Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Helvellyn Gill

Helvellyn Gill

runs into:-

How Beck

civil parish:-

St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY3117 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY31

SummaryText:-

NB: the gill has been mucked about by the waterworks, its old and new courses are no longer simple

BRA72.jpg Near the footbridge,
(taken 9.7.2009)
photograph

BRA73.jpg Near the footbridge, unidentified
(taken 9.7.2009)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 8)
placename:- Helvellyn Gill

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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)

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
single or double wiggly line; a river
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick)

source data:-

Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 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.

BRA74.jpg Near the footbridge, unidentified
(taken 9.7.2009)

places:-

NY31671775 bridge, Thirlspot (St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn)

NY31961670 footbridge, St John's Castlerigg etc (St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn)

NY31861684 footbridge, St John's Castlerigg etc (2) (St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn)

NY31831685 footbridge, St John's Castlerigg etc (3) (St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn)

NY31951670 water gate, St John's Castlerigg etc (St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn)

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