Old Cumbria Gazetteer

White Lyne

runs into:-

Lyne, River

civil parish:-

Stapleton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Bewcastle (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Askerton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY4973 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY47

BSW31.jpg At a bridge,
(taken 4.6.2010)
photograph

BWQ04.jpg At Crook Bridge,
(taken 1.6.2012)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 4 10)
placename:- White Line

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 7 12)
OS County Series (Cmd 8 1)

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Blak Leven 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.

Sax9NY57.jpg
"Blak leven flu"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile)
placename:- White Leven 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

M048NY57.jpg
"white leven flu"
river
item:- National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Whit Leven 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.

MER8CumA.jpg
"Whit Leven flu."
double line with stream lines; river, running into the Lyne
item:- JandMN : 169
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Black Leven flud

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.

SP11NY58.jpg
"Black leven flud"

SP11NY57.jpg
double line, runs into the Lyne
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:- Whit Levin flu.

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.

DRY502.jpg
"Whit levin fl"
River, naiad.
item:- JandMN : 168
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Black Leven Flud

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.

JAN3NY57.jpg
"Black leven fl."
Single wiggly line; White and Black Lyne are the wrong way round, as on Saxton 1576.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

click to enlarge
SEL9.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Black Leven 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.

MD12NY57.jpg
"Black Leven R."
item:- JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- White Leven River

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.

BO18NY57.jpg
"White Leven R."
wiggly line
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- White Line 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.

D4NY57NE.jpg
"White Line River"

D4NY58SE.jpg
"White Line River"

D4NY57SW.jpg
meeting the Black Lyne
single or double wiggly line; a river
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- White Line River

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.

BMQ74.jpg At White Lyne Bank Bridge.
(taken 15.9.2006)
photograph

BMQ70.jpg From Whitelyne Bridge.
entering on the left is Kirk Beck from Bewcastle.
(taken 15.9.2006)

places:-

NY54627753 bridge, Bewcastle (Bewcastle)

NY51667252 Crook Bridge (Stapleton)

NY54197643 ford, Bewcastle (2) (Bewcastle)

NY54877452 Lyne Bank Bridge (Bewcastle)

NY51627246 Lyneholme Ford Corn Mill (Stapleton)

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