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Mint, River
runs into:-    Kent, River

civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Docker (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Whitwell and Selside (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Whinfell (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Scalthwaiterigg (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Skelsmergh (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   SD5596
10Km square:-   SD59


photograph
BTV81.jpg  At Laverock Bridge, in the cold.
(taken 24.12.2010)  
photograph
BTV83.jpg  At Laverock Bridge, in the cold.
(taken 24.12.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 1) 
placename:-  Mint, 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 34 6) 
OS County Series (Wmd 34 10) 
OS County Series (Wmd 34 13) 

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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Sax9SD49.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.
image
MER5WmdA.jpg
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double line with stream lines; river, running into the Kent 
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
SP14SD59.jpg
double line, into the Kent 
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
JAN3SD59.jpg
Single wiggly line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   probably 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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OG96m000.jpg
In mile 0, Westmoreland. 
River drawn as if it were a continuation of the River Kent:-  "L[ ]t fluv"
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
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.
image
OG38m257.jpg
In mile 258, Westmorland. 
A river crossed by the road over a bridge. 
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.
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 (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.
image
MD10SD59.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  
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
""
tapering wiggly line 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
image SMP3P2, button  goto source
Page 1020:-  "..."
"The River Can, Ken, or Kent, rises at Kentmere, and being joined by two large Rivers before it comes to Kendale, they render it a large Stream, ..."

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.
image
SMP2SDP.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
BO18SD49.jpg
wiggly line, into the Kent 
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
J5SD59SW.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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Ws02NY50.jpg
image
Ws02SD59.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
CY24SD59.jpg
river running into the Kent 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
source data:-   Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
image  click to enlarge
GRA1Lk.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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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
 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
item:-  geology
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.
image OT01P041, button  goto source
Page 41:-  "The Kent rising in Kentmere, receives ... Mint from Bannisdale. ..."
image OT01P160, button  goto source
Page 160:-  "..."
"A conglomerate, composed of rounded stones of various sizes, from the smallest gravel, to the weight of several pounds, held together by a ferruginous, calcareous cement, ..."
image OT01P161, button  goto source
Page 161:-  "A large mass of similar composition appears in the bed and on the banks of the river Lune at Kirkby Lonsdale. Its dip indicates that it should pass under the limestone which appears at a little distance; but, in that case, how it came to contains nodules of limestone I am at a loss to understand. Something of the same kind also appears in the river Mint, from two to three miles above Kendal; where it may be seen to rest upon the blue rock; and wherever the subjacent rock can be seen, it is always deeply coloured by the iron of the conglomerate."

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Mint, 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
GAR2SD59.jpg
"R. Mint"
wiggly line, river 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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photograph
CGI62.jpg  At Rossil Bridge,
(taken 10.8.2017)  
photograph
BTV82.jpg  At Laverock Bridge, in the cold.
(taken 24.12.2010)  
photograph
BTV84.jpg  At Laverock Bridge, in the cold.
(taken 24.12.2010)  
photograph
CGW23.jpg  Meal Bank,
(taken 10.11.2017)  
photograph
CEN35.jpg  Near Laverock Bridge.
(taken 29.1.2016)  
photograph
CEN36.jpg  Near Laverock Bridge.
(taken 29.1.2016)  

mapping:-  

places:-  
SD52589468 Beck Mills Farm (Kendal)
SD53939563 bridge, Meal Bank (Scalthwaiterigg / Skelsmergh)
SD55629926 Guest Ford (Whinfell)
SD56189664 Ivy Bridge (Whinfell / Grayrigg) L
SD53569518 Laverock Bridge (Scalthwaiterigg / Skelsmergh) L
SD54059570 Meal Bank Mills (Scalthwaiterigg)
SD53979568 Beck Mills Corn Mill (Scalthwaiterigg)
SD54079566 mill, Meal Bank (3) (Scalthwaiterigg) gone?
SD52209426 Mint Bridge (Kendal)
SD55749739 Patton Bridge (Whinfell)
SD55529761 Patton Mill (Whinfell)
SD55339968 Rossil Bridge (Whinfell) L
SD53989545 Scarfoot Mill (Scalthwaiterigg)
SD56059737 mill, Whinfell (Whinfell) gone
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