Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Liza Beck

runs into:-

Cocker, River

Lesagh

civil parish:-

Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY1621 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY12

BUH32.jpg Waterfall,
(taken 28.3.2011)
photograph

BUH31.jpg (taken 28.3.2011)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 63 10)
placename:- Liza Beck

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:- Gents Mag 1751
placename:- Liza River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.

GM1307.jpg
"Liza [R]"
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- JandMN : 114
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)

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.

D4NY12SW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
placename:- Lisa

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 26:- "... Pedestrians, anxious to explore the inmost recesses of the mountains, may follow the lake [Ennerdale Water] to its head, and after passing the sequestered farm of Gillerthwaite, continue their route four of five miles along the narrow dale, by the transparent stream of the Lisa, which is fed by the crystal springs issuing from the side of the mountains; ..."

goto source
Page 41:- "The water flowing from the north side of Gable has a long meandering stream down Ennerdale; it is called the Lisa till it enters the lake; afterwards it is the Ehen till it falls into the sea half way between Ravenglass and St. Bees. ..."