Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Gilpin, River

Gilpin, River

runs into:-

Kent, River

locality:-

Lyth Valley

civil parish:-

Crosthwaite and Lyth (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Crook (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

SD4490 (etc)

10Km square:-

SD49

civil parish:-

Crosthwaite and Lyth (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Levens (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

10Km square:-

SD48

SummaryText:-

The Gilpin is the main river in the Lyth Valley.

BLW16.jpg (taken 16.4.2006)
photograph

BSL99.jpg At the bridge,
(taken 9.4.2010)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 2)
placename:- Gilpin, 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 (Wmd 42 6)

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)

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.

J5SD48SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map

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.

Ws02SD49.jpg

Ws02SD48.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)

source data:-

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

CY24SD48.jpg
river running into the Kent
item:- JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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.

click to enlarge
COP4.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818

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.

OT02SD48.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H

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.

GAR2SD48.jpg
wiggly line, river
item:- JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

PST2SD48.jpg
"R. Gilpin."
wiggly line, running into Kent Estuary
item:- JandMN : 162.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.3 no.69)

source data:-

Print, uncoloured engraving, Scout Scar, near Kendal, Westmorland, drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by T H Shepherd, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1835

click to enlarge
PR0422.jpg
Originally vol.3 no.69 in Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated.
printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "T. Allom. / T. H. Shepherd. / SCOUT SCAR, NEAR KENDAL, WESTMORLAND. / FISHER, SON &Co. LONDON, 1835."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.415
Image © see bottom of page