Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Gelt, River

runs into:-

Irthing, River

civil parish:-

Brampton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Hayton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Castle Carrock (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY5456 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY55

CBG45.jpg From High Gelt Bridge,
(taken 28.7.2014)
photograph

BPX24.jpg From Low Gelt Bridge.
(taken 16.1.2009)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 25 1)
placename:- Gelt, 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 25 2)
OS County Series (Cmd 25 6)

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Gelt Flu.

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.

Sax9NY55.jpg
"Gelt flu:"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile)
placename:- Gelt flu.

source data:-

Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England, parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897.
courtesy of the National Library of Scotland

M048NY55.jpg
"Gelt flu"
river
item:- National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

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.

MER8CumA.jpg
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double line with stream lines; river, running into the Irthing
item:- JandMN : 169
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Gelt flud

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.

SP11NY46.jpg
double line with stream lines, runs into the Irthing

SP11NY55.jpg
"Gelt flud"
wiggly line
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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.

goto source
page 167:- "... Gelt she [Irthing] gets her guide,
Which springeth on her South, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:- Gelt Flu.

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.

DRY503.jpg
"Gelt flu"
River, naiad.
item:- JandMN : 168
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

perhaps old map:- Jenner 1643

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
wiggly line

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Gelt Flud

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.

JAN3NY55.jpg
"Gelt fl."
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 86)

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Tinmouth ... to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG86m060.jpg
In mile 61, Cumberland.
River crossed by the road over:- "a bridg"
flowing through a park, no bridge is drawn.
item:- JandMN : 73
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Sanson 1679

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
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
Image © see bottom of page

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
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

MD12NY55.jpg
"Gelt R."
item:- JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Gelt 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.

BO18NY55.jpg
"Gelt R."
wiggly line
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

D4NY55NW.jpg
"Gelt River"

D4NY55SE.jpg
"Gelt River"
single or double wiggly line; a river
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

perhaps old map:- Cooper 1808

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.

click to enlarge
COP3.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- JandMN : 86
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Gelt River

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.

FD02NY55.jpg
"Gelt R."
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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

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.

GAR2NY55.jpg
"Gelt R."
wiggly line, river
item:- JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913)
placename:- Gelt, River

source data:-

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.

evidence:-

old drawing:-

source data:-

Drawing, Gelt Bridge Looking Down the River, Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, Hayton, Cumberland, by John Wilson Carmichael, 1835.

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PR1016.jpg
An unfinished viaduct viaduct towers above a river which fills the foreground and beside which a single fisherman sits. A small stone building stands on the river's right bank. To either side of composition rise wooded riverbanks; a flock of birds rise overhead.
numbered & inscribed & initialled &dated at bottom left:- "No 18 Gelt Bridge looking down the River JWC 1835"
item:- Tullie House Museum : 1968.16.16
Image © Tullie House Museum

MN photo:-

In Gelt Woods, running through and eroding sandstone.