshire.

SMP2SDN.jpg
"Lune R."
Double line with stream lines.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

old map:- Bickham 1753-54 (Wmd)
placename:- Lone River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, perspective view, A Map of Westmorland, North from London, by George Bickham, James Street, Bunhill Fields, London, 1753.

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BCK3.jpg
"Lone R"
view (sort of)
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.71
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Lone River
placename:- Lune River

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

BO18NY60.jpg
wiggly line, county boundary Westmorland Yorkshire

BO18SD69.jpg
wiggly line then double line with stream lines, county boundary Westmorland Yorkshire

BO18SD68.jpg
"Lone or Lune R."
double line with stream lines
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Lune River

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

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J5NY60NW.jpg

J5NY60SW.jpg

J5SD69NW.jpg
"Lune River"

J5SD69SW.jpg

J5SD68NW.jpg

J5SD68SW.jpg

J5SD67NW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Images © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old text:- Pennant 1773
placename:- Lune, River

source data:-

Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.

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Pennant's Tour 1773, page 117 "..."
"... reached the Lune, a river which rises under Green Belt Fell, and, after running for a considerable track almost due west, suddenly turns to the south, and preserves that course till it enters Lancashire, a little below this, from whence it tends south-west till it falls into the sea below Lancaster. ..."
"..."

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Pennant's Tour 1773, page 122 "... Not far from Orton, I passed by the Lune, near the spot where it begins its southward direction; kept to the east along a turnpike-road in a narrow vale watered by the Lune, here a small stream, which I lost again to the south, where it takes its"

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Pennant's Tour 1773, page 123 "rise at no great distance in Greenbelt-fell; ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Pennant 1777
placename:- Lune River
placename:- Lone River

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of Scotland, Hebrides and Part of England, drawn for Thomas Pennant, engraved by J Bayly, published by Benjamin White, London, 1777.

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PEN1Cm.jpg
"Lune or Lone R."
river
item:- private collection : 66
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
placename:- Loyn, River
placename:- Lon, River

source data:-

Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.

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Page 6:- "... [station, Hornby Road] is on the south side of the great, or Queen's road, a little higher than where Mr. Gray stood; for there the vale is in full display, including a long reach of the river and the wheel of Lune, forming a high crowned isthmus, fringed with tall trees, that in time past was the solitary site of a hermit [1]. ..."
"[1] Hugh, to whom William de Lancastre, sixth baron of Kendal, gave a certain place called Askeleros and Croc, to look to his fishing in the river Loyn [or Lune.] - Burn's Westmorland, p.31"
"..."

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Page 14:- "... The station [roman fort, Lancaster] was called Longovicum, and in process of time the inhabitants were called Longovices, i.e. a people living upon the Lon or Lune."
"..."

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Page 25:- "'... [Mr. Gray's view from his station, Hornby Road] on each hand of the middle distance rise two sloping hills, the left clothed with thick wood, the right with variegated rock"

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Page 26:- "and herbage. Between them, is the richest of valleys, the Lune serpentizes for many a mile, and comes forth ample and clear thro' a well wooded and richly pastured foreground. ...'"

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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
Page 217:- "... Here [Lancaster] is a good bridge of four arches over the Lune, that runs, when the tide is out, in two steams, divided by a bed of gravel, which is not covered but in spring tides; below the town it widens to near the breadth of the Thames at London, and meets the sea at five or six miles distance to south-west."

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Page 218:- "..."
"Oct. 12. I set out for Settle by a fine turnpike-road, ... on the left the river Lune winding in a deep valley, its hanging banks clothed with fine woods, through which you catch long reaches of the water as the road winds about at a considerable height above it. ... In the most picturesque part of the way, I passed the part belonging to the Hon. Mr. Clifford, a catholic. The grounds between him and the river, are indeed charming [1]; ..."
"[1] This scene opens just three miles from Lancaster, on what is called the Queen's road. ... in the richest of valleys, the Lune serpentizes for many a mile, and comes forth ample and clear, through a well wooded and richly pastured fore-ground. ..."

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Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century
Page 240:- "..."
"... [at] Underley. The prospect was of the most amusing kind. At the foot of the steep bank on which we walked, being about forty or fifty yards perpendicular, glided the large pellucid river Lune, amongst the rocks and pebbles, which amused the ear, whilst the eye was entertained itself with a vast variety of agreeable objects. A transparent sheet of still water, about half a mile in length, lay stretched out before us; at the high end of it was a grotesque range of impending rocks of red stone, about thirty yards in perpendicular height, which had an excellent effect in the scene, both by their colour and situation. We were told,"

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Page 241:- "that in winter the precipice was in some parts so glazed over with ice, from the water trickling down the surface, as to make it appear like a sheet of alabaster. From other parts of the impending rocks hung great and enormous icicles, which made it appear like a huge organ."
"..."
"After breakfast, we walked by the side of the river to the bridge. The channel is deep, the stream rapid, among rocks, the banks on each side covered with trees of various foliage, which serve both as a defence and ornament. The bridge is the most lofty, strong, ancient, and striking to the eye of a stranger, of any I have yet seen. ..."

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Page 242:- "..."
"From the top of the bridge the prospect down the river is delightful: the sides of the deep channel covered with trees, are nearly parallel for half a mile, and the water one continued surface, save here and there where a pointed rock lift up its head above the stream. We walked down by the side of the river about a mile, and as we proceeded were continually presented with new prospects; while the soft murmurs of the river afforded a variety of different notes. ..."

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Page 244:- "If the traveller is distressed for time, and has no inclination to take a second view of the river Lune and its environs, he may order his horse to be sent to Cowan-bridge, and walk through the park of Borough-hall, where he may be entertained with a variety of other prospects."

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.

Ws02SD55.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789
placename:-  Lone, River
placename:-  Lune, River
item:-  salmon

source data:-

Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.

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Page 131:- "... ..."
"This river Lone or Lune rising in Westmoreland hills runs southward between craggy banks and an unequal channel, inriching those who live on it in the summer months with a fine salmon fishery; which fish delighting in clear streams and sandy flats come in shoals to this and other rivers on this coast. As soon as it visits Lancashire the little river Lac unites its waters with it from the east, where now is Over Burrow, a mean country village, ..."
"From this Burgh the river Lone passes by Thurland, a castle of the Tunstalls, ..."
"The Lone proceeding a few miles further, sees on its south bank the chief town of the county, called more properly by the natives Loncaster, as also by the Scots, who gave it the name of Loncastell from the river Lone. Both the name and the river running by it prove it to be LONGOVICUM, ..."
"While I was looking round from this hill [in Lancaster] for the mouth of the Lone which empties itself not much below, Forness, the other part of this county, almost torn off by the sea, presented itself to my view. ..."

evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
placename:- Lune, River

source data:-

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Page 155:- "..."
"The river Lune rising a little above Ravenstondale, or Rissendale, runs by Lang gill, ... After receiving the Birckbeck it runs down by a field called Gallaber, where stands Brandreth stone, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

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CY24SD69.jpg

CY24SD68.jpg

CY24SD67.jpg
river
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Aikin 1790 (Wmd)
placename:- Lune River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Aikin, London, 1790.

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AIK2.jpg
"Lune R."
river
item:- JandMN : 51
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evidence:-

old map:- Bailey 1797
placename:- Lune River

source data:-

Map, soil etc, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by J Bailey, engraved by Neele, Strand, published by Messrs Robinson, Paternoster Row and G Nicol, Pall Mall, London, 1797.

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BY05.jpg
"Lune R."
river
item:- Armitt Library : A680.3
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evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Loyne, River
placename:- Lune, River

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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C38267.jpg
page 267-268 "Cross the Loyne River."

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page 315-316 "Cross the Lune or Loyne River."
twice

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C38333.jpg
page 333-334 "Cross the Loyne River"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Skrine 1801
placename:- Lune River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, rivers in Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire and Cheshire, scale about 23 miles to 1 inch, by Henry Skrine, published by P Elmsly, London, 1801.

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M076.jpg
"Lune R."
river
item:- JandMN : 421
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Lune River

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Wd.jpg
"Lune R."
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Loyne River

source data:-

Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.

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Lw21.jpg
"Loyne R."
river; on county boundary
item:- private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-

old text:- Capper 1808
placename:- Lune, River

source data:-

Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.

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"[Kirkby Lonsdale] ... river Lune, and along its banks are many pleasant walks and arbours commanding a very picturesque view. The river abounds with excellent salmon and trout. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Lune River
placename:- Loyne River

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
"Lune or Loyne R. / Loyne R."
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd)
placename:- Lune River

source data:-

Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?

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WAL5.jpg
"Lune R."
river; county boundary
item:- JandMN : 63
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Wallis 1810
placename:- Lune
placename:- Lon

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, London, 1810; published 1810-36.
"PRINCIPAL RIVERS."
"This county is well watered by the rivers, Eden, Loder, Ken, and Lune, or Lon. ..."
"... The Lune, or Lon, rises near Kirby Lonsdale, and running S.W. after being augmented by several streams, passes into Lancashire, and running by the town of Lancaster, falls into the Irish sea about four miles below that town."

evidence:-

old text:- Wordsworth 1810

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes, later A Guide through the District of The Lakes, by William Wordsworth, 1810-35.

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page iii "... Near Kirkby Lonsdale observe the view from the bridge over the Lune, and descend to the channel of the river, and by no means omit looking at the Vale of Lune from the Church-yard."

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Lune, River

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.

OT02SD56.jpg
"River Lune"
item:- JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd)
placename:- Lune River

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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HA18.jpg
"Lune R."
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)

source data:-

Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.

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Page 180:- "..."
"[at Devil's Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale] In heavy floods, the river rises a height of 15 feet or more. In ordinary seasons the battlements are about 52 feet above the level of the water. The views of the river from the centre are singularly beautiful; it here flows through a rocky channel, narrow, but of a profound depth; and the banks on either side are adorned with fine trees. ..."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
item:- geology

source data:-

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Page 41:- "[... the Lune - which at] Kirkby Lonsdale is a fine river, and crossed by a lofty antique bridge; it is navigable at Lancaster, a little below which place it falls into the sea."
"..."

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Page 158:- "... Towards the south-east succeeds [from the 3rd division of rocks] a series of rocks of the same dark-blue colour, and principally of a slaty structure: but accompanied in places with a rock, which breaks alike in all directions. This last has supplied a great portion of the rounded"

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Page 159:- "stones found in the beds of the rivers Kent and Lune; thus furnishing materials for paving the streets, and repairing the roads in the vicinity."

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Page 160:- "..."
"A conglomerate, composed of rounded stones of various sizes, from the smallest gravel, to the weight of several pounds, held together by a ferruginous, calcareous cement, ..."

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Page 161:- "A large mass of similar composition appears in the bed and on the banks of the river Lune at Kirkby Lonsdale. Its dip indicates that it should pass under the limestone which appears at a little distance; but, in that case, how it came to contains nodules of limestone I am at a loss to understand. ... wherever the subjacent rock can be seen, it is always deeply coloured by the iron of the conglomerate."

evidence:-

old map:- Perrot 1823

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 38 miles to 1 inch, by Aristide Michel Perrot, engraved by Migneret, 1823, published by Etienne Ledoux, 9 Rue Guenegaud, Paris, France, 1824-48.

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PER2.jpg
tapering wiggly line
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.45
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Lune River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

FD02SD57.jpg
"Lune R."
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Lune, River

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

GAR2NY60.jpg
"R. Lune"
wiggly line, river

GAR2SD69.jpg

GAR2SD68.jpg
"R. Lune"

GAR2SD67.jpg
double wiggly line

GAR2SD56.jpg
"R. Lune"

evidence:-

old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913)
placename:- Clough, River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.

evidence:-

old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913)
placename:- Lune, River

source data:-

PST2SD69.jpg
"R. Lune"
wiggly line, county boundary

PST2SD67.jpg
"R. Lune."
wiggly line, running into an estuary
item:- JandMN : 162.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- LMS 1920s maps

source data:-

Railway map, lithograph, 23 pages of strip maps, The Journey in Brief, the Route London to Carlisle, published by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.

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LS3p26.jpg
"The Gorge of the Upper Lune. One of the best pieces of scenery between London and Edinburgh."
item:- JandMN : 95.2
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evidence:-

old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:- Lune, River

source data:-

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Page 371:- "..."
"RIVER LUNE. - The River Lune rises near Ravenstonedale in Westmorland, and flows in a southerly and south-westerly direction, passing about 2 miles westward of Sedbergh and on to Kirkby Lonsdale and Lancaster, 28 and 45 miles, respectively, from its source. Its chief tributaries are the Rawthey, near Sedbergh, the Greta, and the Wenning, all from the eastward. Below Lancaster, the river expands into a winding estuary which flows past Glasson dock, 5 miles below Lancaster on the left bank, and into Morecambe bay, 2 miles lower down, between a point situated northward of Cockersand abbey and Sunderland point."
"..."

CBB21.jpg At Wath Bridge,
(taken 11.7.2014)
photograph

BRS93.jpg At the 'stepping stones', Tebay.
(taken 16.10.2009)
photograph

CGQ67.jpg At railway bridge,
(taken 6.10.2017)
photograph

CGQ68.jpg At railway bridge,
(taken 6.10.2017)
photograph

CGQ69.jpg Tebay Fishing Club notice,
(taken 6.10.2017)
photograph

BTR45.jpg at Lune's Bridge, Tebay.
(taken 9.12.2005)
photograph

CEK89.jpg at Lune's Bridge, Tebay.
(taken 4.12.2015)
photograph

CGQ63.jpg at a motorway bridge,
(taken 5.10.2017)
photograph

CEK90.jpg at Lune's Bridge, Tebay.
(taken 4.12.2015)
photograph

CEK91.jpg at Lune's Bridge, Tebay.
(taken 4.12.2015)
photograph

BZE13.jpg In the Lune Gap.
(taken 25.8.2013)
photograph

BLL29.jpg River bed at Lune's Bridge, Tebay.
(taken 9.12.2005)
photograph

BNB57.jpg View N from Rigmaden Bridge, Mansergh.
(taken 1.12.2006)

places:-

SD62339106 Agnes Force Hole (Killington / Sedbergh)

SD62508963 Blea Wheel (Killington / Sedbergh)

SD62209069 Bondsholme Hole (Killington / Sedbergh)

SD62369543 Bowers Wheel (Firbank / Sedbergh)

SD63079321 Brake Wheel (Sedbergh / Firbank)

SD62329102 bridge, Killington (3) (Killington / Sedbergh) gone

SD61677810 bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale (Kirkby Lonsdale / Casterton)

SD475622 bridge, Lancaster ()

SD62089013 Broad Raine Mill (Killington)

SD62188993 Cringles Dubs (Sedbergh)

SD62049631 Crook of Lune Bridge (Grayrigg / Sedbergh) L

SD63169239 Crowder's Leaps (Firbank)

SD61869609 Davybank Wheel (Firbank / Sedbergh)

NY69210537 Dubbs Bridge (Ravenstonedale)

SD62149016 ferry, Killington (Killington / Sedbergh)

SD61648363 ferry, Middleton (Middleton / Mansergh)

SD63029310 Firbank Viaduct (Sedbergh) L

NY61210290 Lunes Bridge Flow Measurement Station (Tebay)

SD61188232 ford, Barbon (Barbon / Mansergh)

SD62288976 ford, Killington (Killington / Sedbergh)

SD62438825 ford, Killington (2) (Killington / Middleton)

SD61508349 ford, Middleton (Middleton / Mansergh)

NY61340429 ford, Tebay (Tebay)

SD61888590 Hawking Ford (Middleton / Mansergh)

SD62348972 Head of Blea Wheel (Killington / Sedbergh)

SD62819450 Hole Ford (Firbank / Sedbergh)

SD61387885 Island, The (Kirkby Lonsdale)

SD62249080 Killington New Bridge bridge L

SD62929419 Leap ()

SD63179227 Lincolns Inn Bridge (Firbank / Sedbergh) L

SD62659828 Long Dub (Grayrigg / Sedbergh)

SD62709173 Loups, The (Sedbergh)

SD48436390 Lune Aqueduct ()

SD45 Lune Estuary ()

SD61659981 Lune Gorge (Tebay / Grayrigg)

SD68 Lune Valley ()

NY61300286 Lune's Bridge (Tebay) L

NY61180293 motorway bridge, Tebay (3) (Tebay)

NY61150318 motorway bridge, Tebay (4) (Tebay)

NY70160522 New Ings Beck (Ravenstonedale)

SD63039296 Newby's Dub (Sedbergh / Firbank)

SD62589158 Nib Stile Hole (Firbank / Sedbergh)

SD62269089 Old Bridge Hole (Killington / Sedbergh)

NY61230292 railway bridge, Tebay (2) (Tebay)

NY61290382 railway bridge, Tebay (3) (Tebay)

NY63500578 Raisgill Hall Bridge (Orton S)

NY70260527 Ramingber Bridge (Ravenstonedale)

NY64490547 Rayne Bridge (Orton S)

SD61688486 Rigmaden Bridge (Mansergh / Middleton) L

NY61170089 Salterwath Bridge (Tebay) L

SD62129045 Sand Hole (Killington / Sedbergh)

SD61117909 Sandybeds Hole (Kirkby Lonsdale / Casteron)

SD60858099 Scar Ford (Barbon / Kirkby Lonsdale)

SD479622 Skerton Bridge ()

NY61200505 stepping stones, Tebay (Tebay)

SD63039335 Straits (Sedbergh / Firbank)

SD61688388 Sucky Ford (Middleton / Mansergh)

NY61930561 Tebay Bridge bridge

NY61270446 Tebay Bridge (Tebay)

SD61898001 Trowlair Island (Casterton)

SD60928070 Underley Bridge (Kirkby Lonsdale / Barbon) L

NY62848959 Waters Meeting boundary feature

SD62819184 Winsters Hole (Firbank / Sedbergh)

SD61557824 Devil's Bridge (Kirkby Lonsdale / Casterton) L

SD62419664 Fleetholme Mill (Grayrigg / Sedbergh) suggested

SD53496582 Lune Bridge ()

NY68400508 Wath Bridge (Ravenstonedale)

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