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Leith, River
runs into:-    Lyvennet, River

civil parish:-   Lowther (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Great Strickland (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   NY5523 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY52


photograph
BMD36.jpg  At Cliburn Town Bridge.
(taken 29.5.2006)  
photograph
CCW83.jpg (taken 17.4.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 8 5) 
placename:-  Leith, 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 (Wmd 8 7) 
OS County Series (Wmd 8 9) 
OS County Series (Wmd 14 2) 

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.
image
Sax9NY52.jpg
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.
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MER5WmdA.jpg
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double line with stream lines; river, running into the Lyvennet 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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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.
image
SP14NY62.jpg
double line, running into the Lyvennet 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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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.
image
JAN3NY52.jpg
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.
image  click to enlarge
SAN2Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
image  click to enlarge
SEL7.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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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.
image
MD12NY52.jpg
Running by the Stricklands and into the Lyvennet. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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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.
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MD10NY62.jpg
Joining the Lyvennet. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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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.
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SMP2NYL.jpg
Wiggly line. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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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.
image
BO18NY52.jpg
wiggly line, into the Lyvennet 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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.
image
J5NY52SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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Ws02NY53.jpg
image
Ws02NY52.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24NY52.jpg
river into the Lyvennet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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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.
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COP4.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Leathe, 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.
image
GAR2NY52.jpg
"R Leathe"
wiggly line, river 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Leathe, River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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PST2NY52.jpg
image
PST2NY52.jpg
"R. Leathe."
wiggly line, running into the Lyvennet 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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evidence:-   old map:- LMS 1920s maps
placename:-  Lethe, River
source data:-   Railway map, lithograph, 23 pages of strip maps, The Journey in Brief, the Route London to Carlisle, published by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
image  click to enlarge
LS3p27.jpg
"R. Lethe"
item:-  JandMN : 95.2
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places:-  
NY55252400 Blind Tom's Dub (Great Strickland)
NY58882440 boundary stone, Cliburn/Morland 
NY55831861 bridge, Thrimby (Thrimby / Shap Rural)
NY55681842 Shapbeck Bridge (Thrimby / Shap Rural)
NY55462466 Burnbank Dubs (Lowther / Great Strickland)
NY58882440 Cliburn Town Bridge (Cliburn / Morland)
NY57622476 Commonholme Bridge (Cliburn)
NY55782056 railway bridge, Thrimby (6) (Thrimby / Little Strickland)
NY55812063 Thrimby Mill (Little Strickland)
NY55332131 Town Gill (Thrimby / Little Strickland)
NY55082401 Waterfalls Bridge (Lowther / Great Strickland)
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