Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Duddon Sands
	site name:-	Duddon Estuary
	parish	Millom Without parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		foreshore
	coordinates:-	SD2081
	10Km square:-	SD28
	10Km square:-	SD18
	parish	Askam and Ireleth parish, once in Lancashire
	county:-	Cumbria
		sands
	10Km square:-	SD17
	place code:-	DdSn
	1Km square	SD2081
		Duddon Sands -- Duddon Estuary -- Millom Without and Askam and Ireleth -- Cumbria -- Cumbria / -- 30.9.2006
	old map:-	OS County Series (Lan 10 12)
		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.
	placename:-	Duddon Sands
		sands
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		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 1855-71.
		Page 107:-
		... When it is high water, the scene is fine: but the vast reaches of sand at low water are dreary. ...
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		Duddon Sands
		area in Duddon Estuary
	placename:-	Duddon Sands
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old text:-	Camden 1789
		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.
		Page 131:-
		... Forness ... the shore here running out a great way to the west, the sea, as if enraged at it, lashes it more furiously, and, in high tides. has even devoured the shore, and made three large bays, viz. Kentsand, into which the river Ken empties itself, Levensand and Duddensand, between which the land projects ...
	placename:-	Duddensand
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	West 1784 map
		A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
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	placename:-	Duddon Sands
	county:-	Lancashire
	county:-	Cumberland
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		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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		Mrs Radcliffe's Ride over Skiddaw, 1794
		Page 308:-
		[on Skiddaw] ... to the west, Duddon Sands gleamed in a long line among the fells of High Furness.- ...
	placename:-	Duddon Sands
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old text:-	Mackenzie 1776
		Charts, and sailing directions, Nautical Descriptions of the West Coast of Great Britain, Bristol Channel to Cape Wrath, by Murdoch Mackenzie, published London, 1776.
		Page 18:-
		... ...
		The rocks and shoals to be avoided between Piel-of-Foudray and St. Bee's Head, are ... in the entry of Duddon Bay, with several patches of sand, near a league from the shore, that dry with spring-tide only: ... Selker
		...
		DUDDON Sands.
		Only small vessels can get into safety in this Bay; for I was informed that there was not above seven or eight feet of water over most of the banks at high-water with spring-tide: with neap-tide, therefore, there is not two or three feet on them at high-water.
	placename:-	Duddon Sands
	date:-	1776
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
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	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	poem:-	Drayton 1612/1622 text
		Poem, Polyolbion, by Michael Drayton, published 1612, part 2 with Cumbria published by John Marriott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622.
		page 136:-
	placename:-	Dudden Sands
	date:-	1612; 1622
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s; 1620s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Cmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		foreshore sands in Duddon Estuary
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old print:-	Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890)
		Set of prints, etchings? 56 views in Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, by Harry Goodwin, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
		Print, etching? Duddon Sands, Cumberland, by Harry Goodwin, 1883, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890.
		Tipped in opposite p.268 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight.
	placename:-	Duddon Sands
	date:-	1886
	period:-	19th century, late
		High Ford, Angerton
		Low Ford, Millom
		Middle Ford, Angerton
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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