Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Langdale Beck

Langdale Beck

runs into:-

Lune, River

civil parish:-

Orton S (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY6402 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY6405

10Km square:-

NY60

BTJ21.jpg (taken 16.8.2010)
photograph

BTJ15.jpg (taken 16.8.2010)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 29 9)
placename:- Langdale 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:-

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.

Sax9NY60.jpg
item:- private collection : 2
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.

SP14NY60.jpg
double line, into the Lune
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.

JAN3NY60.jpg
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

MD10NY60.jpg
Running into the Lune.
item:- JandMN : 24
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2NYQ.jpg
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page

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.

BO18NY50.jpg
wiggly line, into the Lune
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.

J5NY60NW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

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.

click to enlarge
COP4.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, black and white, Langdale Beck, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

click to enlarge
HB0632.jpg
stamped on reverse:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS294
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

source data:-

Photograph, black and white, Great Langdale, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.

click to enlarge
HB0636.jpg
stamped on reverse:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:- Armitt Library : ALPS298
Image © see bottom of page

BNX85.jpg From above.
(taken 8.8.2007)
photograph

BSH82.jpg Downstream to Langdale Knott; about
(taken 16.3.2010)
photograph

BSH83.jpg Upstream towards Cobles; about
(taken 16.3.2010)

places:-

NY64290543 Langdale Bridge (Orton S)

NY64520361 Langdale (Orton S)

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