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Gelt, River
runs into:-    Irthing, River

civil parish:-   Brampton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Hayton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Castle Carrock (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY5456 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY55


photograph
CBG45.jpg  From High Gelt Bridge,
(taken 28.7.2014)  
photograph
BPX24.jpg  From Low Gelt Bridge.
(taken 16.1.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 25 1) 
placename:-  Gelt, 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 25 2) 
OS County Series (Cmd 25 6) 

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Gelt Flu.
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.
image
Sax9NY55.jpg
"Gelt flu:"
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile) 
placename:-  Gelt flu.
source data:-   Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England, parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897.
courtesy of the National Library of Scotland
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"Gelt flu"
river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

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.
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double line with stream lines; river, running into the Irthing 
item:-  JandMN : 169
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Gelt flud
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.
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SP11NY46.jpg
double line with stream lines, runs into the Irthing 
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SP11NY55.jpg
"Gelt flud"
wiggly line 
item:-  private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:-  Gelt
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.
image DRY6P167, button  goto source
page 167:-  "... Gelt she [Irthing] gets her guide,
Which springeth on her South, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:-  Gelt Flu.
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.
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DRY503.jpg
"Gelt flu"
River, naiad. 
item:-  JandMN : 168
Image © see bottom of page

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.
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JEN4Sq.jpg
wiggly line 

evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Gelt Flud
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.
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JAN3NY55.jpg
"Gelt fl."
Single wiggly line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 86) 
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Tinmouth ... to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
image
OG86m060.jpg
In mile 61, Cumberland. 
River crossed by the road over:-  "a bridg"
flowing through a park, no bridge is drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 73
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.
image  click to enlarge
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.
image  click to enlarge
SEL9.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Gelt River
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.
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MD12NY55.jpg
"Gelt R."
item:-  JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Gelt 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.
image
BO18NY55.jpg
"Gelt R."
wiggly line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Gelt 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.
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D4NY55NW.jpg
"Gelt River"
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D4NY55SE.jpg
"Gelt River"
single or double wiggly line; a river 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   perhaps 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.
image  click to enlarge
COP3.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  JandMN : 86
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Gelt 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.
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FD02NY55.jpg
"Gelt R."
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Gelt, 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.
image
GAR2NY55.jpg
"Gelt R."
wiggly line, river 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Gelt, 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.
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PST2NY55.jpg
"Gelt. R."
wiggly line 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old drawing:- 
source data:-   Drawing, Gelt Bridge Looking Down the River, Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, Hayton, Cumberland, by John Wilson Carmichael, 1835.
image  click to enlarge
PR1016.jpg
An unfinished viaduct viaduct towers above a river which fills the foreground and beside which a single fisherman sits. A small stone building stands on the river's right bank. To either side of composition rise wooded riverbanks; a flock of birds rise overhead. 
numbered & inscribed & initialled &dated at bottom left:-  "No 18 Gelt Bridge looking down the River JWC 1835"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1968.16.16
Image © Tullie House Museum

MN photo:-  
In Gelt Woods, running through and eroding sandstone.

photograph
CGX54.jpg (taken 1.12.2017)  
photograph
CGX55.jpg (taken 1.12.2017)  
photograph
CGX56.jpg (taken 1.12.2017)  
photograph
CGX57.jpg (taken 1.12.2017)  
photograph
CGX58.jpg (taken 1.12.2017)  
photograph
CGX59.jpg (taken 1.12.2017)  
photograph
CGX60.jpg (taken 1.12.2017)  
photograph
CGX61.jpg (taken 1.12.2017)  
photograph
CGX62.jpg (taken 1.12.2017)  
photograph
CGX64.jpg  Overhang, near Bryan's Leap
(taken 1.12.2017)  
photograph
CGX65.jpg  Overhang, near Bryan's Leap
(taken 1.12.2017)  


photograph
CBG44.jpg  From High Gelt Bridge,
(taken 28.7.2014)  
photograph
BMM62.jpg  From High Gelt Bridge; a dry summer.
(taken 11.8.2006)  
photograph
BPX25.jpg  From Low Gelt Bridge.
(taken 16.1.2009)  
photograph
CBG56.jpg  At Greenwell,
(taken 28.7.2014)  

places:-  
NY53725661 footbridge, Greenwell (Hayton / Castle Carrock)
NY53255732 Gelt Bridge (Hayton)
NY53695654 Gelt Mill (Hayton) L
NY53675673 Gelt Mill (Hayton)
NY54155619 High Gelt Bridge (Castle Carrock / Hayton)
NY56055574 Hynam Bridge (Castle Carrock / Hayton)
NY51975916 Low Gelt Bridge (Brampton / Hayton)
NY53235735 Middle Gelt Bridge (Hayton) L
NY51765922 New Gelt Bridge (Brampton / Hayton)
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