Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Kershope Burn

Kershope Burn

runs into:-

Liddel Water

civil parish:-

Bewcastle (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Nicholforest (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

county boundary

locality type:-

national boundary

1Km square:-

NY5184 (etc etc)

10Km square:-

NY58

country:-

Scotland

current boundary

locality:-

Cumbria boundary

BSW09.jpg (taken 4.6.2010)
photograph

BSW10.jpg (taken 4.6.2010)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 1 12)
placename:- Kershope Burn

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 3 3)

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.

Sax9NY48.jpg
Boundary with Scotland.
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Kirsop 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
"Kirsop flu."
double line with stream lines; river, and national boundary with Scotland
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirksop flu.

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.

SP11NY48.jpg
"Kirksop flu"
double line with stream lines; national boundary
item:- private collection : 16
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.

JAN3NY47.jpg

JAN3NY48.jpg

JAN3NY58.jpg
Single wiggly line; country boundary.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 62)
placename:- Kirksop Fluvius

source data:-

Raod strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Carlisle to Barwick, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG62m015.jpg
In mile 18, Cumberland. "Kirksop fluvius"
river crossed by the road, no bridge is drawn; and a dotted line for a boundary:- "Enter Scotland"
item:- JandMN : 83
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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
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)

source data:-

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

click to enlarge
SEL9.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
Image © see bottom of page

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.

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

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirksop 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.

MD12NY48.jpg
"Kirksop R."
With the national boundary drawn alongside.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 161)
placename:- Kirksop Flu.

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.161, part of The Road from Carlisle to Barwick, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Cumberland, and Scotland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B161m15.jpg
"enter Scotland / Kirksop Flu."
Border with Scotland; just before mile 19.
item:- JandMN : 65.161
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Kirsop 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.

BO18NY57.jpg
"Kirsop R."
wiggly line, national boundary Cumberland Scotland
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Kershope River

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.

D4NY48SE.jpg

D4NY58NW.jpg

D4NY58SW.jpg
"Kershope River"
single or double wiggly line; a river and national boundary
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808

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.