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Elterwater
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY32780479 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3204
10Km square:-   NY30


photograph
BLK17.jpg (taken 17.11.2005)  
photograph
BLK18.jpg (taken 17.11.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 8) 
placename:-  Elterwater
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Elter Watter
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.
image
J5NY30NW.jpg
"Elter Watter"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Elder Water
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY30.jpg
"Elder Water"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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 OT01P032, button  goto source
Page 32:-  "..."
"Elterwater is one of the largest of the Tarns; and having given its name to a small hamlet in Langdale, it became necessary in speaking of"
image OT01P033, button  goto source
Page 33:-  "the water itself, to add the word tarn by way of distinction. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Elterwater
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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POF7Cm.jpg
"Elterwater"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Elterwater
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
PF10Cm.jpg
"Elterwater"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Elterwater
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
POF2Cm.jpg
"Elterwater"
map date 1890 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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NY32670440 Birch Hill (Lakes)
NY32810478 King George's Field (Lakes)
NY32730474 Bridge End (Lakes) L
NY32750477 Bridge Syke (Lakes) L
NY32780483 Britannia (Lakes) L
NY33060386 Carr Howes (Lakes)
NY31610439 Dale End Quarry (Lakes)
NY32800481 drain, Elterwater (Lakes)
NY32750475 Elterwater Bridge (Lakes) L
NY32730467 Elterwater Hostel (Lakes)
NY32330488 Elterwater Quarries (Lakes)
NY32840486 Elterwater: Main Street (Lakes) L
NY32820483 Elterwater: Mill Street (Lakes) L
NY32310493 Fir Bank (Lakes) L
NY32760478 Greenend (Lakes) L
NY32810482 Maple Tree Corner (Lakes) L
NY32790457 Kitty Hall (Lakes) L
NY32980480 Lane Ends (Lakes)
NY32350482 Lord's Quarry (Lakes)
NY32750474 Elterwater Mill (Lakes) suggested
NY32730469 Old Farm Cottage (Lakes) L
NY32950482 Polly's Cottage (Lakes)
NY32810482 post box, Elterwater (Lakes)
NY33100506 Walthwaite Bottom (Lakes)
NY32820482 Wistaria Cottage (Lakes) L
NY32790480 fingerpost, Elterwater (Lakes)
NY32750446 Eltermere Hotel (Lakes) L
NY32850487 Elterwater Post Office (Lakes)
NY32640496 Elterwater Gunpowder Mills (Lakes) gone
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