Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Lakeside, Colton

Lakeside, Colton

Lakeside

site name:-

Windermere lake

civil parish:-

Colton (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD37798744 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD3787

10Km square:-

SD38

BLV89.jpg From Fell Foot landing stage.
(taken 15.4.2006)
photograph

BLZ20.jpg From Gummers How.
(taken 28.4.2006)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Lan 8 11)
placename:- Lake Side

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:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Lakeside

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.

GAR2SD38.jpg
"LAKESIDE"
block, building
item:- JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:- Lake Side
item:- steamer; boat

source data:-

Print, halftone photograph, Steamer Leaving Lake Side, on Windermere, Lakeside, Colton, Lancashire, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.

click to enlarge
PS1E16.jpg
On p.33 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts.
printed at bottom:- "STEAMER LEAVING LAKE SIDE (p.78)."
item:- Armitt Library : A1188.23
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Lake Side

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.