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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.
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St John's Beck
Glenderamakin, River
Greta, River
Glenderaterra Beck
Cocker, River
Ellen, River
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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.
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Eamont, River
Lowther, River
Eden, River
Petteril, River
Caldew, River
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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.
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Borrow Beck?
Wasdale Beck?
Lune, River
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Two small streams, crossing the road between Kendal and Shap,
fall into the Lune - which at
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-- Borrow Beck
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-- Caldew, River
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-- Cocker, River
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-- Cockermouth
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-- Derwent, River
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-- Eamont, River
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-- Eden, River
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-- Ellen, River
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-- Greta, River
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-- Lowther, River
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-- Maryport
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-- "Petterill, River" -- Petteril, River
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-- "Solway Frith" -- Solway Firth
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-- St John's Beck
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-- Wasdale Beck
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