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South Tyne, River
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY7441 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY74
10Km square:-   NY73
county:-   Northumberland
locality type:-   river
10Km square:-   NY65
current boundary
locality:-   Cumbria boundary
coordinates:-   NY70514892
coordinates:-   NY70774865
1Km square:-   NY7048


photograph
BML57.jpg  At Garrigill Bridge; in a drought.
(taken 29.7.2006)  
photograph
BML47.jpg  At the footbridge below Garrigill; in a drought.
(taken 29.7.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 13) 
placename:-  South Tyne
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 42 1) 

evidence:-   old map:- Paris 1240s
placename:-  Thine
source data:-   Map, version B, northern England, Scotland and part of Wales, by Matthew Paris, 1240s.
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"Thine"

derived from copyright image, courtesy of Corpus Christi College
item:-  Corpus Christi, Cambridge : MS16.f4.5
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evidence:-   presumably descriptive text:- Froissart 1325-1400
placename:-  Water of Tyne
source data:-   Book, The Chronicles of Sir John Froissart, 1325-1400, translated by Lord Berners,
"... Northumberland, ... through which there runneth a river full of flint and great stones, called the Water of Tyne. And on this river standeth the town and castle of Carlisle, the which sometime was king Arthur's, and held his court there oftentimes. Also on that river is assised the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ... the Scots could not enter into England, but they must pass this said river in one place or other. The Englishmen could hear no tidings of the Scots till they were come to the entry of the said country. The Scots were passed this river so privily, that they of Carlisle nor yet of Newcastle knew nothing thereof, for between the said towns it was twenty-four English mile [leagues in the original]."

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  South Tyne 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.
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"S: Tyne flu:"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile) 
placename:-  South Tyne flu.
source data:-   Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England, parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897.
courtesy of the National Library of Scotland
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"S. Tyne flu."
river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Sowth Tyne flu.
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.
image
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"Sowth Tyne flu."
double line with stream lines; river, running into Northumberland 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Keer 1605
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.
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double wiggly line, tapering to single; river; flows into Durham 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  South Tyne 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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"South Tyne fl."
double line with stream lines 
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"South Tyne"
double line with stream lines; Northumberland 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:-  Southern Tyne
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 DRY6P168, button  goto source
page 168:-  "...
And in her [Cumberland's] praise bee't spoke, this soyle whose best is mine,
That Fountaine bringeth forth, from which the Southern Tyne.
(So nam'd for that of North, another hath that stile)
This to the Easterne Sea, that makes forth many a mile,
Her first beginning takes, and Vent, and Alne doth lend,
To wait upon her foorth; ..."

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.
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Double wiggly line, tapering to single. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:-  South Tyne fl.
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
"S Tyne fl."
tapering wiggly line; river, county boundary 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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SEL9.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  South Tyne 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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"South Tyne River"
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"South Tyne R."
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  South Tyne River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Sth. Tyne R."
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.
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wiggly line, crosses county boundary Cumberland Northumberland 
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"South Tyne"
wiggly line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Tyne River
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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"Tyne River"
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"Tyne River"
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"Tyne River"
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"Tyne River"
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"Tyne River"
single or double wiggly line; a river 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Bailey 1797
placename:-  Tyne
source data:-   Map, soil etc, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, by J Bailey, engraved by Neele, Strand, published by Messrs Robinson, Paternoster Row and G Nicol, Pall Mall, London, 1797.
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"Tyne"
river 
item:-  Armitt Library : A680.2
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  South Tyne, River
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p319, button  goto source
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page 319-320  "Cross the South Tyne River."
twice 
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Tyne River
source data:-   Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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"Tyne R."
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  South Tyne River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP3.jpg
"S Tyne R."
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Tyne River
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.
image  click to enlarge
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"Tyne R."
river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  South River Tyne
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.
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"So. R. Tyne"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  South Tyne, 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.
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"Sth. Tyne R."
wiggly line, river 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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photograph
BXK62.jpg  At Alston Bridge,
(taken 28.9.2012)  
photograph
BXK63.jpg  At Alston Bridge,
(taken 28.9.2012)  
photograph
BXK64.jpg  At Alston Bridge,
(taken 28.9.2012)  
photograph
CGL30.jpg  At Tyne Viaduct,
(taken 1.9.2017)  
photograph
CGL31.jpg  At Tyne Viaduct,
(taken 1.9.2017)  
photograph
BPY06.jpg  Upstream from Lambley Viaduct.
(taken 16.1.2009)  
photograph
BPY07.jpg  Downstream from Lambley Viaduct.
(taken 16.1.2009)  

places:-  
NY71634615 Alston Bridge (Alston Moor)
NY675619 bridge, Bridge End ()
NY76133803 bridge, Tynehead (Alston Moor)
NY71644592 Bridgend Mill (Alston Moor)
NY74024182 footbridge, Garrigill (Alston Moor)
NY74544161 Garrigill Bridge (Alston Moor)
NY753378 Tyne Head (Alston Moor)
NY71434747 Tyne Viaduct (Alston Moor)
NY74914090 Windshaw Bridge (Alston Moor)
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