Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Smithy Beck | ||
| runs into:- |  Ennerdale Water |
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| civil parish:- | Ennerdale and Kinniside (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | river | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1214 (etc) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY11 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 68 12) placename:- Smithy Beck |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | perhaps old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 |
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| 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. BO18NY01.jpg wiggly line, into Ennerdale Water item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Smithy Beck |
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| 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. D4NY11SW.jpg "Smithy Beck" single or double wiggly line; a river item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto source Page 80:- "[Ennerdale] ... On the Smithy Beck, beyond Bowness, are some beautiful cascades. ..." |
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