Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Irthing, River

Irthing, River

runs into:-

Eden, River

civil parish:-

Hayton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Irthington (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Brampton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Burtholme (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Waterhead (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Nether Denton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Upper Denton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Kingwater (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

parish boundary

locality type:-

county boundary

1Km square:-

NY4758 (etc etc)

10Km square:-

NY45

10Km square:-

NY56

10Km square:-

NY66

10Km square:-

NY67

county:-

Northumberland

current boundary

locality:-

Cumbria boundary

old boundary

locality:-

Cumberland boundary

BOW04.jpg (taken 21.3.2008)
photograph

BOV90.jpg From Gowk Bank.
(taken 21.3.2008)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 5 14)
placename:- Irthing, River

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.
OS County Series (Cmd 9 11)
OS County Series (Cmd 12 14)
OS County Series (Cmd 12 15)
OS County Series (Cmd 17 4)
OS County Series (Cmd 17 7)
OS County Series (Cmd 17 8)
OS County Series (Cmd 17 11)
OS County Series (Cmd 17 15)
OS County Series (Cmd 18 1)

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.
shows the Irthing running into the Eden.

evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:- Irthyng

source data:-

Map, colour photozincograph copy, reduced size facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, scale about 28.5 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875.

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Ggh1Cm.jpg
"fl irthyng"
Tributary to the Eden.
item:- JandMN : 33
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evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:- Irthyng

source data:-

Map, lithograph facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, 20 miles to 1 inch? published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1935.

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Ggh2Cm.jpg
"fl irthyng"
Tributary to the Eden.
item:- JandMN : 34
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evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Irthing Flu.
item:- Trout Beck

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.

Sax9NY67.jpg
"Trout bek"

Sax9NY66.jpg
"Irthing flu:"
County boundary.

Sax9NY56.jpg
"Irthing flu:"

Sax9NY55.jpg
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile)
placename:- Irthinge flu.

source data:-

Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England, parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897.
courtesy of the National Library of Scotland

M048NY56.jpg
"Irthinge flu"
river
item:- National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Irding flu.
placename:- Turnebeck flu.

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.

MER8CumA.jpg
"Irding flu."
"Turnebeck flu."
double line with stream lines; river, county boundary with Northumberland
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

old map:- Keer 1605

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.

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KER8.jpg
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double wiggly line, tapering to single; river; county boundary with Durham
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-

probably old map:- Speed 1611 (Cum/EW)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, scale about 36 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, about 1610-11, published by Thomas Bassett, Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1676?

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SPD6Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly line
item:- private collection : 85
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Irthing flud

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.

SP11NY67.jpg
"Irthing flud"
double line with stream lines; county boundary

SP11NY45.jpg
double line with stream lines, runs into the Eden
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

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

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 :- "...
... Irthing comming in from her most plenteous source,
Through many a cruell Crag, though she be forc'd to crawle,
..."

evidence:-

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

DRY503.jpg
"Itching fl"
River, naiad.
item:- JandMN : 168
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evidence:-

old map:- Jenner 1643

source data:-

Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.

JEN4Sq.jpg
wiggly line

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Ireingh 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.

JAN3NY45.jpg

JAN3NY56.jpg

JAN3NY66.jpg

JAN3NY67.jpg
"Ireingh fl."
Double wiggly line, tapering to single.
item:- JandMN : 88
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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 with Northumberland
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL9.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (EW)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, England, including Wales, scale about 27 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale Awnsham and John Churchil, London, about 1695.

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MRD3Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly line
item:- JandMN : 339
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Irthing River
item:- Trout Beck 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.

MD12NY67.jpg
"Irthing R."
"Trout Beck R."
With the county boundary drawn alongside.

MD12NY66.jpg

MD12NY56.jpg

MD12NY55.jpg
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

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BD10.jpg
""
tapering wiggly line; county boundary
item:- JandMN : 115
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Irthing River

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.

BO18NY77.jpg
wiggly line, county boundary Cumberland Northumberland

BO18NY76.jpg
"Irthing R."
wiggly line, county boundary Cumberland Northumberland

BO18NY45.jpg
double line with stream lines, into the Eden

BO18NY56.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old text:- Pennant 1773
placename:-  Irt, River
placename:-  Irthing, River
item:-  pearl fishery

source data:-

Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.

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Pennant's Tour 1773, page 177 "About a mile farther I crossed the Irt, or Irthing, celebrated by the Editor of Camden for its pearls. He tells us, that certain gentlemen obtained a patent for the fishery, which flattered them with the hopes of enriching themselves by those of the British river."

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.

D4NY68SW.jpg

D4NY67NE.jpg
"Irthing River"

D4NY67SE.jpg

D4NY66NW.jpg

D4NY56SE.jpg

D4NY56SW.jpg
"Irthing River"

D4NY45NE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river and county boundary
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789
placename:- Irthing, River

source data:-

Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.

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Page 176:- "..."
"... the river Irthing which runs with rapidity and noise by Naworth castle, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Aikin 1790 (Cmd)
placename:- Irthing River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, by John Aikin, London, 1790.

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AIK3.jpg
"Irthing R."
river; on county boundary
item:- JandMN : 145
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evidence:-

old map:- Bailey 1797
placename:- Irthing River

source data:-

Map, soil etc, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, by J Bailey, engraved by Neele, Strand, published by Messrs Robinson, Paternoster Row and G Nicol, Pall Mall, London, 1797.

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BY04.jpg
"Irthing R."
river; on county boundary
item:- Armitt Library : A680.2
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evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Irthing, River

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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C38321.jpg
page 321-322 "Cross the River Irthing"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Skrine 1801
placename:- Irthing River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, rivers in Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire and Cheshire, scale about 23 miles to 1 inch, by Henry Skrine, published by P Elmsly, London, 1801.

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M076.jpg
"Irthing R."
river
item:- JandMN : 421
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Irthing River

source data:-

Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Cd.jpg
"Irthing R."
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Irthing River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP3.jpg
"Irthing R."
tapering wiggly line; river, county boundary
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd)
placename:- Irthing River

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.

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WL13.jpg
"Irthing R."
river; county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd)
placename:- Irthing River

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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HA14.jpg
"Irthing R."
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- JandMN : 91
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Irthing, River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Irthing, River

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.

evidence:-

old photograph:- Bogg 1898

source data:-

Photograph, halftone print, Waterfall on the Irthing, Gilsland, perhaps Northumberland? published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.

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BGG106.jpg
Included on p.43 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.
item:- JandMN : 231.6
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evidence:-

old photograph:- Bogg 1898
item:- meander

source data:-

Photograph, halftone print, The Irthing near Burdoswald, Waterhead, Cumberland, by Gibson, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.

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BGG105.jpg
Included on p.16 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.
item:- JandMN : 231.5
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evidence:-

perhaps old painting:-

source data:-

Painting, oil painting, River Scene near Naworth, Brampton, Cumberland, by George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, 1870-75.

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PR1149.jpg
Autumn; to left of composition lies the flat grassy bank of a wide shallow river framed by a large tree. To right, a wooded hillside descends to meet the slowly flowing water.
Although the work was given to his daughter in 1899 its murky tones and hesitant use of paint suggest that it is of a much earlier date, most likely to have been executed during the transitional period of the early 1870s when Howard was experiencing a loss of confidence and was vacillating between the depiction of figure subjects and that of landscape.
inscribed at reverse:- "Aurea Howard from Father. April 1899"
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1973.95.1
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-

old print:- Rose 1832-35

source data:-

Print, engraving, Gilsland Spa, Cumberland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by J Sands, 1833.