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Little Waver
runs into:-    Waver, River

civil parish:-   Boltons (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Waverton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY2343 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY24

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 28 16) 
placename:-  Little Waver
placename:-  Waver, Little
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 36 4) 

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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Sax9NY24.jpg
item:-  private collection : 2
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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.
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SP11NY24.jpg
wiggly line, runs into the Waver 
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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JAN3NY24.jpg
Single wiggly line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 25, Cumberland.  "a Rill"
drawn across the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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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.
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MD12NY24.jpg
Running into the Waver which is labelled Wiza. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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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D4NY24NW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river into the Waver near Ashes 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

places:-  
NY22024506 Blaithwaite Bridge (Waverton)
NY22854348 Percyhill Bridge (Boltons)
NY22264540 Woodrow Bridge (Waverton)
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