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| Bleng, River | ||||
| runs into:- |  Irt, River |
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| civil parish:- | Nether Wasdale (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Gosforth (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Nether Wasdale (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | river | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY1108 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY10 | |||
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Bleng Flu. |
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| 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. Sax9NY01.jpg "Bleng flu:"  Sax9NY00.jpg item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Bleng flu. |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et
Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and
Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator,
Duisberg, Germany, about 1595. MER8CumE.jpg "Bleng flu." double line with stream lines; river, running into the Irt item:- JandMN : 169 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) placename:- Bleng flu. |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie
Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed,
1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head
Alley, London, 1611-12. SP11NY10.jpg "Bleng flu" wiggly line, runs into the Irt item:- private collection : 16 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Drayton 1612/1622 placename:- Blenge flu. |
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| 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. DRY519.jpg "Blenge flu" River, naiad. item:- JandMN : 168 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 |
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| 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. JAN3NY00.jpg Single wiggly line. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Sanson 1679 |
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| 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. click to enlargeSAN2Cm.jpg tapering wiggly line; river item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1
inch, by John Seller, 1694. click to enlargeSEL9.jpg tapering wiggly line; river item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) placename:- Bleng River |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1
inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the
Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the
Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715. MD12NY00.jpg "Bleng R." item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 |
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| 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. BO18NY00.jpg wiggly line, into the Irt item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Bleng River |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY00NE.jpg "Bleng River"  D4NY10SW.jpg single or double wiggly line; a river into the Irt item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Images © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old map:- West 1784 map |
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| 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. Ws02SD29.jpg Labelled as the upper part of the River Irt. item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to
1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips,
Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808. click to enlargeCOP3.jpg tapering wiggly line; river item:- JandMN : 86 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Bleng River |
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| 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. OT02NY00.jpg "Bleng R." item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) |
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| 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. goto source Page 41:- "... The Bleng, passing Gosforth, falls into the Irt above Santon Bridge." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H |
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| 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. GAR2NY10.jpg wiggly line, river item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Bleng, River |
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| 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. PST2Ny00.jpg "River Bleng" wiggly line item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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