Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Waver, River

Waver, River

runs into:-

Solway Firth
Moricambe, Holme East Waver

civil parish:-

Holme Abbey (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Dundraw (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Holme East Waver (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Boltons (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Waverton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Westward (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

parish boundary

1Km square:-

NY1751 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY15

BNO37.jpg At Shaking Bridge.
(taken 11.4.2007)
photograph

BNO19.jpg At Waver Bridge.
(taken 11.4.2007)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 21 14)
placename:- Waver, River

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 28 3)
OS County Series (Cmd 28 4)
OS County Series (Cmd 28 8)
OS County Series (Cmd 28 12)
OS County Series (Cmd 37 1)

evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s

source data:-

Map, colour photozincograph copy, reduced size facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, scale about 28.5 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875.

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Ggh1Cm.jpg
Running into the sea by Holme Abbey.
item:- JandMN : 33
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evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s

source data:-

Map, lithograph facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, 20 miles to 1 inch? published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1935.

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Ggh2Cm.jpg
Running into the sea by Holme Abbey.
item:- JandMN : 34
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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.

Sax9NY15.jpg
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile)

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

M048NY15.jpg
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river
item:- National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:-

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.

MER8CumC.jpg
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double line with stream lines; river, running into Moricambe Bay
item:- JandMN : 169
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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.

SP11NY14.jpg
double line with stream lines, runs into Moricambe Bay
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:- Wever Fl.

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.

DRY506.jpg
"Wever fl"
River, naiad pouring out water.
item:- JandMN : 168
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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.

JAN3NY24.jpg
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
placename:- Elne Fluvius

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.

OG96Bm25.jpg
In mile 26, Cumberland.
River crossed by the road by:- "a Stone bridg over Elne fluv"
no bridge is drawn.
item:- JandMN : 22
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evidence:-

old map:- Sanson 1679

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.

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SAN2Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
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:- Wiza 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.

MD12NY24.jpg
"Wiza R."
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261)
placename:- Eln Flu.

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.261, the end of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth and the road from Egremont to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B261m25.jpg
"Stone Bridge over Eln Flu"
About mile 27 from Egremont.
item:- Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Wiza 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.

BO18NY14.jpg
"Wiza R."
wiggly line, and river mouth into the sea at Moricambe Bay
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Waver 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.

D4NY15SE.jpg
"Waver River"

D4NY24NW.jpg
"Waver R."

D4NY24SW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river and estuary
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Waver, River

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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C38321.jpg
page 321-322 "Ware Bridge / Cross the Waver River"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Skrine 1801
placename:- Waver River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, rivers in Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire and Cheshire, scale about 23 miles to 1 inch, by Henry Skrine, published by P Elmsly, London, 1801.

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M076.jpg
"Waver R."
river
item:- JandMN : 421
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Waver 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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GRA1Cd.jpg
"Waver R."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Waver, River

source data:-

Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.

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Lw18.jpg
"R. Waver"
river
item:- private collection : 18.18
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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.

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COP3.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river, ward boundary
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd)
placename:- Waver 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.

evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Weaver, 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.

GAR2NY15.jpg
"Weaver R."
wiggly line, river

evidence:-

old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913)
placename:- Waver, River

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.