Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Eea, River

civil parish:-

Lower Allithwaite (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

SD3778 (etc)

10Km square:-

SD37

BUE68.jpg At Rosthwaite Bridge,
(taken 4.3.2011)
photograph

BXK13.jpg At Priest Bridge,
notice the cow drinking place.
(taken 21.9.2012)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series
placename:- Cark Beck
item:- Eea, 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.
"Cark Beck or River Eea"

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.

BO18SD27.jpg
wiggly line, into the Leven Estuary
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

Ws02SD38.jpg

Ws02SD37.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.