Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Newlands Beck

Newlands Beck

runs into:-

Bassenthwaite Lake

civil parish:-

Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY2319

10Km square:-

NY21

BOK76.jpg High up near Dalehead Tarn.
(taken 19.1.2008)
photograph

BVP78.jpg At the bridge in Little Braithwaite.
(taken 5.11.2011)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 5)
placename:- Newlands Beck

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 70 1)

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.

Sax9NY22.jpg
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:-

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.

MER8CumE.jpg
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double line with stream lines; river, running into Bassenthwaite Lake
item:- JandMN : 169
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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.

SP11NY22.jpg
wiggly line, runs into the Derwent
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.

JAN3NY22.jpg
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
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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.

MD12NY22.jpg
Running into Bassenthwaite Lake.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Gents Mag 1751

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.

GM1307.jpg

GM1311.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- JandMN : 114
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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.

BO18NY12.jpg
wiggly line, into Bassenthwaite Lake
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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.

D4NY22NW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river into Bassenthwaite Lake, from Braithwaite
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas)
placename:- Gole River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.

CT6NY22I.jpg
"Gole R."
item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
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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.

Ws02NY22.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake)

source data:-

Map, A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.

CL8NY22I.jpg
item:- private collection : 10.8
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818

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.

OT02NY22.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H

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 print:- Green 1809
placename:- Newlands Beck

source data:-

Print, soft ground etching, Newlands Beck, Cumberland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.

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GN0364.jpg
Plate 64 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature.
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:- "Number 64. This scene on Newlands Beck is taken near a wooden bridge on the foot-road leading from Skelgill to Low Houses."
printed at bottom:- "NEWLANDS BECK. / Published Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6637.64
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