Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Elter Water

runs into:-

Brathay, River

civil parish:-

Lakes (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

lake

coordinates:-

NY33360415 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3304

10Km square:-

NY30

BSC72.jpg From Lingmoor.
(taken 1.2.2010)
photograph

BPS49.jpg From Loughrigg.
(taken 6.10.2008)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Lan 2 1)
placename:- Elter 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 (Wmd 25 12)

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Elter Water

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

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"ELTER WATER"
outline with form lines; lake or tarn
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)

source data:-

Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.

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Rev Plumtre's Night Piece on Windermere, 1797
Page 230:- "..."
"Say, Brathay, as I walk your side, / List'ning to your murmuring tide, / What sights, what wonders have you seen, / Passing your barrier hills between? / View'd you old Langdale's solid towers,[1] / And Elter-water's peaceful bowers; / Where the quarry's yawning scar / Hangs hideous in the midnight air! / ..."

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Page 231:- "[1] The river Brathay is formed chiefly from two steams,- the one rising in Little Langdale, the other in Great Langdale, where it passes the Pikes and the slate quarry: these join in the small lake of Elter-water. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Elter Water

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.

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item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Elter Water

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

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"Elter Water"
outline with shore form lines; lake or tarn
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Elter Water

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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"Elter Water"
outline with form lines; lake or tarn
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-

probably old map:- Cooke 1802

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Wd.jpg
outline with form lines; lake or tarn
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Elter Water

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
"Elter Water"
lake
item:- private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-

probably old map:- Cooper 1808

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
outline, shaded; lake
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 13)
placename:- Elter Water
item:- horse

source data:-

Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Elter Water, Westmorland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.

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Plate 13 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire.
printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "Revd. Jos: Wilkenson delt. / W. F. Wells sc. / Elter Water. / Published Decr. 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand. London."
item:- Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.13
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1814 (plate 18)
placename:- Elter Water

source data:-

Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Elter Water, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.

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Plate 18 in Sixty Small Prints.
printed at top right:- "18"
printed at bottom:- "ELTER WATER. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6656.18
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1814 (plate 18)
placename:- Elter Water

source data:-

Print, tinted soft ground etching, Elter Water, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.

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Plate 18 in Sixty Small Prints.
printed at top right:- "18"
printed at bottom:- "ELTER WATER. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6653.18
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1815
placename:- Elter Water
item:- sheep

source data:-

Print, coloured aquatint, Elter Water and Windermere, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.

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Plate 15 in Lake Scenery.
printed at upper right:- "15"
printed at bottom:- "ELTER WATER and WINDERMERE. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6646.14
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1815
placename:- Elter Water
item:- cattle; clouds

source data:-

Print, coloured aquatint, Elter Water, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.

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Plate 16 in Lake Scenery.
printed at upper right:- "16"
printed at bottom:- "ELTER WATER. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6646.15
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Elter Water

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.

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item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
placename:- Elterwater Tarn
item:- fishing; trout; pike

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 32:- "..."
"Elterwater is one of the largest of the Tarns; and having given its name to a small hamlet in Langdale, it became necessary in speaking of"

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Page 33:- "the water itself, to add the word tarn by way of distinction. It is nearly a mile in length, and divided into three parts. By the sudden influx of water from the two Langdales, the low meadows on its margin are frequently overflowed, and rendered wet and swampy. To obviate this, great pains have lately been taken in opening its outlet; by which means the dimensions of the water have been greatly contracted; and the fishery of trout has been nearly annihilated by the introduction of that voracious fish the pike. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Leigh 1830 map

source data:-

Map, Grasmere Rydal and Langdale, scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Josiah Neele, 352 Strand, published by Leigh and Son, 421 Strand, London, about 1830.

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item:- JandMN : 1.3
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
placename:-  Elter Water Tarn
placename:-  Elter Water
item:-  depth, Elter Water

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 39:- "..."
"Elter Water Tarn has low marshy shores, frequently inundated by its waters; seen in conjunction with Windermere, it, however, forms a beautiful picture. ..."

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Page 177:- "A TABLE"
"OF THE LENGTH, BREADTH, &c. OF THE LAKES,"
"COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES."


No.	Names of Lakes.	Height above sea in feet.	Length in miles.	Breadth in miles.	Depth in fathoms.

17	Elter Water		¾ -

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Elter Water

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.

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"Elter Water"
Outline with form lines.
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Elter 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.

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"Elter Water"
outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn
item:- JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-

old text:- Martineau 1855
placename:- Elterwater

source data:-

Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.

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Page 19:- "..."
"... the Brathay, which issues from Elterwater, a group of pools, rather than a lake, lying at the foot of the hills near Langdale. ..."

evidence:-

old print:- Nelson 1859
placename:- Elterwater

source data:-

Print, Nelson print, Elterwater, Westmorland, published by T Nelson and Sons, London etc, 1859.

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NS0513.jpg
printed, bottom "ELTERWATER."
item:- Armitt Library : 2003.13.13
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evidence:-

old map:- Jenkinson 1875 map1
placename:-

source data:-

Map, Windermere Section, Westmorland and Lancashire, ?colour lithograph, scale about 1 mile to 1 inch, by Stanford's Geographical Establishment, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.

evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, black and white, stereo photo, Elterwater and Langdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900s?

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printed at rev of mount:- "Herbert Bell / Ambleside."
ms at mount:- "Elterwater &Langdale"
item:- Armitt Library : 2003.162.5
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:- reflections

source data:-

Photograph, sepia, Elter Water, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

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internegative at lower right:- "H. Bell"
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS299
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, sepia, Elter Water and Wetherlam, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

evidence:-

old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908)
placename:- Elterwater

source data:-

Print, colour halftone, Elterwater and Langdale Pikes, Westmorland, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908.

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Opposite p.220 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer.
printed at tissue opposite the print:- "ELTERWATER AND LANGDALE PIKES"
printed at signed lower right:- "A HEATON COOPER"
item:- JandMN : 468.74
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evidence:-

old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913)
placename:- Elter 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.

evidence:-

old print:- Tattersall 1836
placename:- Elterwater

source data:-

A traveller and his horse by Elterwater on the title page of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.

evidence:-

old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.2 no.1)
placename:- Elterwater

source data:-

Print, engraving, Elterwater, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by le Petit, 1833.

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Vol.2 no.1 in Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated, with descriptions by Thomas Rose, published by H Fisher, R Fisher, and P Jackson, Newgate, London, about 1835.
printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "T. Allom. / W. Le Petit. / ELTERWATER, GREAT LANGDALE, WESTMORLAND."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.408
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evidence:-

old print:-
placename:- Elter Water

source data:-

Print, coloured aquatint, Elter Water, Westmorland, published about 1820?

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PR0434.jpg
printed at bottom:- "ELTER WATER."
item:- private collection : 98
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1809
placename:- Elter Water

source data:-

Print, soft ground etching, Elter Water, Westmorland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.

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Plate 50 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature.
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:- "Number 50. Elter Water, in Langdale, is four miles from Ambleside. The house at the head of the lake is Elter water Hall, the property of the Rev. Mr. Byrom, but at present the residence of Mrs. Fleming. Langdale Pikes are the last mountains in this scene."
printed at bottom:- "ELTER WATER. / Published Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6637.50
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