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| Ellen, River | ||||
| runs into:- |  Irish Sea |
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| civil parish:- | Maryport (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Crosscanonby (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Dearham (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Oughterside and Allerby (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Gilcrux (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Plumbland (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Aspatria (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Allhallows (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Blennerhasset and Torpenhow (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Boltons (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Ireby (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | river | |||
| locality type:- | boundary | |||
| locality type:- | parish boundary | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY2436 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY1641 (etc) | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY0637 (etc) | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY23 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY03 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY14 | |||
| SummaryText:- | rises in the Uldale Fells | |||
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 BRB38.jpg At Arkleby Bridge. (taken 10.7.2009)  BQH96.jpg Sign near Ellenhall Bridge:- "ASPATRIA A.C / PRIVATE FISHING / PERMIT HOLDERS / ONLY" (taken 27.3.2009) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 35 12) placename:- Ellen, River |
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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. OS County Series (Cmd 35 16) OS County Series (Cmd 36 7) OS County Series (Cmd 36 9) OS County Series (Cmd 36 12) OS County Series (Cmd 45 2) OS County Series (Cmd 45 3) OS County Series (Cmd 47 1) |
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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. "CHANNEL OF THE RIVER ELLEN" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 5) |
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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. "Ordinary Spring Tides flow to this Bridge" Ellen Bridge, NY03953646 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Elne Flu. |
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| 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. Sax9NY14.jpg "Elne flu:"  Sax9NY03.jpg item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Elne flu. |
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| 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. MER8CumB.jpg "Elne flu." double line with stream lines; river, running into the sea item:- JandMN : 169 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Keer 1605 |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale
about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or
Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676. click to enlargeKER8.jpg "" item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) placename:- Elne flu. |
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| 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. SP11NY03.jpg "Elne flu" double line with stream lines, runs into the sea item:- private collection : 16 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text placename:- Elne |
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| 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. goto source page 166:- "... Elne upon the South, in sallying to the Sea Confines her [Westward Forest] ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Drayton 1612/1622 placename:- Elne Fl. |
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| 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. DRY506.jpg "Elne fl" River, naiad. item:- JandMN : 168 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jenner 1643 |
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| 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. JEN4Sq.jpg wiggly line |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 |
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| 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. JAN3NY03.jpg Double wiggly line, tapering to single. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) |
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| 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. OG96Bm20.jpg In mile 23, Cumberland. River crossed by the road over:- "a Stone bridg" no bridge is drawn. item:- JandMN : 22 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Sanson 1679 |
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| 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. click to enlargeSAN2Cm.jpg tapering wiggly line; river item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1
inch, by John Seller, 1694. click to enlargeSEL9.jpg tapering wiggly line; river item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) placename:- Elne River |
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| 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. MD12NY03.jpg "Elne R." item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261) |
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| 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. B261m20.jpg "a Stone Bridge" At mile 23 from Egremont. item:- Dove Cottage : Lowther.36 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Badeslade 1742 placename:- Elne River |
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| 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. click to enlargeBD10.jpg "Elne R." tapering wiggly line item:- JandMN : 115 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Uln, River placename:- Ilhn, River placename:- Eln, River placename:- Ellon, River item:- placename, Ellen |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1748 p.4 "... and proceeded forward by Uln or Eln foot. Maps are divided how to spell this river, but it seems most reasonable Uln or Ulhn, because above Ierby, where this water flows, the dale or valley is call'd Uln dale, and the church Uln-dale church. Again from Ellenborough, near its mouth, one would be induced to write it Ellon, and 'tis commonly called at its exit Eln-foot." "From Eln-foot the shore is a fine hard sand, and the coast above at some distance high and woody," |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Elne River |
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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. BO18NY03.jpg "Elne R." double line with stream lines, river mouth at the sea item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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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. D4NY14SW.jpg  D4NY14SE.jpg  D4NY24SW.jpg "Ellen River"  D4NY03NW.jpg  D4NY03NE.jpg "Ellen River"  D4NY13NW.jpg  D4NY23NE.jpg single or double wiggly line; a river into the sea at Maryport item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Images © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old map:- West 1784 map |
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| 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. Ws02NY23.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 placename:- Elen, River placename:- Elne, River |
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| source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto source Page 171:- "..." "There still remain ruins of walls at the mouth of the Elen or Elne, as it is now called, which, after a short course, has at its source Ierby, ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Skrine 1801 placename:- Ellen River |
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| 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. click to enlargeM076.jpg "Ellen R." river item:- JandMN : 421 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooke 1802 |
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| 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. click to enlargeGRA1Cd.jpg tapering wiggly line; river item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooke 1802 placename:- Ellen River |
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| source data:- | Map, The Lakes, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 8.5
miles to 1 inch, engravedby Neele and Son, published by
Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824. click to enlargeGRA1Lk.jpg "Ellen R" tapering wiggly line; river item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806 placename:- Ellen River |
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| 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. click to enlargeLw18.jpg "Ellen River" river item:- private collection : 18.18 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Ellen River |
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| 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. click to enlargeCOP3.jpg "Ellen R." tapering wiggly line; river item:- JandMN : 86 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Ellen River |
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| 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. OT02NY13.jpg "Ellen R." item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) placename:- Ellen River |
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| 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. click to enlargeHA14.jpg "Ellen R." tapering wiggly line; river item:- JandMN : 91 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) |
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| 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. goto source Page 40:- "... The Ellen rises in the mountains north of Skiddaw, and passing Uldale, Ireby, and Ellenborough, falls into the sea at Maryport." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Ellen River |
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| 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. FD02NY03.jpg "Ellen R." item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Ellen, River |
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| 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. GAR2NY03.jpg "Ellen R." item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Ellen, River |
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| 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. PST2NY14.jpg "River Ellen" wiggly line item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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 CGI49.jpg At Boltongate Bridge. (taken 4.8.2017)  CGI15.jpg At Blennerhasset Bridge. (taken 4.8.2017)  BYH30.jpg At Ireby High Bridge. (taken 2.5.2013)  BOU28.jpg At Dearham Bridge. (taken 14.3.2008)  CGF94.jpg At Bullgill Bridge. (taken 23.6.2017)  BQH95.jpg At Ellenhall Bridge. (taken 27.3.2009)  CGG01.jpg At Ellenhall Bridge. (taken 23.6.2017)  CGG02.jpg At Ellenhall Bridge. (taken 23.6.2017)  BWI91.jpg Old Harbour, Maryport, (taken 4.5.2012)  CFN98.jpg Old Harbour, Maryport, low water springs. (taken 30.9.2016) |
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