Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Winster, River river
	parish	Crosthwaite and Lyth parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Upper Allithwaite parish, once in Lancashire
	parish	Cartmel Fell parish, once in Lancashire
	county:-	Cumbria
		river; boundary; county boundary; parish boundary
	coordinates:-	SD4285
	10Km square:-	SD48
	1Km square	SD4285
		Winster, River -- Crosthwaite and Lyth and Upper Allithwaite etc -- Cumbria / -- From Strawberry Bank; after rain. -- SD410835 (about) -- 9.11.2005
		Winster, River -- Crosthwaite and Lyth and Upper Allithwaite etc -- Cumbria / -- At Lobby Bridge. -- SD42288855 (at) -- 31.12.2005
	text:-	Mason 1907 (edn 1930)
		Page 31:-
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		FURNESS is a bit of Lancashire ... The little Winster stream alone divides it from Westmoreland, ...
	date:-	1907
	period:-	1900s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		wiggly line, river, and county boundary
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		Winster R.
	placename:-	Winster River
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old map:-	Hall 1820 (Wmd)
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
		Winster R.
		tapering wiggly line; river
	placename:-	Winster River
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1820
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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		river
	old map:-	Cooke 1802
		Maps, Westmoreland, Cumberland, etc, now Cumbria, by George Alexander Cooke, London, 1802-10; published 1802-24.
		tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
	county:-	Lancashire
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	road book:-	Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
		Road book, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1798-1828.
		page 653-654
		Cross the Winster River
	placename:-	Winster, River
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old map:-	West 1784 map
		A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
		The stream marks the county boundary from the coast.
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		river
	county:-	Westmorland
	county:-	Lancashire
	old map:-	Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
		Map, The County of Westmoreland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed by J Ainslie and perhaps T Donald, engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
		Witherslack B.
		single or double wiggly line; river; county boundary
	placename:-	Witherslack Beck
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1770
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Winster R.
		wiggly line, county boundary Westmorland Lancashire
		wiggly line, into the Kent Estuary, county boundary Westmorland Lancashire
	placename:-	Winster River
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland? in The Agreeable Historian by Samuel Simpson, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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		Winster R.
		Wiggly line; boundary with Lancashire.
	placename:-	Winster River
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Badeslade 1742
		A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and descriptive text, Cumberland similarly, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
		The W. side of this County [Westmorland] is divided from Cumberland by Winander Meer, & the River Winster.
	placename:-	Winster, River
	date:-	1742
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Badeslade 1742
		A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and descriptive text, Cumberland similarly, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
		Winster R
		tapering wiggly line; county boundary
	placename:-	Winster River
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1742
	period:-	18th century, early
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Winster flu
		With the county boundary drawn alongside.
	placename:-	Winster Flu.
	county:-	Lancashire
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Seller 1694 (Wmd)
		Map, Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694; editions to 1787.
		tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1694
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Sanson 1679
		Map, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
		tapering wiggly line; river, county boundary
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1679
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Wynster fl.
		Double wiggly line tapering to single; county boundary.
	placename:-	Wynster Flud
	county:-	Westmorland
	county:-	Lancashire
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	poem:-	Drayton 1612/1622 text
		Poem, Polyolbion, by Michael Drayton, published 1612, part 2 with Cumbria published by John Marriott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622.
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	placename:-	Winster
	date:-	1612; 1622
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s; 1620s
	old map:-	Drayton 1612/1622
		Map, Cumberlande and Westmorlande, by Michael Drayton in part 2 of Polyolbion, probably engraved by William Hole; published by John Marriott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622.
		Winster flu
		Rive, naiad.
	placename:-	Winster Flu.
	date:-	1622
	period:-	17th century, early; 1620s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Wmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Wynster flud
		double line; county boundary
		double line, into the Kent Estuary; county boundary
	placename:-	Wynster flud
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1579
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		Wynster flu:
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		County boundary.
	placename:-	Wynster Flu.
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		river
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old map:-	Cooper 1808
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by G and W B Whittaker, 13 Ave Maria Lane, London, 1824.
		Winster R.
		tapering wiggly line; river; county boundary
	placename:-	Winster River
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1808
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	hearsay	John Wilkinson, iron master made the first iron boat, which was launched on the River Winster.
		Birks Bridge, Cartmel Fell
		Bleacrag Bridge, Witherslack
		Bowland Bridge bridge, Crosthwaite and Lyth
		Castle Head Bridge, Meathop and Ulpha
		ford, Cartmel
		Helton Tarn, Upper Allithwaite
		Lobby Bridge, Cartmel Fell
		Meathop Bridge, Meathop and Ulpha
		Meathop New Bridge, Meathop and Ulpha
		Middle of Winster Bridge, Winster
		Mill Bridge, Cartmel Fell
		packhorse bridge, Crook
		Plank Bridge, Meathop and Ulpha
		Wilson House Bridge, Meathop and Ulpha
		Winster Bridge, Crook
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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