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Trout Beck (5)
runs into:-    Windermere lake

Trout Beck
locality:-   Troutbeck
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY4104 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY40


photograph
CDO26.jpg  At Ing Bridge,
(taken 9.7.2015)  
photograph
CDO48.jpg (taken 9.7.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 19 16) 
placename:-  Trout 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 (Wmd 26 4) 
OS County Series (Wmd 26 8) 
OS County Series (Wmd 26 12) 
OS County Series (Wmd 26 15) 
OS County Series (Wmd 32 3) 

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.
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Sax9NY30.jpg
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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SP14NY30.jpg
double line, into Windermere 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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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.
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JAN3SD39.jpg
Single wiggly line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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OG96m010.jpg
In mile 10, Westmoreland. 
Road crosses:-  "a Stone bridg and brook"
no bridge drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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MD10SD49.jpg
Running into Windermere, shown the wrong side of Calgarth. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 260) 
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.260, The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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B260m10.jpg
"a Stone Bridge and Brook"
At 10 miles. 
item:-  private collection : 1.260
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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
BO18SD29.jpg
wiggly line, into Windermere 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Trout Beck
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.
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J5NY40SW.jpg
"Trout B."
single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
image
CT9SD39Z.jpg
stream from Troutbeck Bridge to Windermere lake 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Troutbeck
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.
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Ws02NY40.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Troutbeck
item:-  pacename, Troutbecktrout
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
image CL13P134, button  goto source
Page 134:-  "..."
"... Troutbeck-bridge, (see plate X.) ... The river that falls down here is called Troutbeck, probably from it being more plentifully stocked with trout than any other stream which runs into Winandermere. It gives name to a town near upon its banks, ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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CLASD39Z.jpg
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24NY40.jpg
river running into Windermere 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP4.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
image G825A410, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.410 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "'In Calgarth's sole domain a mansion stands,
...
Each flank is covered by a wooded hill,
Near whose gay sides the silver Troutbeck flows,
[ ] having left that source whence she arose,
Impetuous rushing her rough rocks among,
And in the lake's deep bosom glides along,
Pleas'd to partake in her extended fame,
She yields her tribute and becomes the [same].'"

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 31:-  "..."
"... Troutbeck, a mountain valley, distinguished by the Fells at its head ... This stream rises in High Street, flows over a very stony channel down to the park, whence it glides one while quietly, at another, chafing with foam, till it is lost in the silent depths of Windermere. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
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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GAR2NY40.jpg
wiggly line, river 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
item:-  trout
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
image MNU1P035, button  goto source
Page 35:-  "... the stream,- the beck abounding in trout,- winds along the bottom, from the foot of High Street, to fall into the lake just by Calgarth."

evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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PI03M1.jpg
tapering wiggly line 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Troutbeck
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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PST2NY40.jpg
"Troutbeck"
wiggly line running into Windermere lake 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35
source data:-   Print, engraving, Valley of Troutbeck, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by le Petit, 1833.
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R161.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 66.28
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photograph
BMY44.jpg  A little below Troutbeck Park farm.
(taken 5.11.2006)  

mapping:-  

places:-  
NY41960567 bridge, Troutbeck Park (Lakes)
NY41240268 Church Bridge (Windermere / Lakes)
NY41920479 Ing Bridge (Lakes)
NY41480314 Limefitt Mill (Lakes)
NY40350047 mill, Troutbeck Bridge (Windermere)
NY40300034 Troutbeck Bridge (Windermere)
NY420055 waterfall, Troutbeck (Lakes)
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