Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Howegrain Beck

Howegrain Beck

runs into:-

Sandwick Beck

locality:-

Howe Grain

civil parish:-

Martindale (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

coordinates:-

NY44321990

1Km square:-

NY4419

10Km square:-

NY41

BLO91.jpg Looking south from Christy Bridge.
(taken 25.1.2006)
photograph

BMY27.jpg By Beckside Farm, Sandwick.
(taken 2.11.2006)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 8)
placename:- Howgrane 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:-

probably 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:- 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.

SP11NY41.jpg
double line, runs into Ullswater; Westmorland
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

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.

SP14NY41.jpg
double line, into Ullswater
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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.

JAN3NY41.jpg
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

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.

MD12NY41.jpg
Running into Ullswater to the south of Markendale Chap.
item:- JandMN : 90
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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.

BO18NY31.jpg
wiggly line, into the Sandwick Beck
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.

J5NY41NW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater)

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:-

probably 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.

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COP4.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river, in Martindale
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page

BZZ32.jpg (taken 27.2.2014)
photograph

BZZ33.jpg (taken 27.2.2014)

places:-

NY43291900 bridge, Martindale (3) (Martindale)

NY43351833 Christy Bridge (Martindale) L

NY42701926 footbridge, Martindale (2) (Martindale)

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