Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Stonethwaite Beck

Stonethwaite Beck

runs into:-

Derwent, River

locality:-

Stonethwaite

civil parish:-

Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY2614

10Km square:-

NY21

BOF98.jpg (taken 5.10.2007)
photograph

BOF75.jpg At Stonethwaite Bridge.
(taken 5.10.2007)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 10)
placename:- Stonethwaite 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 14)

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.

Sax9NY21.jpg
item:- private collection : 2
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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.

SP11NY21.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.

JAN3NY21.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.

MD12NY21.jpg
Running into the Derwent in Borrowdale.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

probably 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.

GM1305.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.

BO18NY10.jpg
wiggly line, into the Derwent
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.

D4NY21SW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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.

evidence:-

old print:- Green 1815

source data:-

Print, coloured aquatint, Stonethwaite Bridge, Stonethwaite, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.

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GN0542.jpg
Plate 45 in Lake Scenery.
printed at upper right:- "45"
printed at bottom:- "STONETHWAITE BRIDGE. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:- Armitt Library : A6646.42
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