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Duddon, River
runs into:-    Irish Sea
civil parish:-   Ulpha (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
locality type:-   county boundary (old counties) 
1Km square:-   NY2602 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY20
10Km square:-   SD19
10Km square:-   SD29

photograph
BWU30.jpg  In Wrynose Bottom,
(taken 18.6.2012)  
photograph
BWU29.jpg  At Cockley Beck Bridge,
(taken 18.6.2012)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 6) 
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.
"Mine St[ane] / Navigable to this Point for Vessels of 20 Tons"
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 6) 
item:-  tide
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.
"Spring Tides flow to this point"
at Duddon Bridge 
evidence:-   old map:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:-  Doden
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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"doden"
Running into the sea. 
item:-  JandMN : 33
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evidence:-   old map:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:-  Doden
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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"doden"
Running into the sea. 
item:-  JandMN : 34
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evidence:-   old map:- Lloyd 1573
placename:-  Dodon 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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"Dodon fl."
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Dudden 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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"Dudden flu:"
County boundary. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.
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double line with stream lines; river, running into the sea, county boundary with Lancashire 
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double line with stream lines; river, county boundary with Cumberland 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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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; county boundary 
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, county boundary 
item:-  private collection : 85
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Dudden 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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wiggly line; county boundary 
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"Dudden flu"
double line; county boundary 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:-  Dudden
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 136:-  "... Dudden first, then Levin, lastly Ken,
Of three bright Naiades nam'd, as Dudden on the West,
That Cumberland cuts off from this Shire, doth invest
Those Sands with her proud Style, ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:-  Dudden 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.
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"Dudden fl"
River, naiad. 
item:-  JandMN : 168
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evidence:-   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; county boundary 
item:-  private collection : 50.11
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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.
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"Dudden flud"
Single wiggly line; county boundary. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:-  Duddon fl.
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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"Duddon fl."
tapering wiggly line; river, county boundary 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Duddon flud
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Duddon flud"
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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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 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Dudden 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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"Dudden R."
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With the county boundary drawn alongside. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  Duddon 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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"Duddon R"
tapering wiggly line; county boundary 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Duddon River
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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"Duddon R."
Wiggly line; boundary of Cumberland and Lancashire. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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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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wiggly line then double line with stream lines, county boundary Cumberland Lancashire 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Duddon 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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"Duddon River"
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single or double wiggly line; a river and county boundary, into the sea 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Cockley Beck
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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The river is the county boundary 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Dudden, 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 179:-  "..."
"... a water called Dudden, the which devideth Furnesland from Cumbreland ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Aikin 1790 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Duddon River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, by John Aikin, London, 1790.
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"Duddon R."
river; on county boundary 
item:-  JandMN : 145
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evidence:-   old map:- Bailey 1797
placename:-  Duddon 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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"Duddon R."
river; on county boundary 
item:-  Armitt Library : A680.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Skrine 1801
placename:-  Dudden 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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"Dudden R."
river 
item:-  JandMN : 421
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Duddon 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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"Duddon R."
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Dudden River
source data:-   Map, Lancashire, scale about 18 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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"Dudden R."
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.6
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  Dudden 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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"Dudden R."
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Dudden 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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"Dudden River"
river; on county boundary 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old text:- Capper 1808
placename:-  Dudden, River
source data:-   Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.
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"... It [Broughton in Furness] is situated near the river Dudden, over which is a bridge into Cumberland, and the river is navigable for small vessels. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Dudden 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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"Dudden R."
tapering wiggly line; river, county boundary 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1810 (plate 49) 
placename:-  Duddon, River
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Goldrill Crag on the River Duddon, Ulpha, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1808.
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Plate 49 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810. 
printed at top right:-  "49"
printed at bottom:-  "GOLDRILL CRAG ON THE RIVER DUDDON. / Drawn and Engraved by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1808."
watermark:-  "J WHATMAN / 1811"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6641.49
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Duddon River
placename:-  Dudden 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.
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"Duddon R. / Dudden R."
river; county boundary 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 47) 
source data:-   Print, tinted soft ground etching, Wallowbarrow Crag, on the River Duddon, Ulpha, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 47 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "47"
printed at bottom:-  "WALLOWBARROW CRAG. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6653.47
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 47) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Wallowbarrow Crag, on the River Duddon, Ulpha, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 47 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "47"
printed at bottom:-  "WALLOWBARROW CRAG. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6656.47
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 46) 
source data:-   Print, tinted soft ground etching, Goldrill Crag, on the River Duddon, Ulpha, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 46 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "46"
printed at bottom:-  "GOLDRILL CRAG. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6653.46
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 46) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Goldrill Crag, on the River Duddon, Ulpha, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 46 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "46"
printed at bottom:-  "GOLDRILL CRAG. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6656.46
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evidence:-   old text:- Green 1814
placename:-  Dudden, River
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.
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page 26:-  "..."
"Goldrill Crag is upon the river Dudden. The river Dudden crosses the horse and foot road to Wast Water at Cockley Beck, which is ten miles from Ambleside over Wrynose. ..."
"The river Dudden divides Lancashire and Cumberland, from the county stones on Wrynose to its junction with the Irish Sea; ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Duddon 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.
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"Duddon River"
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
item:-  Duddon Sonnets
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 1820 part 2 p.344 
book review  "69. The River Duddon, a Series of Sonnets: Vaudracour and Julia: and other Poems. ... By William Wordsworth. 8vo. pp.321. Longman and Co."
"THE Poems in this Volume are marked by the same apparent ease and elegant simplicity which characterize the productions of Mr. Wordsworth. The first of them, affectionately inscribed to his brother (the Rev. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth) consists of XXXIII. Sonnets "called forth by one of the most beautiful streams of his native County;" and illustrated by some entertaining Notes; particularly an excellent Biographical Memoir of the Rev. Robert Walker, who lived to the age of 93, and was Curate of Seathwaite 63 years."
""The River Duddon rises upon Wrynose Tell, on the confines of Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire; and, serving as the boundary of the two latter counties, for the space of about twenty-five miles, enters the Irish Sea, between the Isle of Walney and the lordship of Millum.""
"The scenery of that sequestered spot, and of the pious Curate's labours, is thus described:"
""A dark plume fetch me from yon blasted yew,
Perched on whose top the Danish Raven croaks;
Aloft the Imperial Bird of Rome invokes"
evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag 1820
item:-  eagle
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Gentleman's Magazine 1820 part 2 p.345  "Departed ages, shedding where he flew
Loose fragments of wild wailing that bestrew
The clouds, and thrill the chambers of the rocks,
And into silence hush the timorous flocks,
That slept so calmly while the nightly dew
Moisten'd each fleece beneath the twinkling stars:
These couch'd 'mid that lone Camp on Hardknot's height,
Whose Guardians bent the knee to Jove and Mars:
These near that mystic Round of Druid frame,
Tardily sinking by its proper weight
Deep into patient Earth, from whose smooth breast it came!""
""Sacred Religion, 'mother of form and fear,'
Dread Arbitress of mutable respect,
New rites ordaining when the old are wreck'd,
Or cease to please the fickle worshipper;
If one strong wish may be embosomed here,
Mother of Love! for this deep vale, protect
Truth's holy lamp, pure source of bright effect,
Gifted to purge the vapoury atmosphere
That seeks to stifle it; - as in those days
When this low Pile a Gospel Teacher knew,
Whose good works formed an endless retinue:
Such Priest as Chaucer sang in fervent lays;
Such as the heaven-taught skill of Herbert drew;
And tender Goldsmith crown'd with deathless praise!""
"In a note on the third line Mr. Wordsworth says,"
""The Eagle requires a large domain for its support; but several pairs, not many years ago, were constantly resident in this country, building their nests in the steeps of Borrowdale, Westdale, Ennerdale, and on the Eastern side of Helvellyn. Often have I heard anglers speak of the grandeur of their appearance, as they hovered over Red Tarn, on one of the coves of this mountain. The bird frequently returns, but is always destroyed. Not long since one visited Rydal Lake, and remained some hours near its banks; the consternation which it occasioned among the different species of fowl, particularly the herons, was expressed by loud screams. The horse also is naturally afraid of the eagle. ..."
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.
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tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
item:-  boundary; county boundary; geology
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 41:-  "The Duddon rises on the south of Bowfell and separates Cumberland from Lancashire. Unretarded by any lake, it pursues its course in a pretty transparent stream, and enters the sea on the north of the Isle of Walney."
"..."
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Page 158:-  "The THIRD division - forming only inferior elevations - commences with a bed of dark-blue or blackish transition limestone, containing here and there a few shells and madrepores, and alternating with a slaty rock of the same colour; the different layers of each being in some places several feet, in others only a few inches in thickness. This limestone crosses the river Duddon near Broughton; passing Broughton Mills it runs in a north-east direction through Torver, by the foot of the Old Man mountain, and appears near Low Yewdale and Yew Tree. Here it makes a considerable slip to the eastward, after which it ranges past the Tarns upon the hills above Borwick Ground; and stretching through Skelwith, it crosses the head of Windermere near Low Wood Inn. Then passing above Dovenest and Skelgill, it traverses the vales of Troutbeck, Kentmere, and Long Sleddale;"
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Duddon, 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.
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"R. Duddon"
wiggly line, river, broadening at its foot; and county boundary 
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item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
item:-  churn pot
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.
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Page 108:-  "... the bridge at Ulpha Kirk spans the river, and discloses a beautiful view, up and down, One thing which the traveller is always expected to remark is the strange holes (called pots) worn by the waters in the rocks, and the rounding of the edges of the boulders and shelves in the channel. ..."
evidence:-   old print:- Payn 1867
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, On the Duddon, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Lancashire, by W J Linton, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867.
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On p.66 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. 
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.33
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evidence:-   old print:- Payn 1867
placename:-  Duddon, River
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Falls on the Duddon, Ulpha? Lancashire, by W J Linton, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867.
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On p.67 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. 
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.35
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  flower; primrose; Primula vulgaris
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, primroses by the River Duddon, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS177
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, River Duddon, above Seathwaite, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS175
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, River Duddon at Ulpha, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS168
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  footbridge
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, footbridge, River Duddon, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS166
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, River Duddon at Cockley Beck, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS163
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, River Duddon below Seathwaite, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS162
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, River Duddon near Ulpha, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS161
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, River Duddon, Cumberland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS658
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evidence:-   old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) 
item:-  daffodil
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Daffodils by the Banks of the Silvery Duddon, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Lancashire, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908.
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Opposite p.78 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. 
printed at tissue opposite the print:-  "DAFFODILS BY THE BANKS OF THE SILVERY DUDDON"
printed at signed lower right:-  "[A HEATON COOPER]"
item:-  JandMN : 468.28
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evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Duddon, 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.
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"R. Duddon"
wiggly line, county boundary 
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"River Duddon"
wiggly line, alongside county boundary 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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evidence:-   old print:- Reynolds 1915
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Silvery Duddon, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Cumberland, from a painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1915.
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"A HEATON COOPER"
"SILVERY DUDDON."
item:-  JandMN : 1071.16
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evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:-  Duddon, River
item:-  county boundary
source data:-   image AY01p383, button  goto source
Page 383:-  "..."
"River Duddon. - The River Duddon has its source about 6 miles westward of Ambleside, near the junction of Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, and forms the boundary between the two last-named counties from its source to its confluence with the sea, a distance of about 28 miles. At Broughton-in-Furness it expands into what is termed Duddon mouth,and 11 miles lower down it runs into the sea, ..."
evidence:-   old print:- Barber and Atkinson 1927
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Cockley Beck, River Duddon, Lancashire, by E H Atkinson, published by James Atkinson, Caxton Printing Works, Ulverston, Lancashire, 1928.
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Tipped in opposite p.53 of Lakeland Passes, by John B Barber and George Atkinson, 1927, 3rd edn 1928. 
printed at bottom:-  "Photo E. H. Atkinson.) Cockley Beck, Duddon. (To face plage 53."
item:-  JandMN : 350.11
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evidence:-   old print:- Prior 1865
placename:-  Duddon, River
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, The River Duddon, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Cumberland, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 1865.
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Included on page 98 of the guide book, Ascents and Passes in the Lake District of England, by Herman Prior. 
printed at bottom:-  "THE RIVER DUDDON."
item:-  JandMN : 235.16
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evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.3 no.26) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Muncaster Castle, Cumberland, drawn by G Pickering, engraved by T Jeavons, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1835.
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vol.3 pl.26 in the set of prints, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "G. Pickering. / T. Jeavons. / MUNCASTER CASTLE, CUMBERLAND. / FISHER, SON &CO. LONDON, 1835."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.40
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photograph
BLK40.jpg  Small falls.
(taken 17.11.2005)  
photograph
BQO85.jpg  At Memorial Bridge, Seathwaite,
(taken 29.5.2009)  
photograph
BMG38.jpg  From Hall Bridge.
(taken 12.6.2006)  
photograph
BXD92.jpg  From the stepping stones,.
(taken 24.8.2012)  
photograph
CFZ47.jpg  From Rawfold Bridge,
(taken 28.4.2017)  
photograph
CFZ48.jpg  From Rawfold Bridge,
(taken 28.4.2017)  
photograph
CFZ51.jpg  From Rawfold Bridge,
(taken 28.4.2017)  
photograph
CFZ49.jpg  From Rawfold Bridge,
(taken 28.4.2017)  
photograph
BMG33.jpg  From Ulpha Bridge.
(taken 12.6.2006)  
places:-  
SD23429934 Birks Bridge (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha) L
SD19539228 Crook, The (Ulpha)
SD19928818 Duddon Bridge (Broughton West / Millom Without) L
SD19698888 Duddon Valley (Ulpha / Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite)
SD200856 Duddon Viaduct (Broughton West)
SD22829761 Fickle Steps (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha)
SD20168782 fish trap, Broughton West (Broughton West / Millom Without)
SD23429881 footbridge, Troutal (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha)
SD21309533 Hall Bridge (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha)
SD22429636 Memorial Bridge (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite)
SD19598968 Rawfold Bridge (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha) L
NY23910007 stepping stones, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha)
NY23960062 stepping stones, Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite (2) (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha)
SD21449558 stepping stones, Hall Dunnerdale (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha)
SD20929420 stepping stones, Kiln Bank (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha)
SD20749395 stepping stones, Kiln Bank (2) (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha)
SD22389631 Wordsworth's Stepping Stones (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha)
SD20159367 stepping stones, Ulpha (Ulpha / Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite)
SD19558957 weir, Millom Without (Millom Without / Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite)
NY24660167 Cockley Beck Bridge (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite / Ulpha)
SD23439930 Faery Chasm (Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite)
SD20508090 Duddon Estuary ()
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