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Over Water, Ireby
runs into:-    Ellen, River
Over Water
Ower Watter
Overwater
civil parish:-   Ireby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tarn
coordinates:-   NY25183506 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2535
10Km square:-   NY23
altitude:-   617 feet
altitude:-   188m

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BVZ18.jpg (taken 24.2.2012)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 47 5) 
placename:-  Over Water
placename:-  Water, Over
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:-   probably old map:- Gents Mag 1751
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.
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GM1313.jpg
outline with form lines; lake 
item:-  JandMN : 114
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Over Water
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.
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D4NY23SE.jpg
"Over Water"
lake 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Over Water
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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Ws02NY23.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Over Water
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw18.jpg
"Over Water"
lake 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Over Water
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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OT02NY23.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
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.
image OT01P038, button  goto source
Page 38:-  ".. Over Water lies to the north of Skiddaw, in the rise of the river Ellen."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Over Water
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.
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FD02NY23.jpg
"Over Water"
Outline with form lines. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Over Water
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.
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GAR2NY23.jpg
"Over Water"
outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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photograph
BSL74.jpg  and Binsey behind.
(taken 4.4.2010)  
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