Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Lowther, River

Lowther, River

runs into:-

Eamont, River

civil parish:-

Askham (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Lowther (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY5124 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY52

civil parish:-

Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Shap (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

10Km square:-

NY51

BRP08.jpg At the footbridge,
(taken 25.9.2009)
photograph

BRP09.jpg At the footbridge,
(taken 25.9.2009)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 3 16)
placename:- Lowther, 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 14 9)
OS County Series (Wmd 21 2)
OS County Series (Wmd 21 5)

evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s

source data:-

Map, colour photozincograph copy, reduced size facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, scale about 28.5 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875.

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Ggh1Cm.jpg
Tributary to the Eden; west of Shap; not labelled.
item:- JandMN : 33
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evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s

source data:-

Map, lithograph facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, 20 miles to 1 inch? published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1935.

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Ggh2Cm.jpg
Tributary to the Eden; west of Shap; not labelled.
item:- JandMN : 34
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evidence:-

old map:- Lloyd 1573
placename:- Lonter Fl.

source data:-

Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.

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Lld1Cm.jpg
"Lonter fl."
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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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.

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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double line with stream lines; river, running into the Eamont
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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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.

SP11NY53.jpg
wiggly line, runs into the Eamont; Westmorland
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)
placename:- Loder flu

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.

SP14NY52.jpg
"Loder flu"
double line with stream lines
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-

poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:- Loder

source data:-

Poem, Poly Olbion, by Michael Drayton, published by published by John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, and others? London, part 1 1612, part 2 1622.

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page 163:- "...
And Loder doth allure, with whom she haps to meet,
Which at her comming in, doth thus her Mistris greet."
"Quoth shee, thus for my selfe I say, that where I swell
Up from my Fountaine first, there is a Tyding-well,
That daily ebbs and flowes, (as Writers doe report)
The old Euripus doth, or in the selfe same sort,
The Venedocian Fount, or the Demetian Spring,
Or that which the cold Peake doth with her wonders bring,
Why should not Loder then, her Mistris Eden please,
With this, as other Floods delighted are with these."
"When Eden, though shee seem'd to make unusuall haste,
About cleere Loders neck, yet lovingly doth cast
Her oft infolding Armes, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:- Loder Flu.

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberlande and Westmorlande, by Michael Drayton, probably engraved by William Hole, scale about 4 or 5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Mariott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622.

DRY515.jpg
"Loder flu"
River, naiad.
item:- JandMN : 168
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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.

JAN3NY52.jpg
Double wiggly line, tapering to single.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
placename:- Lowder Fluvius

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG38m277.jpg
In mile 281, Westmorland.
River:- "Lowder Fluvius"
crossed by the road, no bridge drawn.
item:- JandMN : 21
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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
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.

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SEL7.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Ioder 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.

MD12NY52.jpg
"Ioder R"
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Lowther River
placename:- Low Flu.

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.

MD10NY52.jpg
"Low flu"

MD10NY51.jpg
"Lowther R"
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Fiennes 1698
placename:- Louder, River

source data:-

Travel book, manuscript record of Journeys through England including parts of the Lake District, by Celia Fiennes, 1698.
"... the other river [at Penrith] is called Louder which gives name to Lord Landsdowns house call'd Louder-hall which is four mile from Peroth; ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 94)
placename:- Lowther Flu.

source data:-

Strip maps, uncoloured engravings, road maps, The Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Lancashire and Westmorland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B094m277.jpg
At mile 281+.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Defoe 1724-26
placename:- Louther, River

source data:-

Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in parts, London, 1724-26.
"My Lord Lonsdale ... has a very noble and antient seat at Louther, and upon the River Louther; ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Loder, River

source data:-

Maps, Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742; published 1742-49.
"... the River Eimot, which receives the Loder, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Loder River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

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BD12.jpg
"Loder R."
tapering wiggly line
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:- Loder, River
placename:- Lowther, 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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Page 1020:- "..."
"... The Loder, or Lowther River is a very clear Stream without Mud, which rises in the Broad water Lake near Thornthwaite Forest; and after a long Course falls into the Eimot near Hornby. The Lowther's Family take their Name from it, and have a Seat on the Banks of it."

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.

SMP2NYK.jpg
Wiggly line; joined by the Haweswater Beck from the lake.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

old map:- Bickham 1753-54 (Wmd)
placename:- Loden River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, perspective view, A Map of Westmorland, North from London, by George Bickham, James Street, Bunhill Fields, London, 1753.

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BCK3.jpg
"Loden R"
view (sort of)
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.71
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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.

BO18NY42.jpg
wiggly line, into the Eamont
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Lowther River

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.

J5NY52NW.jpg
"Lowther River"

J5NY52SW.jpg

J5NY51NW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Lowther 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.

D4NY52NW.jpg
"Lowther R."
single or double wiggly line; a river into the Eamont
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Lowther River

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.

Ws02NY53.jpg

Ws02NY52.jpg

Ws02NY51.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789
placename:- Loder, River

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 148:- "... Here [Brougham] the river Eymot ... receives the river Loder, near whose source at Shape, antiently Heye, ..."

evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)

source data:-

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Page 161:- "..."
"... Perhaps however both the name and seat of Lowther here, as Lauder in Scotland, are to be derived from the neighbouring river, which in British signifies clear water, Gladdwr. This river springs in Wet Sleddale in Shap parish, and runs along by that abbey, Rosgill hall, through Bampton, by Askham and Lowther halls, Clifton hall, Round table, and at Brougham castle falls into the Emot, where it loses its name, and is carried with that river into Eden. ..."

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.

CY24NY52.jpg
river, joining the Eamont
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Aikin 1790 (Wmd)
placename:- Lowther River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Aikin, London, 1790.

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AIK2.jpg
"Lowther R."
river
item:- JandMN : 51
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evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Lowther, River

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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C38267.jpg
page 267-268 "Cross the River Lowther."

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C38281.jpg
page 281-282 "Cross the Lowther River."
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Baker 1802
placename:- Lowther, River

source data:-

Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
pp.25-26:- "... At Lowther Bridge the rivers Emmont and Lowther form a junction. ..."

evidence:-

possibly old map:- Baker 1802

source data:-

Perspective road maps with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
At Lowther Bridge.

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item:- private collection : 3
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Wd.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Lowther River

source data:-

Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.

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Lw18.jpg
"Lowther River"
river
item:- private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Lowther River

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
"Lowther R."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Wallis 1810
placename:- Loder

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, London, 1810; published 1810-36.
"PRINCIPAL RIVERS."
"This county is well watered by the rivers, Eden, Loder, Ken, and Lune, or Lon. ..."
"The Loder, rising at a lake called Broadwater, runs N.W., and falls into a small river called the Eimot, near the borders of this county."

evidence:-

old print:- Green 1815
placename:- Lowther, River
item:- fishing

source data:-

Print, coloured aquatint, Scene on the River Lowther, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.

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GN0550.jpg
Plate 24 in Lake Scenery.
printed at bottom:- "SCENE on the RIVER LOWTHER. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6646.50
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Lowther River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.

evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd)
placename:- Lowther River

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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HA18.jpg
"Lowther R."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)

source data:-

Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.

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Page 40:- "... it [River Eamont] receives the Lowther, from Hawes Water, Swindale, and Wetsleddale, near Brougham Castle; ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Lowther, 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.

evidence:-

old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913)
placename:- Lowther, 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.

PST2NY52.jpg
"R. Lowther"
wiggly line, running into the Eamont
item:- JandMN : 162.2
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evidence:-

old map:- LMS 1920s maps

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.

evidence:-

old print:- Bogg 1898

source data:-

Print, engraving, Vale of Lowther, Lowther Park, Lowther, Westmorland, by A Haselgrave, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.

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BGG134.jpg
Included on p.129 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.
item:- JandMN : 231.34
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1815 (plate 24)
placename:- Lowther, River

source data:-

Print, colour aquatint, Scene on the River Lowther, Shap Rural? by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.

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Plate 24 in a set of prints, Lake Scenery.
printed at bottom:- "SCENE on the RIVER LOWTHER. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.113
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