Elterwater | ||||
civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |||
county:- | Cumbria | |||
locality type:- | locality | |||
locality type:- | buildings | |||
coordinates:- | NY32780479 (etc) | |||
1Km square:- | NY3204 | |||
10Km square:- | NY30 | |||
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BLK17.jpg (taken 17.11.2005) BLK18.jpg (taken 17.11.2005) |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 8) placename:- Elterwater |
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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. |
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evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Elter Watter |
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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. 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 |
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evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Elder Water |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY30.jpg "Elder Water" block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) |
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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. 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" goto source Page 33:- "the water itself, to add the word tarn by way of distinction. ..." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Elterwater |
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source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlarge POF7Cm.jpg "Elterwater" map date 1909 |
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evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Elterwater |
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source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. click to enlarge PF10Cm.jpg "Elterwater" map date 1892 |
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evidence:- | old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s placename:- Elterwater |
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source data:- | Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England
and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s. 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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