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Buttermere Dubs
runs into:-    Crummock Water

civil parish:-   Loweswater (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
coordinates:-   NY167166 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1616
10Km square:-   NY11
SummaryText:-   the short length of river between Buttermere and Crummock Water.


photograph
BVP92.jpg  At the footbridge,
(taken 1.11.2011)  
photograph
BVP93.jpg  At the footbridge,
(taken 1.11.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 69 6) 
placename:-  Buttermere Dubs
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.

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.
image
JAN3NY11.jpg
Single wiggly line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
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.
image
BO18NY11.jpg
between Buttermere lake and Crummock Water 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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.
image
D4NY11NE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1794, version published 1800.
image
CT8NY11T.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.2
Image © see bottom of page


photograph
BVH19.jpg  At Scale Bridge,
(taken 17.8.2011)  

places:-  
NY17271634 footbridge, Buttermere (Buttermere / Loweswater)
NY16791659 Scale Bridge (Buttermere / Loweswater)
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