Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Haweswater Beck

Haweswater Beck

runs into:-

Lowther, River

civil parish:-

Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Bampton (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY5116 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY51

BTH90.jpg At Naddle Bridge,
(taken 11.8.2010)
photograph

BZT20.jpg At Naddle Bridge,
(taken 28.12.2013)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 13 12)
placename:- Hawes Water 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.

Sax9NY41.jpg
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

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.

JAN3NY51.jpg
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

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.

MD10NY51.jpg
From Hawes Water, running into the Lowther.
item:- JandMN : 24
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Lowther River

source data:-

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

SMP2NYK.jpg
"Lowther R."
Wiggly line; from the lake..
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.

BO18NY41.jpg
wiggly line, into the Lowther
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.

J5NY51NW.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.

Ws02NY51.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.

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

places:-

NY51841808 Black Bridge (Bampton / Shap Rural)

NY51521609 dam, Shap Rural (2) (Shap Rural / Bampton)

NY50611584 Gill Dubs (Bampton / Shap Rural)

NY51821763 Halfa Bridge (Bampton) L

NY51011598 Naddle Bridge (Bampton / Shap Rural) L

NY51471609 Park Bridge (Shap Rural / Bampton)

NY51881618 stepping stones, Bampton (Bampton / Shap Rural)

NY51941627 stepping stones, Bampton (2) (Bampton / Shap Rural)

NY51111602 Thornthwaite Force (Bampton / Shap Rural)

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