Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Yewdale Beck

Yewdale Beck

civil parish:-

Coniston (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

coordinates:-

SD31039707

1Km square:-

SD3197

10Km square:-

SD39

BOB81.jpg High up by the quarry.
(taken 3.9.2007)
photograph

BLV43.jpg Upstream from Shepherd's Bridge.
(taken 13.4.2006)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Lan 1 12)
placename:- Yewdale Beck

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 1 16)

evidence:-

possibly descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)

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 54:- "..."
"The feeder of this lake [Coniston Water], besides the Black-beck of Torver, is Coniston-beck. It decends (sic) from the mountains, or rather is precipitated, in a short course to the lake, which it enters on the western canton in a clear stream, concealed by its banks."

evidence:-

old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Con)
placename:- Yewdale Beck

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Coniston Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1788, version published 1809.