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Derwent, River
runs into:-    Irish Sea
civil parish:-   Workington (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Broughton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Brigham (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Setmurthy (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Blindcrake (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY2515 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY21
10Km square:-   NY03
10Km square:-   NY13
10Km square:-   NY22

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BPT31.jpg  At Broughton High Bridge.
(taken 22.10.2008)  
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BQO04.jpg  Above Seathwaite.
(taken 12.5.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 46 14) 
placename:-  Derwent, 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 46 15) 
OS County Series (Cmd 53 8) 
OS County Series (Cmd 54 3) 
OS County Series (Cmd 54 4) 
OS County Series (Cmd 64 1) 
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.
"Ordinary Spring Tides flow to this point"
about NY00492905 
evidence:-   old map:- Paris 1240s
placename:-  Dorevente
source data:-   Maps, 4 manuscripts, of Great Britain by Matthew Paris, St Albans, drawn in the mid 13th century.
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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Running into the sea by Workington. 
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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Running into the sea by Workington. 
item:-  JandMN : 34
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evidence:-   old map:- Lloyd 1573
placename:-  Derwent Fl.
source data:-   Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.
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"Derwent fl."
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Darwen 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.
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"Darwen flu:"
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item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Darwen 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.
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"Darwen flu."
double line with stream lines; river, running into the sea 
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"Darwen flu."
double line with stream lines; river, running into Derwent Water, etc 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Keer 1605
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.
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double wiggly line, tapering to single; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cum/EW) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, scale about 36 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, about 1610-11, published by Thomas Bassett, Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1676?
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tapering wiggly line 
item:-  private collection : 85
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Darwen flu.
placename:-  Darwent flu.
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.
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"Darwent flu"
double line with stream lines, runs into the sea 
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between Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake 
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"Darwen flu"
double line, runs into Derwent Water 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:-  Darwent
source data:-   Poem, Poly Olbion, by Michael Drayton, published by published by John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, and others? London, part 1 1612, part 2 1622.
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page 165:-  "...
Where Darwent her cleere Fount from Borowdale that brings,
Doth quickly cast her selfe into an ample Lake,
..."
"... this River [Derwent] proud the while.
Keepes on her Course to Sea, and in her way doth win
Cleere Coker her compeere, ...
...
... Darwent therewithall,
Runnes on her watry Race, and for her greater fame,
Of Neptune doth obtaine a Haven of her name,
..."
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page 166:-  "...
Cleere Darwent dancing on, I [Skiddaw] looke at from above,
As some enamoured Youth, being deeply struck in love,
His Mistris doth behold, and every beautie notes;
Who as shee to her fall, through Fells and Vallies flotes,
Oft lifts her limber selfe above her Banks to view,
How my brave by clift top, doth still her Course pursue."
evidence:-   probably table of distances:- Simons 1635
source data:-   Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 41 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.
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on thumbnail map 
item:-  private collection : 50.11
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evidence:-   old map:- Jenner 1643
source data:-   Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.
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wiggly line 
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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"Darwen fl."
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Double line with stream lines, tapering to a single line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Darwen Fluvius
placename:-  Derwen 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.
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In mile 38, Cumberland. 
River running out of the lake and crossed by the road over:-  "Woose bridg of wood"
item:-  JandMN : 22
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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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In miles 35 to 43, Cumberland. 
River on the right of the road for 5 miles:-  "Derwen fluv:"
item:-  JandMN : 22
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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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In miles 30 to 34, Cumberland.  "Darwen fluv:"
alongside off to the left of the road, from Keswick to Bassenthwaite lake. 
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In mile 29, Cumberland. 
Flowing from Derwent Water on the left of the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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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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In mile 14, Cumberland. 
River crossed by:-  "a Stone bridg over Darwent fluv:"
no bridge drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:-  Darwen flu.
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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"Darwen flu."
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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tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (EW) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, England, including Wales, scale about 27 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale Awnsham and John Churchil, London, about 1695.
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tapering wiggly line 
item:-  JandMN : 339
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Derwent River
placename:-  Darwent 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.
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"Derwent R."
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"Darwent R."
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Darwent River
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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"the Head of Darwent water"
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261) 
placename:-  Derwen Flu.
placename:-  Darwent 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.
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At mile 14+. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Stukeley 1723
source data:-   Road map, uncoloured engraving, the Antonine Itineraries through Britain, scale about 55 miles to 1 inch, plotted by William Stukeley, 1723, published London, 1724.
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item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2001.171
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Defoe 1724-26
placename:-  
item:-  salmon
source data:-   Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in parts, London, 1724-26.
"This Derwent is famous for its springing out of those hills, call'd Derwent Fells, ..."
"..."
"Cockermouth stands upon the River Derwent, about twelve miles from the sea, but more by the windings of the river, yet vessels of good burthen may come up to it."
"..."
"The River Derwent is noted for very good salmon, and for a very great quantity, and trout. Hence, that is, from Workington at the mouth of this river, and from Carlisle, notwithstanding the great distance, they at this time carry salmon (fresh as they take it) quite to London. This is perform'd with horses, which, changing often, go night and day without intermission, and, as they say, very much out-go the post; so that the fish come very sweet and good to London, where the extraordinary price they yield, being often sold at two shillings and sixpence to four shillings per pound, pay very well for the carriage."
evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Derwent River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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"Derwent R."
tapering wiggly line 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
placename:-  Darwent, River
item:-  canal, Workington to Cockermouth
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.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1748 p.4  "... The river Darwent is the second for magnitude in Cumberland; it might be made navigable to Cockermouth, by cutting thro' some grounds, and erecting locks; for it admits ships of tolerable burthen for coasters to Workington."
evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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Wiggly line, out of Derwent Water, north east then north. 
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Wiggly line; into Derwent Water. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  Derwent, River
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
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"... The Derwent runs thro' the Middle of the County, passes by Cockermouth, and discharges itself into the Irish Sea near Workington."
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"..."
"The River Derwent, which rising in Borrodale, a Vale surrounded with crooked Hills, runs among the Mountains, call'd Derwent Fells, which having pass'd, it spreads itself into a spacious Lake, ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Gents Mag 1751
placename:-  Darwent River
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.
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"Darwent R."
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.
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river mouth into the sea 
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wiggly line, into and out of Bassenthwaite Lake 
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wiggly line, into Derwent Water 
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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.
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"Derwent River"
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"Derwent River"
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single or double wiggly line; a river in and from Derwent Water; into the sea 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Derwent 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.
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"DERWENT RIVER"
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river 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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Page 96:-  "... This river brings no mixture of mud from the mountains of naked rock, and runs in a channel of slate and granite, as clear as crystal. ..."
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Page 97:-  "... Here [Borrowdale] the Derwent, rapid as the Rhone, rolls his crystal streams through all the labyrinth of embattled obstacles. ..."
"..."
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Page 106:-  "[from Latrigg] ... Below you, rolls the Greta, and, in its course, visits the town before it joins the Derwent, where it issues from the lake, and then their united streams are seen meandering through the vale till they meet the floods of Bassenthwaite, under the verdant skirts of Wythop brows."
"..."
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Page 107:-  "The prospect to the south ... full into the rocky jaws of Borrowdale, through which the Derwent is seen pouring his crystal stream, and, after winding through some verdant meadows, which skirt the rocky coast, joining the lake at Lowdore. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) 
placename:-  Derwent River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Derwent R."
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"Derwent R."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
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evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) 
placename:-  Grange River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Derwent R."
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"Grange River"
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item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Derwent River
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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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Gilpin 1786
placename:-  Derwent, River
source data:-   Book, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, on Several Parts of England, Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland Westmoreland, by Rev William Gilpin, 1772-74; published 1786-1808.
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vol.1 p.192  "..."
"These two rivers, the Lodoar, and the Derwent, furnish the chief supplies of Derwentwater. But those of the latter are much ampler. The Lodoar accordingly is lost in the lake: while the Derwent, first giving it's name to it, retains it's own to the sea."
evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Keswick to Broadwater) 
placename:-  Derwent, River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of the Roads etc between Keswick, and Broadwater, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, Cumberland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, drawn and published by James Clarke, Penrith and London, 1789.
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running into Bassenthwaite Lake  "RIVER DERWENT"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6615.7
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) 
placename:-  Grainge Beck
placename:-  Eea Foot
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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running from Derwent Water 
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"EEA ffoot"
running into Derwent Water 
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"GRAINGE BECK"
item:-  private collection : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake) 
placename:-  Derwent, River
source data:-   Map, A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"R. DERWENT"
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"RIVER DERWENT"
item:-  private collection : 10.8
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evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789
placename:-  Derwent, River
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 170:-  "..."
"Behind this [Hayes Castle] the river Derwent hides itself in the sea. It rises in Borrodale, a valley surrounded with crooked hills, winds among the hills called Derwentfels, in which at Newlands and elsewhere were rich veins of copper with some little gold and silver, ... The Derwent running among these hills spreads itself in a spacious lake, or as Bede calls it a very large pool, ... On the edges of this lake in very rich land, surrounded by dewy hills, and defended from the north winds by Skiddaw a very high mountain, lies Keswicke, ..."
"..."
"From hence the Derwent sometimes in a narrow, sometimes in a broad channel proceeds with rapidity to the north to meet the Cokar. These two rivers at their confluence almost surround Cokarmouth, ..."
"... The Derwent, afterwards in one united"
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Page 171:-  "stream, throws itself into the ocean at Wirkinton, famous for a salmon fishery. ..."
evidence:-   old print:- Farington 1789
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, The Grange, in Borrowdale, Cumberland, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by W Byrne and T Medland, published by William Byrne, 79 Titchfield Street, London, 1784.
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printed, bottom left, right, centre  "Drawn by Josh. Farington / Engraved by W. Byrne &T. Medland / The GRANGE, in BORROWDALE. / Published as the Act directs, 1 Decr. 1784, by W. Byrne, No.79, Titchfield Str. London."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6668.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Aikin 1790 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Derwent River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, by John Aikin, London, 1790.
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"Derwent R."
river 
item:-  JandMN : 145
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Green 1790s-1820s
placename:-  Derwent, River
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, View on the Derwent river near Isel, Blindcrake and Setmurthy, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1800.
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ms at bottom left:-  "View of the Derwent river near Isel."

courtesy of Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
item:-  Abbot Hall : AH741.69
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evidence:-   old map:- Bailey 1797
placename:-  Derwen River
source data:-   Map, soil etc, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, by J Bailey, engraved by Neele, Strand, published by Messrs Robinson, Paternoster Row and G Nicol, Pall Mall, London, 1797.
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"Derwen R."
river 
item:-  Armitt Library : A680.2
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Derwent, River
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 557-558  "Cross the Derwent River"
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Skrine 1801
placename:-  Derwent 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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"Derwent R."
river 
item:-  JandMN : 421
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
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
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Derwent River
source data:-   Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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GRA1Lk.jpg
"Derwent R."
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Derwent 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
"Derwent R."
distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Derwent River
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
"Derwent R"
tapering wiggly line; river, ward boundary 
item:-  JandMN : 86
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Green 1810 (plate 43) 
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Folly Bridge in Borrowdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1810.
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GN1243.jpg
Plate 43 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810. 
printed at top right:-  "43"
printed at bottom:-  "FOLLY BRIDGE IN BORROWDALE. / Drawn and Engraved by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1810."
watermark:-  "J WHATMAN / 1813"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6641.43
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 33) 
placename:-  Grange River
item:-  fishing
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, View on the Grange River, Borrowdale, looking towards Derwent Water, Cumberland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.
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WKN133.jpg
Plate 33 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "The Revd. Jos: Wilkinson delt. / W. F. Wells Sculpt. / View on the Grange-river Borrowdale, looking towards Derwent-water. / Publish'd March 1. 1810. by R. Ackerman. 101. Strand. London."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.33
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 34) 
placename:-  Grange River
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, View on the Grange River, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.
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WKN134.jpg
Plate 34 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "The Revd. Jos. Wilkinson delt. / W. F. Wells Sculpt. / View on the Grange-river Borrowdale. / Publish'd March 1. 1810. by R. Ackerman. 101. Strand. London."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.34
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old text:- Green 1814
source data:-   Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Small Prints, with text, A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
image GN09p20, button  goto source
page 20:-  "..."
"The source of the stream passing under this bridge [Longthwaite Bridge] is in Sprinkling Tarn, which descending the mountain Sprinkling, unites itself with Sty Head Tarn, and having reached the valley, winds between the village of Seathwaite and the black lead mines to Langthwaite Bridge, which is a quarter of a mile from Rosthwaite."
evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Derwent River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
image
OT02NY02.jpg
"Derwent R."
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Derwent River
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.
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HA14.jpg
"Derwent R."
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  JandMN : 91
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   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.
image OT01P039, button  goto source
Page 39:-  "..."
"The Derwent has its rise in Borrowdale; its"
image OT01P040, button  goto source
Page 40:-  "branches are known by different names till it reaches the lake, from whence it is called the Derwent till it enters the sea."
image OT01P040, button  goto source
Page 40:-  "... passing Keswick, it [River Greta] joins the Derwent, shortly after that river leaves the lake. In heavy rains the Greta sometimes rises so suddenly that it inverts the stream of the Derwent, so that the lake is for a short time literally filled from all quarters. ..."
image OT01P088, button  goto source
Page 88:-  "... becks receive a name from some dale, hamlet or remarkable place which they pass, and in their course the appellation is frequently changed; for instance, a stream running north from Bowfell, and receiving several augmentations in its progress down Borrowdale is called Langstreth beck; then Stonethwaite beck, Rosthwaite beck, and Grange beck till it enters Derwent lake, thence it has the name of Derwent, to Workington, where it falls into the sea."
evidence:-   old map:- Perrot 1823
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 38 miles to 1 inch, by Aristide Michel Perrot, engraved by Migneret, 1823, published by Etienne Ledoux, 9 Rue Guenegaud, Paris, France, 1824-48.
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PER2.jpg
tapering wiggly line 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.45
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Derwent
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.
image FD01P067, button  goto source
Page 67:-  "... Randerson's Band Rocks; beneath meanders the Derwent, enriching with welcome fertility, the fields and meadows through which are scattered the dwellings of Borrowdale. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Derwent, 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.
image
FD02NY13.jpg
"R. Derwent"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Derwent, 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.
image
GAR2NY03.jpg
"Derwent R."
double wiggly line ... and wiggly line, river 
image
GAR2NY13.jpg
"Derwent R."
image
GAR2NY02.jpg
image
GAR2NY22.jpg
"Derwent R."
image
GAR2NY21.jpg
"Derwent R."
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Pyne 1853
placename:-  Derwent, River
source data:-   Print, tinted lithograph, The Derwent River and Borrowdale, Cumberland, by James Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853.
image  click to enlarge
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"PAINTED BY J. B. PYNE. / W. GAUCI LITH. / MANCHESTER, PUBLISHED BY THOMAS AGNEW & SONS, 1853. / The Derwent River and Borrowdale / [ ]"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6678.25
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Pyne 1853
placename:-  Derwent, River
source data:-   Print, coloured lithograph, The Derwent River and Borrowdale, Cumberland, by James Baker Pyne, engraved by W Gauci, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons, Manchester, Lancashire, 1853.
image  click to enlarge
PYN424.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A6677.25
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
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 MNU1P080, button  goto source
Page 80:-  "..."
"Rosthwaite is beautifully situated near the centre of the dale, and at the confluence of the two mountain brooks which form the Derwent. This river flows through the lakes of Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite, passes Cockermouth, and falls into the sea at Workington. ..."
"..."
image MNU1P089, button  goto source
Page 89:-  "... Ouse Bridge, beneath which the [Bassentwhaite] lake discharges itself in the form of the much enlarged river Derwent, which flows away towards Cockermouth. ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, the River Derwent, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
image  click to enlarge
HB0382.jpg
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS36
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Eagle Crag, from beside Stonethwaite Beck, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
image  click to enlarge
HB0383.jpg
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS37
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Brabant 1902
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Borrowdale, In the Jaws, Cumberland, by Edmund H New, published by Methuen and Co, 36 Essex Street, Strand, London, 1902.
image  click to enlarge
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Tipped in opposite p.272 of The English Lakes, by F G Brabant. 
printed at bottom left:-  "E. H. N"
printed at bottom:-  "BORROWDALE ("IN THE JAWS")"
item:-  JandMN : 502.19
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Derwent, 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.
image
PST2NY03.jpg
"River Derwent"
wiggly line 
image
PST2NY13.jpg
"River Derwent"
wiggly line, running out of Bassenthwaite Lake 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:-  Derwent, River
source data:-   image AY01p395, button  goto source
Page 395:-  "..."
"River Derwent. - The Derwent rises among the mountains at the head of Borrowdale, 1 1/4 miles north-eastward of Scafell Pikes, 3,210 feet (978m4) high. It joins Derwentwater 7 1/2 miles from its source, issues from the northern end of that lake near Keswick, and is there joined by the Greta; it then winds through a marshy plain, at the south-western foot of Skiddaw, for 3 miles, and enters Lake Bassenthwaite, which is 3 1/2 miles long; from thence it flows on by Cockermouth, Great Broughton, and Camerton, to Workington, where, at half a mile below the bridge, it falls into the sea; its total length, including 2 3/4 miles through Derwentwater, being 36 miles; its outlet forms Workington harbour."
evidence:-   text:- Rivet and Smith 1979
placename:-  Derventio
placename:-  Dorvantium
source data:-   The River Derwent, Cumberland. 
evidence:-   old print:- Robertson 1911
source data:-   Print, lithograph? The Derwent, seen from John Wordsworth's Terrace, Cockermouth, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
image  click to enlarge
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Tipped in opposite p.28 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. 
Derwent Bridge in the middle ground. 
printed at bottom:-  "THE DERWENT, SEEN FROM JOHN WORDSWORTH'S TERRACE, COCKERMOUTH"
signed at painting lower left:-  "Arthur Tucker"
item:-  JandMN : 197.9
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, coloured halftone, The River Running into Derwentwater, from a painting by Benjamin William Leader, early 20th century.
image  click to enlarge
PR0562.jpg
printed at bottom:-  "THE RIVER RUNNING INTO DERWENTWATER / B. W. Leader R.A. / By permission of Southport Corporation"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.510
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, chromolithograph, View in Borrowdale, Cumberland, published by T Nelson and Sons, London, 1900s?
image  click to enlarge
PR0168.jpg
From a set of prints, The Scenery of the English Lakes 
printed at lower left:-  "T. NELSON &SONS"
printed at bottom left:-  "VIEW IN BORROWDALE"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.168
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bogg 1898
source data:-   Photograph, halftone print, Grange, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Edmund Bogg, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
image  click to enlarge
BGG170.jpg
Included on p.187 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.70
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by W H J Bool, published late 19th century?
image  click to enlarge
PR0330.jpg
On page 151 of The English Lakes. 
printed at lower left:-  "[WHJBool]"
printed at bottom:-  "BORROWDALE."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.330
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Rowbotham 1875
source data:-   Print, colour lithograph? Keswick, Cumberland, by T L Rowbotham, published by Marcus Ward and Co, London? 1875?
image  click to enlarge
PR0126.jpg
Included in the set of prints, Views in the English Lake District. 
printed at lower left, right:-  "[T] L Rowbotham / MARCUS WARD &CO"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.126
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Print, engraving, Borrowdale near the Bowder Stone, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
image  click to enlarge
MNU118.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.152 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr. / BORROWDALE / near the Bowder Stone."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1159.18
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- 
item:-  fishing
source data:-   Print, hand coloured engraving, Eagle Crag at the Head of Borrowdale, Westmoreland, should be Cumberland, drawn by Ramsay Richard Reinagle, engraved by John Pye, published 1850s?
image  click to enlarge
PR0578.jpg
A fisherman in the foreground. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Drawn by R. R. Reinagle A.R.A. / Engraved by John Pye / EAGLE CRAG at the head of BORROWDALE, WESTMORELAND."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.526
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Borrowdale from near the Bowder Stone, Cumberland, drawn by T Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s?
image  click to enlarge
PR0224.jpg
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "T. Aspland. Delt. / Engd. by W. Banks, Edinr. / BORROWDALE. / FROM NEAR THE BOWDER STONE. / PUBLISHED BY J. GARNETT, WINDERMERE."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.224
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.3 no.32) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Eagle Crag from Rosthwaite, Borrowdale, Cumberland, drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by J Sands, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1832-35.
image  click to enlarge
PR0043.jpg
vol.3 pl.32 in the set of prints, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "T. Allom. / J. Sands. / EAGLE CRAG FROM ROSTHWAITE, BORROWDALE."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.43
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.3 no.7) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Borrowdale, Cumberland, drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by A le Petit, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1832-35.
image  click to enlarge
PR0034.jpg
vol.3 pl.7 in the set of prints, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "T. Allom. / A. Le Petit. / BORROWDALE, CUMBERLAND."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.34
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.1 no.71) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Castle Crag, Borrowdale, from the Village of Grange, Cumberland, drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by J C Bentley, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1832-35.
image  click to enlarge
PR0026.jpg
vol.1 pl.71 in the set of prints, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "T. Allom. / J. C. Bentley. / CASTLE CRAG, BORROWDALE, FROM THE VILLAGE OF GRANGE, CUMBERLAND."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.26
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.1 no.51) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Wood Hall, near Cockermouth, Cumberland, drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by W le Petit, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1832-35.
image  click to enlarge
PR0019.jpg
vol.1 pl.51 in the set of prints, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "T. Allom. / W Le Petit. / WOOD HALL, NEAR COCKERMOUTH."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.19
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Britton and Brayley 1802
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Burrowdale, from Bowdar Stone, Cumberland, drawn by A Wilson, engraved by Hay, published by Vernor and Hood, Poultry, London, 1800s.
image  click to enlarge
PR0140.jpg
Included in the Beauties of England and Wales, by John Britton and Edward W Brayley. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Engrav'd by Hay from a Drawing by A. Wilson / for the Beauties of England and Wales. / BURROWDALE, / From Bowdar Stone, / Cumberland. / [London. Publish'd by Vernor &Hood. Poultry, ]"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.140
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print with text:- Farington 1789 (plate 2) 
source data:-   Print, engraving, The Grange in Borrowdale, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by W Byrne and T Medland, published by W Byrne, 79 Titchfield Street, London, 1784.
image  click to enlarge
BMZ90.jpg
Grange Bridge over the River Derwent, Grange village and Low Scawdel and High Scawdel in the background? 
Plate 2 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789; with descriptive text:-  "THE GRANGE IN BORROWDALE. ... Except in a very dry Season, the Derwent affords a Passage to Boats from the Lake up to the Bridge; the extreme Transparency of its Water never escapes the Observation of the Traveller."
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.54
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Middiman 1784-92 (pl.2) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Keswick Lake, Cumberland, drawn by J Smith, engraved and published by Samuel Middiman, London, 1784.
image  click to enlarge
PR0193.jpg
The view is of Grange Bridge, Borrowdale, on the River Derwent, not the lake; and is not a true picture of the double bridge? 
Plate 2 in a set of prints, part 1, Select Views in Great Britain. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Drawn by J. Smith. / Engrav'd by S. Middiman. / KESWICK - LAKE. / Published as the Act directs, July 30th. 1784, by S. Middiman, London."
printed at top right:-  "Plate 2."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.193
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) 
source data:-   Print, etching? Cockermouth Castle, Cumberland, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
image  click to enlarge
PR1572.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.2 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. 
printed at lower centre:-  "Cockermouth Castle / -the shadow of those towers / That yet survive, a shattered monument / O feudal sway -"
item:-  JandMN : 382.2
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old painting:- 
item:-  sheep
source data:-   Painting, oil painting, Workington Bridge, over the River Derwent, Workington, Cumberland, by Samuel Bough, 1842.
image  click to enlarge
PR0924.jpg
A family group is seated in the foreground. Beside a wide river a small flock of sheep is being driven; cattle loiter in the shallows. Beyond the bridge rises a wooded hillside upon which stands Workington Hall; to right of composition lies a distant view of Workington. 
signed &dated at bottom left:-  "Sam Bough 1842"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1936.4.3
Image © Tullie House Museum

photograph
CGV59.jpg  At Grange Bridge,
(taken 3.11.2017)  
photograph
BNG33.jpg  At Strands Bridge.
(taken 26.2.2007)  
photograph
CCZ90.jpg  Below Strands Bridge.
(taken 13.5.2015)  
photograph
BPQ39.jpg  At Folly Bridge.
(taken 26.2.2007)  
photograph
CCZ88.jpg  At Folly Bridge.
(taken 13.5.2015)  
photograph
BNR60.jpg  At Isel Bridge.
(taken 25.5.2007)  
photograph
BYP53.jpg  Ripples in shallow water,
(taken 21.6.2013)  
photograph
BPT30.jpg  At Broughton High Bridge.
(taken 22.10.2008)  
photograph
BPT60.jpg  At Workington Bridge.
(taken 22.10.2008)  
photograph
BNQ96.jpg  Into the sea at the Port of Workington,
(taken 14.5.2007)  

photograph
BYP08.jpg  Dredging work above Derwent Bridge, Cockermouth, following the floods, November 2009.
(taken 21.6.2013)  
photograph
BYP09.jpg  Dredging work above Derwent Bridge, Cockermouth, following the floods, November 2009.
(taken 21.6.2013)  
places:-  
NY07973129 Boat Hole (Broughton / Brigham)
NY18933317 Brock Hole (Blindcrake / Setmurthy)
NY08163128 Broughton High Bridge (Broughton / Brigham) L
NY06633032 Broughton Mill (Broughton) gone
NY19483315 Buckholme Island (Blindcrake)
NY08323119 Caldron Dub (Brigham)
NY26241890 Cannon Dub (Borrowdale)
NX99752941 Claddagh Hole (Workington)
NY25551590 Colywife Dub (Borrowdale)
NY11643071 Derwent Bridge (Cockermouth) L
NY23162738 Derwent Foot (Underskiddaw)
NY11863092 Derwent Mills (Cockermouth) L
NY02363010 fish trap, Workington (Workington)
NY02272994 fish trap, Workington (2) (Workington)
NY25671831 Fitts Turnhole (Borrowdale)
NY11413111 Fitz Mill (Brigham)
NY25061387 Folly Bridge (Borrowdale) L
NY03743049 footbridge, Camerton (Camerton / Great Clifton)
NY25341486 ford, Rosthwaite (Borrowdale)
NY11503113 Goat Mills (Cockermouth)
NY32501663 Gowder Dub (Borrowdale)
NY25371747 Grange Bridge (Borrowdale) L
NY11873080 Harris Bridge (Cockermouth)
NY11613108 High Gote Mill (Cockermouth) L
NY24342598 High Stock Bridge (Underskiddaw)
NY25881818 Ingshead Hole (Borrowdale)
NY16413329 Isel Bridge (Blindcrake / Setmurthy) L
NY25301700 Kidham Dub (Borrowdale)
NY25651787 Leatheside Dub (Borrowdale)
NY25352377 Long Bridge (Keswick / Above Derwent)
NY25571434 Longthwaite Bridge (Borrowdale)
NY11613108 Low Gote Mills (Cockermouth) L
NY23622682 Low Stock Bridge (Underskiddaw)
NY25191510 New Bridge (Borrowdale)
NY07553073 Old Bridge (Broughton / Brigham) gone
NY19963210 Ouse Bridge (Blindcrake / Setmurthy) L
NY10213115 Papcastle Bridge (Papcastle / Brigham)
NY25351560 Pennybridge Dub (Borrowdale)
NX991293 Port of Workington (Workington)
NY04623052 railway viaduct, Camerton (Camerton / Great Clifton)
NX99632935 railway viaduct, Workington (Workington)
NX99632941 railway viaduct, Workington (2) (Workington)
NY23951278 Seathwaite Bridge (Borrowdale)
NY02062960 Seaton Mill (Workington)
NY23451137 sheep wash, Borrowdale (Borrowdale)
NY00362920 Stainton Hole (Workington)
NY25161520 Stang Dub (Borrowdale)
NY09903113 Stoddart Hole (Papcastle / Brigham)
NY25061371 Strands Bridge (Borrowdale)
NX99202908 tide gauge, Port of Workington (Workington)
NY12223114 weir, Cockermouth (Cockermouth)
NY01582914 weir, Workington (Workington)
NY25381619 Wilkinson's Dub (Borrowdale)
NY00782908 Workington Bridge (Workington) L
NY01692919 Yearl, The (Workington)
NX99042935 Riverside Wharf (Workington)
NY26272113 Derwent Water (Keswick / Above Derwent / Borrowdale)
NY21432975 Bassenthwaite Lake (Bassenthwaite / Setmurthy / Above Derwent / Wythop / Underskiddaw)
NY00172934 bridge, Workington (Workington)
NX99972952 New Bridge (Workington) gone
NY00482911 Navvies Bridge (Workington)
NX99102917 railway viaduct, Port of Workington (Workington)
NY2523 Vale of Keswick ()
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