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Wampool, River
runs into:-    Solway Firth
 Moricambe, Holme East Waver

civil parish:-   Holme East Waver (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Bowness (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Woodside (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Thursby (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Aikton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Kirkbride (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   NY1757 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY15


photograph
BZO91.jpg  At Wampool Bridge,
(taken 1.11.2013)  
photograph
CGD83.jpg  At Moorhouse Mill Bridge,
(taken 26.5.2017)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 21 4) 
placename:-  Wampool, 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.
"Channel of the River Wampool"
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.
"River Wampool / High Water Mark of Ordinary Tides"
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.
"Foot Bridge / Ordinary Tides flow to this Foot Bridge"
at Laythes, NY24285568 
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 29 3) 
OS County Series (Cmd 30 1) 

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Wampull 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.
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"Wampull flu:"
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"Wampull flu:"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile) 
placename:-  Wampoole 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
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"Wampoole flu."
river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Wampul flu.
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.
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"Wampul flu."
double line with stream lines; river 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Wampul 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.
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double line with stream lines, runs into the sea 
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"Wampul flud"
double line with stream lines 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:-  Wampull
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.
image DRY6P166, button  goto source
page 166:-  "... on the North how Wampull on her way,"
Drayton 1612/1622 text
image DRY6P167, button  goto source
page 167:-  "Her [Westward Forest's] purlews wondrous large, yet limitteth againe,
..."

evidence:-   old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:-  Wampull Fl.
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberlande and Westmorlande, by Michael Drayton, probably engraved by William Hole, scale about 4 or 5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Mariott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622.
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"Wampull fl"
River, naiad. 
item:-  JandMN : 168
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Jenner 1643
source data:-   Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.
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wiggly line 

evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Wampul 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.
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"Wampul fl."
Double wiggly line, tapering to single. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Wample Fluvius
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.
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In mile 32, Cumberland. 
River crossed by the road by:-  "a Stone bridg over Wample fluv:"
no bridge is drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
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
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
image  click to enlarge
SEL9.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Wampul 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.
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"Wampul R."
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261) 
placename:-  Wample Flu.
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.261, the end of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth and the road from Egremont to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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"Stone Br. over Wample Flu"
At mile 32+ from Egremont. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  
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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""
tapering wiggly line 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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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.
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river mouth into the sea 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Wampool 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.
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"Wampool River"
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"Wampool River"
single or double wiggly line; a river and estuary 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Skrine 1801
placename:-  Wampool River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, rivers in Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire and Cheshire, scale about 23 miles to 1 inch, by Henry Skrine, published by P Elmsly, London, 1801.
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M076.jpg
"Wampool R."
river 
item:-  JandMN : 421
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
placename:-  River Wampool
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
"R. Wampool"
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Wampool River
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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"Wampool R."
river 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Wampool 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
"Wampool R."
tapering wiggly line; river, ward boundary 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Wampool 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.
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"Wampool R."
river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Wampool 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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"Wampool R."
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Wampool 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.
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"Wampool R."
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Wampool, River
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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"Wampool R."
wiggly line, river, broader at estuary 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Wampool, River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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"Wampool. R."
wiggly line, running into Eden Estuary 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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places:-  
NY30814949 Crofton Bridge (Westward / Thursby) L
NY23825732 Howwath Bridge (Kirkbride / Aikton)
NY27985000 Micklethwaite Bridge (Woodside / Thursby)
NY25845234 mill, Gamelsby (Aikton)
NY23925484 mill, Wampool (Aikton / Kirkbride) once
NY26805146 Moorhouse Mill Bridge (Woodside / Thursby)
NY26775140 Moorhouse Mill (Woodside)
NY23815746 railway bridge, Aikton (2) (Aikton / Kirkbride)
NY32494933 Wampool Bridge (Thursby)
NY28244989 Whins Mill (Thursby)
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