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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


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BSW09.jpg (taken 4.6.2010)  
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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.
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Boundary with Scotland. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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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.
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"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.
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"Kirksop flu"
double line with stream lines; national boundary 
item:-  private collection : 16
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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.
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JAN3NY48.jpg
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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.
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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
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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:-  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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"Kirsop R."
wiggly line, national boundary Cumberland Scotland 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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.
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D4NY58NW.jpg
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"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.
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COP3.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river, county boundary with Scotland 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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photograph
BSW12.jpg  At Kershope Bridge,
(taken 4.6.2010)  
photograph
BSW07.jpg  At the bridge,
(taken 4.6.2010)  
photograph
BSV99.jpg  Liddel Water at Kershopefoot Bridge; the Kershope Burn joins on the right,
(taken 4.6.2010)  

places:-  
NY55578733 Corby Linn (Bewcastle)
NY48228281 ford, Kershopefoot (Nicholforest)
NY50118343 Kershope Bridge (Bewcastle)
NY47988283 Kershope Mill (Nicholforest)
NY47568295 railway bridge, Kershopefoot (Nicholforest)
NY52608520 stepping stones, Bewcastle (Bewcastle)
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