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Lowside, Mungrisdale
Lowside
civil parish:-   Mungrisdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY35602714
1Km square:-   NY3527
10Km square:-   NY32

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 10) 
placename:-  Lowside
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:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Lowside
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.
image WS21P202, button  goto source
Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 202:-  "..."
"Oct. 2. I set out at ten for Keswick [from Penrith], ... The broad and green vallies of Gardies and Lowside, with a swift stream glittering among the cottages and meadows, lay to the left, ..."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Lowside
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LOWSIDE / / / MUNGRISDALE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73525 / NY3560027145"

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