Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Gatesgarthdale Beck | ||
| runs into:- |  Buttermere lake |
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| civil parish:- | Buttermere (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | river | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2014 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY21 | |
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 BUM88.jpg (taken 3.5.2011)  Click to enlarge BUM89.jpg (taken 3.5.2011) |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Gents Mag 1751 |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in
Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George
Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751. GM1305.jpg tapering wiggly line; river item:- JandMN : 114 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| 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. D4NY11SE.jpg single or double wiggly line; a river into Buttermere item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low) |
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| 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. CT8NY11X.jpg item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- West 1784 map |
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| 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. Ws02NY11.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) |
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| 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. goto source Page 88:- "... The river that runs through to the lake - 'in light and clouds it has its mortal birth' - is as wild as the valley itself, having no banks but such as are formed of fragments of rocks - no bed, but a channel composed of rocky strata, among which the water forces its course. ..." |
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