Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Park Beck (2)

Park Beck (2)

runs into:-

Crummock Water

Park Beck

civil parish:-

Loweswater (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

coordinates:-

NY15162056

1Km square:-

NY1520

10Km square:-

NY12

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 63 9)
placename:- Park 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.

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.

Sax9NY12.jpg
Into Crummock Water from Loweswater.
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

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.

JAN3NY11.jpg
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

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.

MD12NY11.jpg
Running into the Cocker above Loweswater.
item:- JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

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.

GM1303.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- JandMN : 114
Image © see bottom of page

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.

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.

D4NY12SW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river into Crummock Water
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1794, version published 1800.

places:-

NY14092089 Church Bridge (Loweswater)

NY14452051 Park Bridge (Loweswater)

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