Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Borrow Beck

runs into:-

Lune, River

civil parish:-

Whinfell (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Fawcett Forest (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Tebay (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY5503 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY50

BPN80.jpg (taken 23.7.2008)
photograph

BPN70.jpg (taken 23.7.2008)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 28 9)
placename:- Borrow 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 28 15)
OS County Series (Wmd 28 16)

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Barrow 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.

Sax9NY40.jpg
"Barrow flu:"

Sax9NY50.jpg
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)
placename:- Barrow flud

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.

SP14NY50.jpg
"Barrow flud"
double line

SP14NY60.jpg
double line, into the Lune
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:- Barrow 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.

DRY517.jpg
"Barrow fl"
River, naiad.
item:- JandMN : 168
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Barrow 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.

JAN3NY50.jpg
"Barrow flu."
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd)
placename:- Baroow fl.

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL7.jpg
"Baroow fl."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Burrow Flu.

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.

MD10NY50.jpg
"Burrow flu"
item:- JandMN : 24
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Burrow River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

click to enlarge
BD12.jpg
"Burrow R"
tapering wiggly line
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Burrow River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2NYK.jpg
"Burrow R."
Wiggly line.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bickham 1753-54 (Wmd)
placename:- Barrow River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, perspective view, A Map of Westmorland, North from London, by George Bickham, James Street, Bunhill Fields, London, 1753.

click to enlarge
BCK3.jpg
"Barrow R"
view (sort of)
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.71
Image © see bottom of page

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.

BO18NY50.jpg
wiggly line, into the Lune
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)

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.

J5NY60SW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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.

evidence:-

probably descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)

source data:-

Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.

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Page 40:- "Two small streams, crossing the road between Kendal and Shap, fall into the Lune ..."

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.