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Poltross Burn
runs into:-    Irthing, River

civil parish:-   Upper Denton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   county boundary
1Km square:-   NY6366 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY66
county:-   Northumberland
current boundary
locality:-   Cumbria boundary
old boundary
locality:-   Cumberland boundary


photograph
BOV45.jpg  At the footbridge, Gilsland.
(taken 21.3.2008)  
photograph
BOV53.jpg  Running into the Irthing, Gilsland.
(taken 21.3.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 12 16) 
placename:-  Poltross Burn
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
placename:-  Poltrose Flu.
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.
image
Sax9NY66.jpg
"Poltrose flu:"
County boundary. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Poltrose fl.
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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SP11NY66.jpg
"Poltrose fl"
wiggly line, runs into the Irthing; county boundary 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:-  Pultrosse
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.
image DRY6P167, button  goto source
page 167:-  "... Pultrosse is her Page, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:-  Poltrose Fl.
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.
image
DRY503.jpg
"Poltrose fl"
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.
image
JAN3NY66.jpg
Single wiggly line; county boundary. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 86) 
placename:-  Poltrose Fluvius
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Tinmouth ... to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
image
OG86m050.jpg
In mile 52, Northumberland, Cumberland.  "Poltrose fluv: / Enter Cumberland"
river drawn across the road, and county boundary. 
item:-  JandMN : 73
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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, county boundary with Northumberland 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Poltrose 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.
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MD12NY66.jpg
"Poltrose R."
With the county boundary drawn alongside. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 232) 
placename:-  Poltrose Flu.
source data:-   Road strip map, road map, pl.232, part of The Road from Tinmouth to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Northumberland and Cumberland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
image
B232m50.jpg
"enter Cumberland / Poltrose Flu"
Narrow river, county boundary; mile 52+. 
item:-  JandMN : 65.232
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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
BO18NY76.jpg
wiggly line, county boundary Cumberland Northumberland, into the Irthing 
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.
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D4NY66NW.jpg
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D4NY66SW.jpg
"Poultross Burn"
single or double wiggly line; a river into the Irthing, and county boundary 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Polt Rosse
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.
image CAM2P179, button  goto source
Page 179:-  "..."
"... a lytle water or mere called Polt Rosse, the which devideth the county of Northumberland on the east side from Cumbreland. ..."

places:-  
NY63366647 bridge, Gilsland (Upper Denton)
NY63436623 footbridge, Gilsland (Upper Denton)
NY63386641 mill, Gilsland (Upper Denton)
NY63436624 railway bridge, Gilsland (Upper Denton)
NY61736391 Temon Bridge (Upper Denton)
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