Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Glencoyne Beck

Glencoyne Beck

runs into:-

Ullswater

locality:-

Glencoyne

civil parish:-

Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

county boundary

coordinates:-

NY38751881

1Km square:-

NY3818

10Km square:-

NY31

old boundary

locality:-

Westmorland boundary

locality:-

Cumberland boundary

CED82.jpg by a sheepfold,
(taken 20.10.2015)
photograph

CED92.jpg above the dam,
(taken 20.10.2015)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 6)
placename:- Glencoyne Beck

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Glenkwen 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.

Sax9NY31.jpg
"Glenkwen flu:"
County boundary.
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Glenkwen fl.

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.

MER8CumF.jpg
"Glenkwen fl."
double line with stream lines; river, running into Ullswater, county boundary with Westmorland
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Glenkwen fl.

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.

MER5WmdA.jpg
double line with stream lines; river, running into Ullswater, county boundary with Cumberland
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Glenkwen flu.

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.

SP11NY31.jpg
"Glenkwen flu"
wiggly line; county boundary
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)
placename:- Glankowen flud

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP14NY31.jpg
"Glank[ ]wen flud"
double line, into Ullswater; county boundary

SP14NY41.jpg
double line, into Ullswater
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:- Glenkwin

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.

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page 163:- "...
When Glenkwin greets her [Eden] well, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:- Glenkuen 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.

DRY515.jpg
"Glenkuen fl"
River, naiad pouring out water.
item:- JandMN : 168
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Glenkwen 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.

JAN3NY31.jpg
"Glenkwen fl."
Single wiggly line; county boundary.
item:- JandMN : 88
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.

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SAN2Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river, county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL7.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Glenkwen 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.

MD12NY31.jpg
"Glenkwen R."
With the county boundary alongside.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Glenkwoin Flu.
placename:- Glenkern Flu

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

MD10NY31.jpg
"Glenkw[o]in flu"
With county boundary drawn alongside; the same river is plotted again, and called:-. "Glenkern flu"
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

probably old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2NYF.jpg
Wiggly line; into Ullswater; not shown as county boundary.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

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.

BO18NY31.jpg
wiggly line, into Ullswater
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

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.

J5NY31NE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Glencairn Beck

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.

D4NY31NW.jpg

D4NY31NE.jpg
"Glencairn Beck"
single or double wiggly line; a river and county boundary
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

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

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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Page 157:- "... Glencairn-beck, descending from Helvellyn, joins the lake at the bridge which unites the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.

CT5NY31Z.jpg
The county boundary is continued down the lake by a dotted line (which is not a line of flow).
item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
Image © see bottom of page

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.

Ws02NY32.jpg

evidence:-

old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:- Glencoyn Beck

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 31:- "..."
"Glencoyn Beck, which runs nearly through the middle of the estate, divides Cumberland from Westmorland, and takes its rise in a valley called Glencoyn-Dale, and not upon Helveylin, as some modern authors chuse to assert. But when we consider the great labour attending these researches, we need not wonder at such inaccuracies among such as write to amuse, and not instruct. This brook is plentifully stocked with fish: I remember, some years ago, taking 147 trouts with the hook in it."

evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater)
placename:- Glencoyn Beck

source data:-

Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.

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.

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 9:- "... Glencoin is a farm placed in a sweet recess, where a brook divides the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. ..."

evidence:-

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

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 147:- "[Glencoin] ... the stream here divides the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. ..."

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.

CED81.jpg by a sheepfold,
(taken 20.10.2015)
photograph

CEE04.jpg Waterfalls,
(taken 20.10.2015)

places:-

NY38521871 bridge, Glencoyne (Patterdale)

NY36951874 dam, Glencoyne (Patterdale / Matterdale)

NY36311890 Deepdale Slack (Matterdale / Patterdale)

NY38721879 Glencoyne Bridge (Matterdale)

NY35861891 Glencoyne Head (Matterdale / Patterdale)

NY37341878 Glencoyne (Matterdale / Patterdale)

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