Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Ennerdale Bridge, Ennerdale and Kinniside

Ennerdale Bridge, Ennerdale and Kinniside

Ennerdale Bridge

civil parish:-

Ennerdale and Kinniside (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY06981582 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY0615

10Km square:-

NY01

BUK31.jpg (taken 27.4.2011)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 68 10)
placename:- Ennerdale Bridge

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:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Enerdale

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.

Sax9NY01.jpg
Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Enerdale"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

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

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.

MER8CumE.jpg
"Enardale"
circle
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

probably old map:- Keer 1605
placename:- Enerdale

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
"Enerdale"
dot, circle and tower; village
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Enerdale

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.

SP11NY01.jpg
"Enerdale"
circle, building, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:- Enerdale

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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SIM4.jpg
"Enerdale S.W."
and tabulated distances
item:- private collection : 50.11
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evidence:-

old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:- Enerdale

source data:-

Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.

JEN4Sq.jpg
"Enerdale"
circle

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Enerdale

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.

JAN3NY01.jpg
"Enerdale"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Enerdale

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.

MD12NY01.jpg
"Enerdale"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Enerdale

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.

BO18NY01.jpg
"Enerdale"
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Bridge

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.

D4NY01NE.jpg
"Bridge"
double line across a river; a bridge and houses
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)

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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Account of Ennerdale, late 18th century
Page 295:- "Within these few years, several visitors of the lakes extend their tour, by taking in Whitehaven, and proceeding from thence, by Cleator and Kinnyside, to Ennerdale Bridge; at which place guides can be procured, to conduct them by the best rout to Ennerdale Broad-water; ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Ennerdale

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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GRA1Lk.jpg
"Ennerdale"
blocks, italic lowercase text, village, hamlet, locality
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Ennerdale

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
"Ennerdale 288¾"
village or other place; distance from London
item:- private collection : 18.18
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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.

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Page 26:- "... There are two small public houses at Ennerdale Bridge; but not calculated to afford much accommodation to travellers."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Ennerdale

source data:-

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.

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Ennerdale Bridge

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.