Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Ehen, River

runs into:-

Irish Sea

civil parish:-

Ennerdale and Kinniside (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Lamplugh (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Arlecdon and Frizington (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Cleator Moor (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Egremont (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Lowside Quarter (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

St Bridget Beckermet (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY0515 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY01

10Km square:-

NY00

BPJ79.jpg At Wath Bridge.
(taken 30.6.2008)
photograph

BPJ80.jpg Riverside seat by Wath Bridge.
(taken 30.6.2008)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 16)
placename:- Ehen, River

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 68 9)
OS County Series (Cmd 68 10)

evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s

source data:-

Map, colour photozincograph copy, reduced size facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, scale about 28.5 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875.

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Ggh1Cm.jpg
Running into the sea south of Whitehaven.
item:- JandMN : 33
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evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s

source data:-

Map, lithograph facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, 20 miles to 1 inch? published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1935.

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Ggh2Cm.jpg
Running into the sea south of Whitehaven.
item:- JandMN : 34
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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.

Sax9NX90.jpg
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:-

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
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double line with stream lines; river, running into the sea
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

old map:- Keer 1605

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.

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KER8.jpg
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double wiggly line, tapering to single; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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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.

SP11NY00.jpg
double line with stream lines, runs into the sea
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Drayton 1612/1622

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
River, naiad.
item:- JandMN : 168
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evidence:-

perhaps old map:- Jenner 1643

source data:-

Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.

JEN4Sq.jpg
wiggly line

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.

JAN3NY00.jpg

JAN3NY01.jpg
Double wiggly line, tapering to single.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:- Brodwater fl.

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
"Brodwater fl."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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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
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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.

MD12NX90.jpg
Running from Ennerdale Water to sea.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

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BD10.jpg
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tapering wiggly line
item:- JandMN : 115
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Broad River

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.

BO18NY01.jpg
"Broad R."
wiggly line, out of Ennerdale Water

BO18NX90.jpg
"Broad R."
river mouth, into the sea
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Ehen River

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.

D4NY01NW.jpg

D4NY01NE.jpg
"Ehen River"

D4NY01SW.jpg

D4NY00NW.jpg
"Ehen River"

D4NY00SW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river out of Ennerdale Water, into the sea
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Hearne and Byrne 1786
placename:- Egan, River
placename:- End, River

source data:-

Book, Antiquities of Great Britain, prints from drawings by Thomas Hearne, engraved by William Byrne, published by Hearne and Byrne, London, 1786; published 1786-1807.
Text with a print, Egremont Castle, drawn by Thomas Hearne, engraved by William Byrne and Samuel Middiman, published by T Hearne and W Byrne, London, 1786; plate 7 ?from the Antiquities of Great Britain, published 1786-1807:- "EGREMONT CASTLE ... Is situated upon the top of an hill or mount near the river Egan (now corruptly called End), from which it is supposed to have derived its name, i.e. Ege-er-mont. ..."

evidence:-

old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:- Egre, River
placename:- Egen, River

source data:-

Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.

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Page 94:- "... [Egremont Castle] upon a hill near to a little rivulet called Egre or Egen, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Skrine 1801
placename:- Ehen River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, rivers in Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire and Cheshire, scale about 23 miles to 1 inch, by Henry Skrine, published by P Elmsly, London, 1801.

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M076.jpg
"Ehen R."
river
item:- JandMN : 421
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Ehen River

source data:-

Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Cd.jpg
"Ehen R."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Ehen River

source data:-

Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Lk.jpg
"Ehen R."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Eben, River

source data:-

Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.

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Lw18.jpg
"R. Eben (sic)"
river
item:- private collection : 18.18
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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
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd)
placename:- Ehen River

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.

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WL13.jpg
"Ehen R."
river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Ehen River

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
"Ehen R."
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd)
placename:- Ehen River

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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HA14.jpg
"Ehen R."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- JandMN : 91
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)

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.

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Page 41:- "The water flowing from the north side of Gable has a long meandering stream down Ennerdale; it is called the Lisa till it enters the lake; afterwards it is the Ehen till it falls into the sea half way between Ravenglass and St. Bees. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Perrot 1823

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 38 miles to 1 inch, by Aristide Michel Perrot, engraved by Migneret, 1823, published by Etienne Ledoux, 9 Rue Guenegaud, Paris, France, 1824-48.

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:- Ehen

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 79:- "..."
"From Egremont, however, we hasten onwards to Ennerdale, ... On the right, the river Ehen flows the whole way, occasionally appearing and disappearing, as it glides through brakes and bushes of alders and willows in its course from the lake of Ennerdale."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Ehen River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Ehen, River

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913)
placename:- Ehen, River

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.