Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Liddel Water

Liddel Water

runs into:-

Esk, River

Liddle Water

civil parish:-

Arthuret (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Nicholforest (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

national boundary

locality type:-

county boundary

1Km square:-

NY4377 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY47

country:-

Scotland

current boundary

locality:-

Cumbria boundary

CBN50.jpg At Penton Bridge.
(taken 29.8.2014)
photograph

CBN51.jpg At Penton Bridge, Cowugly Pool.
(taken 29.8.2014)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 3 9)
placename:- Liddel Water

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.

Sax9NY47.jpg
County boundary.
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile)
placename:- Liddall 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

M048NT50.jpg
"Liddall flu"
river
item:- National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)

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
double line, joined by the Kershope

SP11NY37.jpg
double line with stream lines, runs into the Esk; 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.

JAN3NY48.jpg

JAN3NY47.jpg
Double wiggly line, tapering to single; country boundary.
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 Scotland
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.

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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.

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

probably descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:- Eske, River

source data:-

Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.

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"Longtown, near where the Eske and Kirksop Rivers meet: ..."

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.

BO18NY47.jpg
wiggly line, national boundary Cumberland Scotland, into the Esk
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Liddel 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

D4NY47NW.jpg
"Liddel River"

D4NY47SW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river and national boundary
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789
placename:- Lidd

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:- "..."
"Where the river Lidd falls into the Esk was formerly, as I have been told, Liddel, a castle ..."

evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

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

old map:- Bailey 1797
placename:- Liddle 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
"Liddle R."
river; on county boundary
item:- Armitt Library : A680.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Liddel 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
"Liddel R."
tapering wiggly line; river, county boundary with Scotland
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd)
placename:- Lidd 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
"Lidd R."
river; county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd)
placename:- Liddle 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
"Liddle R."
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- JandMN : 91
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Liddel 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.

FD02NY48.jpg
"Liddel River"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old print:-
placename:- Liddle, River
item:- otter; dog; otter hound; costume

source data:-

Print, hand coloured, The Carlisle Otter Hunt, Liddel Water, Penton, Nicholforest, Cumberland, after George Earl, published by H Koekkoek, 27 Piccadilly, London, 1876.

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PR0962.jpg
A crowd of men, two of them wearing scarlet hunting jackets, and a pack of otterhounds, pursue an otter which has descended the rocky wooded hillside into the river at its foot.
labelled at bottom centre on mount:- "The Carlisle Otter Hunt, River Liddle, Penton, 1876. George Earl"
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1951.96
Image © Tullie House Museum