Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Eamont, River

Eamont, River

runs into:-

Eden, River

civil parish:-

Barton (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Dacre (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Sockbridge and Tirril (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Brougham (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Penrith (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Yanwath and Eamont Bridge (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Langwathby (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Brougham (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

county boundary

1Km square:-

NY4624 (etc)

coordinates:-

NY58622915 (falls into Eden)

10Km square:-

NY42

10Km square:-

NY52

10Km square:-

NY53

BLN40.jpg Looking downstream from Pooley Bridge.
(taken 4.1.2006)
photograph

BOV05.jpg Upstream from Pooley Mill footbridge.
(taken 17.3.2008)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 3 15)
placename:- Eamont, 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 58 11)
OS County Series (Cmd 59 2)
OS County Series (Cmd 59 5)

evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s

source data:-

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

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Ggh1Cm.jpg
Tributary to the Eden; by Penrith; not labelled.
item:- JandMN : 33
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evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s

source data:-

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

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Ggh2Cm.jpg
Tributary to the Eden; by Penrith; not labelled.
item:- JandMN : 34
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evidence:-

probably old map:- Lloyd 1573

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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Lld1Cm.jpg
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

Sax9NY53.jpg
County boundary.
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evidence:-

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

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.

MER8CumD.jpg

MER8CumF.jpg
double line with stream lines; river, county boundary with Westmorland
item:- JandMN : 169
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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.

MER5WmdA.jpg
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double line with stream lines; river, running into the Eden, 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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KER8.jpg
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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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SPD6Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly line, twice! once misplaced
item:- private collection : 85
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP11NY53.jpg
double line with stream lines, runs into the Eden; county boundary

SP11NY42.jpg
double line; county boundary
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)
placename:- Eimot flu.

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP14NY53.jpg
running into the Eden

SP14NY52.jpg
"Eimot flu"
double line with stream lines; county boundary
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-

poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:- Eymot

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 163:- "...
... and happily to fill,
Her [Eden's] more abundant Banks, from Ulls, a mightie Mere
On Cumberlands confines, comes Eymot neat and cleere,
..."

evidence:-

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

DRY510.jpg
"Eymot fl"
River, naiad.
item:- JandMN : 168
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evidence:-

probably table of distances:- Simons 1635

source data:-

Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 42 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.

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SIM3.jpg
on thumbnail map
item:- private collection : 50.39
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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.

JAN3NY42.jpg

JAN3NY52.jpg

JAN3NY53.jpg
Double wiggly line, tapering to single; county boundary.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
placename:- Eden Flu.

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG38m277.jpg
In mile 281, Westmorland. "Eden Flu"
crossed by the road over a low arch at:- "Emonbridge"
The county boundary is here:- "enter Cumberland"
just across the river.
item:- JandMN : 21
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evidence:-

old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:- Wlles 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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SAN2Cm.jpg
"Wlles fl."
tapering wiggly line; river, double line
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd)

source data:-

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

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SEL7.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
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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SEL9.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Eimo 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.

MD12NY42.jpg
"[Eimo] R."
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

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

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

MD10NY53.jpg

MD10NY52.jpg
"Em[ie fl]"
With the county boundary drawn alongside.
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Fiennes 1698
placename:- Emount

source data:-

Travel book, manuscript record of Journeys through England including parts of the Lake District, by Celia Fiennes, 1698.
"Here [Penrith] are two rivers one called the Emount which parts Cumberland and Westmorland which bridge I should have passed over had I come the direct roade from Kendall to Peroth, but strikeing off to Ambleside to Wiandermer I came another end of the town; in this river are greate falls of waters call'd cataracts by reason of the rock and shelves in it which makes a great noise, which is heard more against foul weather into the town tho' the bridge be halfe a mile out of the town; ..."
"..."
"I walked round the walls [of Carlisle] and saw the river, which twists and turns it self round the grounds, called the Emount which at 3 or 4 miles off is flow'd by the sea; ..."
"..."
"From HENCE I tooke a Guide the next day and so went for Scotland and rode 3 or 4 mile by the side of this River Emount which is full of very good fish; I rode somtymes on a high ridge over a hill sometymes on the sands, it turning and winding about, that I went almost all the way by it and saw them with boates fishing for salmon and troute which made my journey very pleasant; ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 94)
placename:- Eden Flu.

source data:-

Strip maps, uncoloured engravings, road maps, The Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Lancashire and Westmorland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B094m277.jpg
The placename on the map is wrong. At mile 281-282.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100
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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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Stu1Cm.jpg
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2001.171
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evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Eimot, River

source data:-

Maps, Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and 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; published 1742-49.
"... The N.W. Boundary [of Westmorland] is the River Eimot, which receives the Loder, and at last unites with the Eden. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Eymot 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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BD10.jpg
"Eymot R"
tapering wiggly line; county boundary
item:- JandMN : 115
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evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Eimot River

source data:-

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

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BD12.jpg
"Eimot R."
tapering wiggly line; county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:- Eimont, 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 River Eimont, which has its Rise from the Lake call'd Ulles or Ulleswater."

evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

SMP2NYL.jpg
"Eymot R."
Wiggly line; the county boundary alongside.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

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BCK3.jpg
"Emor R"
view (sort of)
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.71
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Eymot River

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

BO18NY42.jpg
"Eymot R."
wiggly line, county boundary Westmorland Cumberland
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Emont River

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

J5NY53SE.jpg
"Emont River"

J5NY52NE.jpg

J5NY52NW.jpg

J5NY42NE.jpg

J5NY42SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-

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

D4NY53SE.jpg

D4NY42NE.jpg
"Eamont River"

D4NY52NW.jpg

D4NY52NE.jpg

D4NY42SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river from Ullswater, and county boundary, into the Eden
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
placename:- Emont, River

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 151:- "..."
"ULLS-WATER."
"Those that do not choose to go as far as Penrith, may, near the eighth mile-post,"

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Page 152:- "..."
"Mr. Gray's choice of visiting this lake [Ullswater], was from Penrith, up the vale of Emont. 'A grey autumnal day, ... through shady lanes, along the vale of Emont, which runs rapidly on near the way, rippling over the stones; ..."

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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
Page 200:- "... crossed the Eden and the Eamont ... [to] Penrith ..."

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Page 201:- "Oct. 1. A grey autumnal day, the air perfectly calm, and mild, went to see Ulls-water, five miles distant [from Penrith]; soon left the Keswick road, and turned to the left through shady lanes along the vale of Eamont, which runs rapidly on near the way, rippling over the stones: ... ... I descended Dunmallet again by the side avenue, ... and came to Barton-bridge over the Eamont; then walked through a path in the wood round the bottom of the hill, came forth where the Eamont issues out of the lake, ..."

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Lowther 1780s-90s
placename:- Eimot, River
placename:- Yeoman, River

source data:-

Scrapbook, 4 volumes, of descriptive texts, maps, and prints of views and coats of arms, for Westmorland and Cumberland, assembled by a member of the Lowther Family, late 18th early 19th century.
Text with a print, Brougham Castle, Brougham, Cumbria, engraved by Godfrey, 1774:- "BROUGHAM CASTLE, WESTMORELAND. ... is situated on the banks of the river Eimot, vulgarly pronounced Yeoman. Its remains shew it was once a strong, extensive, and beautiful edifice. The chief entrance is through a number of arches by the river-side."
"'An Excursion to the Lakes.' [says] 'WE quited the high-road in order to pass by Brougham castle, a spacious ruin, situate on the banks of the river Yeoman. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.

CT5NY42S.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
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evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Emmont 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.

Ws02NY53.jpg

Ws02NY42.jpg
County boundary.
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater)
placename:- Emont River

source data:-

Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.

CL4NY42S.jpg
"Emont River"
An island is drawn below Pooley Bridge.
item:- private collection : 10.4
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evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Penrith to Ullswater)
placename:- Emont, River

source data:-

Map, A Map of the Roads between Penrith and Ullswater, scale about 10 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.

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CL03.jpg
"RIVER EMONT"
item:- private collection : 10.3
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evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789
placename:- Eymot, 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 148:- "... Here [Brougham] the river Eymot rising out of a large lake, and for some time dividing this county [Westmorland] from Cumberland, receives the river Loder, ..."

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Page 149:- "..."
"The Eymot, after serving some time as a boundary between this county [Westmorland] and Cumberland ..."

evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
placename:- Emot, River

source data:-

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Page 162:- "..."
"Emot may be called the Ticinus of the two counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland falling in a clear and rapid stream out of Ulleswater as the Tesin from Lago Maggiore. Upon its banks king Athelstan A.D. 926, concluded a treaty of peace and union with Constantine king of the Scots, Huval (Howel), king of the Western Britans or Stratcluid Welsh, and others who found themselves unable to make head against him. They met, according to Simeon Dunelm. and Hoveden iv. Id. Jul. in a place called Eamotun, and entered into a league confirmed by oath. Bishop Gibson has taken much pains to prove the above monuments, particularly Mayborough, memorials of this event, whereas they are plainly British and Druidical. ..."

evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
placename:- Emot

source data:-

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Page 179:- "..."
"... a water called Emot that divideth on the south side the one part Cumbreland from Westmorland ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)
placename:- Emont River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24NY42.jpg
river, out of Ullswater; county boundary

CY24NY52.jpg
"Emont River"
river; county boundary
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

old map:- Aikin 1790 (Wmd)
placename:- Eymot River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Aikin, London, 1790.

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AIK2.jpg
"Eymot R."
river; on county boundary
item:- JandMN : 51
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evidence:-

old map:- Aikin 1790 (Cmd)
placename:- Eymot River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, by John Aikin, London, 1790.

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AIK3.jpg
"Eymot R."
river; on county boundary
item:- JandMN : 145
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
placename:-  Eimot
placename:-  Ea muth
item:-  placename, Eamont

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 1791 p.1080 "..."
"Eamont (or Eimot) is a slight corruption of the Saxon Ea-muth, i.e. the water's mouth, meaning Ulleswater, whence this river flows. A Saxon name for a river is so uncommon a circumstance, that I should be glad to know whether its irruption might not have taken place subsequently to the settlement of that people."
"... ..."
"Yours, &c."
"DEIRENSIS."

evidence:-

old map:- Bailey 1797
placename:- Emont River

source data:-

Map, soil etc, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 12 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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BY05.jpg
"Emont R."
river; on county boundary
item:- Armitt Library : A680.3
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evidence:-

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

source data:-

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

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C38267.jpg
page 267-268 "Cross the River Emont."

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C38281.jpg
page 281-282 "Cross the Emont River"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Baker 1802
placename:- Emmont, River

source data:-

Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
pp.25-26:- "... At Lowther Bridge the rivers Emmont and Lowther form a junction. ..."
"... The river Emmont on one side winds amicably along the edge of the town [Penrith], ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Eamont River

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Wd.jpg
"Eamont R"
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Emont River

source data:-

Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Cd.jpg
"Emont R."
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Emont 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
"Emont Riv."
river; on county boundary
item:- private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Emont 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
"Emont R."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP4.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd/Cmd)
placename:- Emont River

source data:-

Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?

evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd/Cmd)
placename:- Emont 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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WL13.jpg
"Emont R."
river; county boundary
item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Wallis 1810
placename:- Eimot

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, London, 1810; published 1810-36.
"PRINCIPAL RIVERS."
"This county is well watered by the rivers, Eden, Loder, Ken, and Lune, or Lon. ..."
"The Loder, rising at a lake called Broadwater, runs N.W., and falls into a small river called the Eimot, near the borders of this county."

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Eamont River

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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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old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd)

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Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd)

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

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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 8:- "... great quantities of eels are taken in the river Eamont, below Pooley Bridge, as they migrate from the lake [Ullswater] in autumn."

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Page 40:- "... The several becks of Patterdale unite in Ullswater, the river issuing from thence is called the Eamont; it receives the Lowther, ... near Brougham Castle; and is afterwards absorbed in the Eden, ..."

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old map:- Perrot 1823

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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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tapering wiggly line, county boundary?
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.45
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old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Eamont River

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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.

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old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Eamont, River

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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. Eamont"
double wiggly line, and dotted line, the county boundary

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old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s

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Photograph, b/w, Eamont Bridge and the River Eamont, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?

evidence:-

old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:- Eamont, River

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Photograph, Yanwath Hall and River Eamont, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1896.

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Vol.1 no.71 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910.
ms at bottom:- "71. Yanwath Hall and River Eamont. Barton. W."
item:- Armitt Library : 1958.3165.71
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old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913)
placename:- Eamont, River

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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. Eamont"
wiggly line, running into the Eden; county boundary

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"R. Eamont"
running out of Ullswater, county boundary
item:- JandMN : 162.2
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old map:- LMS 1920s maps

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Railway map, lithograph, 23 pages of strip maps, The Journey in Brief, the Route London to Carlisle, published by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.

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old photograph:- Bogg 1898
item:- cattle

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Photograph, halftone print, A Bend of the Eamont, perhaps near the Giant's Caves? Cumberland, by Edmund Bogg, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.

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Included on p.70 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.
item:- JandMN : 231.25
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old painting:-

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Painting, watercolour, View Looking to the Bridge on the River Going to Ullswater, Pooley Bridge, Barton, Westmorland, by Paul Sandby, 1760s-70s

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Summertime; view of a wide gently flowing river from the nearside bank with two cattle at the water's edge beside a blasted oak tree which frames composition to left. Beyond, the river is panned by a stone bridge, a small village speading along the riverbank, partially screened by a stand of trees. Barren fells rise beyond.
inscribed at on mount:- "P. Sandby View looking to the Bridge on the river going out of Ullswater"
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1905.10A.3
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old print:-

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Print, uncoloured engraving, Brougham Castle, Westmorland, published late 19th century?

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printed at bottom:- "BROUGHAM CASTLE."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.237
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old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.2 no.51)

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Print, uncoloured engraving, Eamont Bridge, from the Westmorland Side, drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by W Taylor, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1832-35.

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vol.2 pl.51 in the set of prints, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated.
printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "T. Allom. / W. Taylor. / EAMONT BRIDGE, FROM THE WESTMORLAND SIDE."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.30
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old print:- Rose 1832-35

source data:-

Print, engraving, Brougham Castle, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by S Lacey, 1833.

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old print:-

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Print, uncoloured engraving, Brougham Castle, Westmorland, published early 19th century?

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printed at bottom:- "BROUGHAM CASTLE. / PENRITH, WESTMORELAND."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.238
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old print:-

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Print, uncoloured engraving, Brougham Castle, Westmorland, published by J and J Cundee, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London, 1819.

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Included in vol.4 of The New British Traveller, or Modern Panorama of England and Wales, by James Dugdale.
printed at bottom:- "BROUGHAM CASTLE, / WESTMORELAND. / Drawn & Engraved for DUGDALES ENGLAND &WALES Delineated."
item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.190
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old print:-

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Print, uncoloured engraving, Skirsgill, Cumberland, early 19th century?