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| Derwent Mouth | ||
| locality:- | Workington | |
| civil parish:- | Workington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | river mouth | |
| coordinates:- | NX98242985 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9829 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Derwenfoot Haven |
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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. Sax9NX93.jpg "Derwenfoot haven" River mouth. item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) placename:- Derwenfote Haven |
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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. SP11NY02.jpg "Derwenfote haven" at the mouth of the Derwent item:- private collection : 16 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text placename:- Darwent Haven |
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| source data:- | Poem, Poly Olbion, by Michael Drayton, published by published by
John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, and others?
London, part 1 1612, part 2 1622. goto sourcepage 165:- "... Darwent therewithall, Runnes on her watry Race, and for her greater fame, Of Neptune doth obtaine a Haven of her name, ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) placename:- Derwenfote Harbour |
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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 "Derwenfote ha." at the estuary; harbour? item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old drawing:- Smith 1746 B placename:- Darwent Mouth |
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| source data:- | Drawing, pencil and ink, A View of the Land at Darwent Mouth, in a Survey of the Coast
of Cumberland, by George Smith, 1746. click to enlargeSM2103.jpg ms at bottom:- "A View of the land at Darwent Mouth from the / North Side of Workington Harbour. / a, the Lighthouse, ,b, How-michal Chapel." item:- Carlisle Library : 5.3 Image © Carlisle Library |
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