Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Croglin Water

Croglin Water

runs into:-

Eden, River

civil parish:-

Kirkoswald (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Ainstable (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

parish boundary

1Km square:-

NY5746 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY54

BPH24.jpg At Dale Bridge.
(taken 30.5.2008)
photograph

BMM39.jpg At Croglin Bridge.
(taken 11.8.2006)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 32 8)
placename:- Croglin Water

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 (Cmd 32 10)
OS County Series (Cmd 32 11)
OS County Series (Cmd 33 14)
OS County Series (Cmd 40 2)

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579

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.

Sax9NY54.jpg
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)

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.

SP11NY54.jpg
wiggly line, runs into the Petteril
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

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.

JAN3NY54.jpg
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Sanson 1679

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.

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SAN2Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL9.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)

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.

MD12NY54.jpg
Running into the Eden at Nunnery.
item:- JandMN : 90
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.

BO18NY54.jpg
wiggly line, into the Petterill
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Croglin Water

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.

D4NY64NW.jpg
"Croglin Water"

D4NY54SW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river into the Eden
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808

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.

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COP3.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- JandMN : 86
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Croglin Water

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.

GAR2NY55.jpg
wiggly line, river

evidence:-

old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913)
placename:- Croglin Water

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.

PST2NY54.jpg
"Croglin Water"
wiggly line, running into the Eden
item:- JandMN : 162.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old print:- Farington 1816

source data:-

Print, uncoloured engraving, View at Nunnery in Cumberland, painted by J Farington, engraved by W Birch, published by William Birch, Hampstead Heath, London, 1789.

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PR0104.jpg
printed at bottom:- "VIEW at NUNNERY in CUMBERLAND, / Painted by J. Farington R A. & engraved by W. Birch, Enamel Painter. / Publish'd Octr. 1. 1789 by Wm. Birch, Hampstead Heath &sold by T. Thornton, Southampton Strt. Covt. Garden."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.104
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old print with text:- Farington 1816

source data:-

Print, engraving, View at Nunnery, Ainstable, Cumberland, painted by J Farington, 1800s? engraved by Samuel Middiman and John Pye, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand, London, 1816.

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PR0001.jpg
Presumably Nunnery Walks by the Croglin Water.
Plate 34, in The Lakes of Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by T H Horne, published London, 1816.
item:- private collection : 87
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old print with text:- Farington 1816

source data:-

Print, engraving, View at Nunnery, Ainstable, Cumberland now Cumbria, painted by J Farington, 1810s? engraved by W Birch, mid 19th century.

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BMZ24.jpg
Presumably Nunnery Walks by the Croglin Water.
This is presumably a new engraving of the scene, plate 34, in The Lakes of Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by T H Horne, published London, 1816; with descriptive text:- "Scene at Nunnery in Cumberland. ... Mr. Farington seems to have discovered one [a scene] in this private spot, not much known, yet deserving of the highest attention."
"His easy pencil has remembered in the picture all that sweet repose, so engaging in these exhibitions of wild nature."
item:- Dove Cottage : Lowther.77
Image © see bottom of page

places:-

NY57554697 Croglin Bridge (Ainstable / Kirkoswald)

NY53904281 Croglin Low Bridge (Ainstable)

NY57914737 Croglin Mill (Ainstable) gone

NY54724426 Dale Bridge (Ainstable / Kirkoswald)

NY53944294 mill, Nunnery (Ainstable)

NY531423 Nunnery Fall (Ainstable)

NY55754590 Wallmoorsike Mill (Kirkoswald) gone?

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