Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Skelwith Bridge, Lakes

Skelwith Bridge, Lakes

Skelwith Bridge

civil parish:-

Lakes (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Skelwith (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY34420343 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3403

10Km square:-

NY30

BVR49.jpg (taken 15.11.2011)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 9)
placename:- Skelwith Bridge

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:-

hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:- Skelleth bridge end

source data:-

Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Skelleth bridge end"
in "Loughrigge and Rydall"

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Skellet Bridge

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.

J5NY30SW.jpg
"Skellet B."
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet?
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Skelwith

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.

OT02NY30.jpg
item:- JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
item:- geology; glacial erratic

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 164:- "... a large block near Skelwith Bridge on the road to Grasmere - one near Coniston Waterhead, and another near Gosforth, as well as many others of smaller dimensions - are far more interesting to the geologist; yielding sufficient scope for conjecture as to the place of their origin, and the mode of their removal."

evidence:-

old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:- Skelwith

source data:-

Drawing, pencil, Skelwith etc, Lancashire, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, about 1849.

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AS0119.jpg
"Skelwith / ..."
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.487.19
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evidence:-

old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:- Skelwith Bridge

source data:-

Print, halftone photograph, Skelwith Bridge from Skelwith Fold, Lancashire, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.

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On p.5 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts.
printed at bottom:- "SKELWITH BRIDGE FROM SKELWITH FOLD. (p.120). / (The Langdale Pikes in the distance)."
item:- Armitt Library : A1188.10
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evidence:-

outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900)
placename:- Skelwith

source data:-

Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Windermere - Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Biscay How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.

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BC08E1.jpg
"... 8 Skelwith ..."
item:- JandMN : 37.4
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evidence:-

outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846)
placename:- Skelwith

source data:-

Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from the North End of Belle Isle, Windermere, and Mountains as seen from Bisket How, Bowness, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, about 1844.

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BC02E1.jpg
"... 8 Skelwith ..."
item:- JandMN : 32.3
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evidence:-

old print:- Rose 1832-35

source data:-

Print, engraving, Skelwith Bridge, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by T H Shepherd, 1835.

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R368.jpg
item:- JandMN : 66.42
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Skelwith

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.