Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Rydal Beck

runs into:-

Rothay, River

civil parish:-

Lakes (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY3608 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY30

BOE54.jpg (taken 11.9.2007)
photograph

BPU35.jpg (taken 31.10.2008) courtesy of Rydal Hall

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 19 10)
placename:- Rydal 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.
OS County Series (Wmd 19 14)
OS County Series (Wmd 26 2)

evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:-

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.

MER5WmdA.jpg
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double line with stream lines; river, running into the Rothay
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646

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.

JAN3NY30.jpg
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG96m010.jpg
In mile 14, Westmerland.
River crosses under the road, joins the River Rothay? no bridge drawn.
item:- JandMN : 22
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)
placename:- Rathey

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

MD10NY40.jpg
"Rathey"
Labelling the wrong river.
item:- JandMN : 24
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
placename:- Ruthy

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2NYF.jpg
"Ruthy"
Wiggly line; through Rydal Park.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

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.

BO18SD29.jpg
wiggly line, into the Rothay
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

J5NY30NE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old text:- Clarke 1787

source data:-

Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.

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Page 125:- "..."
"... runs from Rydale-head through Rydale-park, forming two noble cascades, (one of which is near the hall.) ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick)

source data:-

Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.

CL9NY30S.jpg
item:- private collection : 10.9
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evidence:-

old print:- Green 1810 (plate 19)
placename:- Rydal Beck

source data:-

Print, soft ground etching, Rydal Beck above the Lower Waterfall, Rydal, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1810.

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GN1219.jpg
Plate 19 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810.
printed at top right:- "19"
printed at bottom:- "RYDAL BECK ABOVE THE LOWER WATERFALL. / Drawn and Engraved by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1810."
watermark:- "J WHATMAN / 1813"
item:- Armitt Library : A6641.19
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H

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.