Otley's Guide 1823 (5th edn 1834)

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	Page 40:- branches are known by different names till it reaches the lake, from whence it is called the Derwent till it enters the sea.
St John's Beck   Glenderamakin, River   Greta, River   Glenderaterra Beck   Cocker, River   Ellen, River
	The river issuing from Thirlmere, commonly called St. John's beck, has formerly been called the Bure; the one from Mungrisdale by Threlkeld Glenderamakin; after their junction it takes the name of Greta, and receives the Glenderaterra from between Skiddaw and Saddleback; passing Keswick, it joins the Derwent, shortly after that river leaves the lake. In heavy rains the Greta sometimes rises so suddenly that it inverts the stream of the Derwent, so that the lake is for a short time literally filled from all quarters. The water issuing from Buttermere, Crummock, and Lowes Water, forms the river Cocker, which falls into the Derwent at the town named, from this circumstance, Cockermouth. The Ellen rises in the mountains north of Skiddaw, and passing Uldale, Ireby, and Ellenborough, falls into the sea at Maryport.
Eamont, River   Lowther, River   Eden, River   Petteril, River   Caldew, River
	The several becks of Patterdale unite in Ullswater, the river issuing from thence is called the Eamont; it receives the Lowther, from Hawes Water, Swindale, and Wetsleddale, near Brougham Castle; and is afterwards absorbed in the Eden, which enters the Solway Frith a little below Carlisle; having first received the Petterill, which rises near Greystoke; and the Caldew, from the east side of Skiddaw.
Borrow Beck?   Wasdale Beck?   Lune, River
	Two small streams, crossing the road between Kendal and Shap, fall into the Lune - which at
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	-- Borrow Beck
	-- Caldew, River
	-- Cocker, River
	-- Cockermouth
	-- Derwent, River
	-- Eamont, River
	-- Eden, River
	-- Ellen, River
	-- Greta, River
	-- Lowther, River
	-- Maryport
	-- "Petterill, River" -- Petteril, River
	-- "Solway Frith" -- Solway Firth
	-- St John's Beck
	-- Wasdale Beck
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