Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Lyne, River

runs into:-

Esk, River

civil parish:-

Arthuret (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Solport (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Stapleton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Westlinton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

parish boundary

1Km square:-

NY3765 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY36

BQJ93.jpg At Rack Bridge.
(taken 11.4.2009)
photograph

BMP96.jpg From Westlinton Bridge.
(taken 15.9.2006)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 7 15)
placename:- Line, 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 10 12)
OS County Series (Cmd 10 15)
OS County Series (Cmd 11 1)

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Leven 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.

Sax9NY36.jpg

Sax9NY46.jpg
"Leven flu:"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile)
placename:- Leven 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

M048NY36.jpg
"Leven flu"
river
item:- National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Line, River

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 Solway
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Leven 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.

SP11NY36.jpg
"Leven flud"
double line with stream lines, runs into the Esk
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

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

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.

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page 168:- "...
All her attending Floods, faire Eden doe entreat,
To lead them downe to Sea, when Leven comes along,
And by her double Spring, being mightie them among,
There overtaketh Eske, from Scotland that doth hye,
..."

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Leven 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.

JAN3NY36.jpg
"Leven flud"
Double wiggly line, tapering to single.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 62)
placename:- Leven Fluvius
placename:- Line Fluvius

source data:-

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

OG62m005.jpg
In mile 7, Cumberland. "Leven alias Line fluvius"
river crossed by the road, no bridge is drawn; the river is alongside the right of the road for 1.5 miles.
item:- JandMN : 83
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evidence:-

old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:- Leven fl.

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
"Leven fl."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)
placename:- Lenen flud

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL9.jpg
"Lenen flud"
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-

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

MD12NY36.jpg
"Leven River"
Running into the sea.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 161)
placename:- Line Fluvius

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.161, part of The Road from Carlisle to Barwick, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Cumberland, and Scotland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

B161m05.jpg
"Line Fluvius"
item:- JandMN : 65.161
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evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Leven River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

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BD10.jpg
"Leven R"
tapering wiggly line
item:- JandMN : 115
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Leven River
placename:- Line 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.

BO18NY36.jpg
"Leven or Line R."
wiggly line, and river mouth into the sea
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, 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.

evidence:-

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

D4NY47SE.jpg
"Line River"

D4NY36SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river into the Esk
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, 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.

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Line River

source data:-

D4NY47SE.jpg
"Line River"

D4NY36SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river into the Esk
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old text:- Camden 1789
placename:- Leven, River

source data:-

Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.

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Page 176:- "..."
"... The Leven and other river before-mentioned, rising in the very border of two kingdoms, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Bailey 1797
placename:- Line River

source data:-

Map, soil etc, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, by J Bailey, engraved by Neele, Strand, published by Messrs Robinson, Paternoster Row and G Nicol, Pall Mall, London, 1797.

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BY04.jpg
"Line R."
river
item:- Armitt Library : A680.2
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evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Line, River

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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C38267.jpg
page 267-268 "Cross the Line River."

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C38283.jpg
page 283-284 "Cross the Line River."
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:- Line River

source data:-

Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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GRA1Cd.jpg
"Line R."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Line River

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.

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COP3.jpg
"Line R."
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd)
placename:- Line River

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.

evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd)
placename:- Line River

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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HA14.jpg
"Line R."
tapering wiggly line; river; and perhaps the Black Lyne and White Lyne
item:- JandMN : 91
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
placename:- Leven, River

source data:-

Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1828 part 2 p.420
Review of an article in Archaeologia vol.22 part 1:- "'Leven. - Upon this river also dwelleth many Grames, and above Kirklynton on Sompert dwelleth a great surname of Fosters, and about Hethersgill is a surname of Hetheringtons.' P.169."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Line 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.