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Goldrill Beck
runs into:-    Ullswater

civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
coordinates:-   NY393166
1Km square:-   NY3916
10Km square:-   NY31
10Km square:-   NY41


photograph
CAS59.jpg  Out of Brothers Water.
(taken 21.5.2014)  
photograph
BQZ66.jpg  At a bridge,
(taken 6.7.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 15) 
placename:-  Goldrill 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
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
Sax9NY41.jpg
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  
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.
image
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double line with stream lines; river, running into Ullswater 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
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.
image
SP11NY41.jpg
double line, runs into Ullswater; Westmorland 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
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.
image
SP14NY41.jpg
double line, into Ullswater 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
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.
image
JAN3NY41.jpg
Single wiggly line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
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.
image
MD12NY41.jpg
Running into Ullswater from the south. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
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.
image
MD10NY41.jpg
From Brothers Water to Ullswater. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   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.
image
SMP2NYK.jpg
Wiggly line; through Hartsop Park into Ullswater. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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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.
image
BO18NY31.jpg
wiggly line, into Ullswater 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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.
image
J5NY41NW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river 
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.
image WS21P157, button  goto source
Page 157:-  "From the bridge in Patterdale, Goldrill-beck serpentizes sweetly through the meadows, and falls easily into the lake about the middle of the vale. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
placename:-  Goldrill Beck
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.
image
CT5NY31Y.jpg
"Goldrill beck"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
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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.
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Ws02NY31.jpg
image
Ws02NY41.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
placename:-  Coldrill 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.
image
CL4NY31Y.jpg
"Coldrill Beck"
item:-  private collection : 10.4
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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.
image
CY24NY31.jpg
river running into Ullswater 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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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.
image  click to enlarge
COP4.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Goldrill Beck
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.
image FD01P143, button  goto source
Page 143:-  "..."
"... The principal feeders [of Ullswater] are Grisedale Beck, overflowing from a large tarn, high up between Seat-Sandal and Helvellyn, and Goldrill Beck, whose waters are the united streams that pour out of Blea and Angle Tarns. ..."

evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
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.
image MNU1P105, button  goto source
Page 105:-  "... Both these tarns [Hayeswater, Angle Tarn] send their brooks down, to swell the stream from Brothers' Water, which is itself supplied from the busy, noisy beck that descends the Kirkstone Pass; and the whole, united with a tributary from Deepdale, form the clear brown stream which winds through Patterdale, and empties itself into Ullswater. ..."

evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.3 no.66) 
placename:-  Goldril Beck
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Goldril Beck and Ullswater, Cumberland, drawn by G Pickering, engraved by D Buckle, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1832-35.
image  click to enlarge
PR0055.jpg
vol.3 pl.66 in the set of prints, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated. This is in Westmorland. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "G. Pickering. / D. Buckle. / GOLDRILL BECK &ULLSWATER, CUMBERLAND."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.55
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photograph
CAC02.jpg  At Menneting Bridge,
(taken 10.3.2014)  
photograph
CAC03.jpg  At Menneting Bridge,
(taken 10.3.2014)  
photograph
BLN62.jpg  Looking towards Ullswater from Goldrill Bridge.
(taken 7.1.2006)  

places:-  
NY40261342 bridge, Hartsop (Patterdale)
NY39521616 bridge, Patterdale (Patterdale)
NY40261337 Cow Bridge (Patterdale) L
NY39811582 Goldrill Bridge (Patterdale)
NY40441466 Menneting Bridge (Patterdale)
NY40411435 Stay Dub (Patterdale)
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