button to main menu  Old Cumbria Gazetteer
Calder, River
runs into:-    Irish Sea

civil parish:-   Ennerdale and Kinniside (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Ponsonby (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   St Bridget Beckermet (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   NY0712 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY0506 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY01
10Km square:-   NY00


photograph
BQW66.jpg  Above Monks Bridge,
(taken 25.6.2009)  
photograph
BQW65.jpg  From Monks Bridge,
(taken 25.6.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 68 15) 
placename:-  Calder, 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.

evidence:-   old map:- Lloyd 1573
placename:-  Calder Fl.
source data:-   Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Angliae Regni, Kingdom of England, with Wales, scale about 24 miles to 1 inch, authored by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh, Clwyd, drawn and engraved by Abraham Ortelius, Netherlands, 1573.
image  click to enlarge
Lld1Cm.jpg
"Calder fl."
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
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.
image
Sax9NX90.jpg
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
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.
image
SP11NY00.jpg
double line with stream lines, runs into the sea 
item:-  private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
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.
image
DRY521.jpg
River. 
item:-  JandMN : 168
Image © see bottom of page

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.
image
JEN4Sq.jpg
wiggly line 

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.
image
JAN3NY00.jpg
Double wiggly line, tapering to single. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

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
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
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.
image
MD12NY00.jpg
Running by Calder Abbey and into the sea. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
placename:-  Caldar, River
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.
image G7480005, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1748 p.5  "... the Caldar, a stream running, thro' very romantic prospects, into the sea, without any harbour. ..."

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.
image
BO18NX90.jpg
river mouth, into the sea 
image
BO18NY00.jpg
wiggly line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Calder 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.
image
D4NY00SW.jpg
"Calder River"
single or double wiggly line; a river, into the sea 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Calder River
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.
image
Ws02NY01.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Aikin 1790 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Calder River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, by John Aikin, London, 1790.
image  click to enlarge
AIK3.jpg
"Calder R."
river 
item:-  JandMN : 145
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
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.
image  click to enlarge
GRA1Cd.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Calder 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.
image  click to enlarge
Lw18.jpg
"Calder River"
river 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
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.
image  click to enlarge
COP3.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  JandMN : 86
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Calder River
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.
image
OT02NY00.jpg
"Calder R."
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
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.
image OT01P041, button  goto source
Page 41:-  "... The Calder, rising in Copeland Forest, enters the sea near the same place [St Bees]."

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Calder 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.
image
FD02NY00.jpg
"Calder River"
image
FD02NY12.jpg
"Calder R."
image
FD02NY34.jpg
"Calder R."
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Calder 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.
image
FD02NY00.jpg
"Calder River"
image
FD02NY12.jpg
"Calder R."
image
FD02NY34.jpg
"Calder R."
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Calder 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.
image
FD02NY00.jpg
"Calder River"
image
FD02NY12.jpg
"Calder R."
image
FD02NY34.jpg
"Calder R."
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Calder, 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.
image
GAR2NY00.jpg
"Calder R."
wiggly line, river 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
image MNU1P122, button  goto source
Page 122:-  "... They must now step into the inn garden [Stanley Arms] at the bridge, and see how beautifully the brown waters swirl away under the red bridge and its ivied banks, while the waving ferns incessantly checker the sunshine. It is a mile to the Abbey, through the churchyard, and along the bank of the Calder, where again the most beautiful tricks of light are seen, with brown water and its white foam, red precipitous banks, and the greenest vegetation, with a wood crowning all. The scene is thoroughly monastic. There is no sound at noonday besides the gushing water, but the woodman's axe and the shock of a falling tree, or the whirr of the magpie, or the pipe of the thrush: but at night the rooks on their return to roost fill the air with their din. / ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Calder, 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.
image
PST2Ny00.jpg
"River Calder"
wiggly line, running into the sea 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
Image © see bottom of page


photograph
BQW60.jpg  On Kinniside Common,
(taken 25.6.2009)  
photograph
BUM05.jpg  Confluence of Worm Gill and River Calder.
(taken 27.4.2011)  
photograph
BUK65.jpg  At Stakes Bridge,
(taken 27.4.2011)  
photograph
BOS20.jpg  Between Calder Bridge and the Abbey,
(taken 27.2.2008)  
photograph
BOS21.jpg  Between Calder Bridge and the Abbey,
(taken 27.2.2008)  
photograph
BOS22.jpg  Between Calder Bridge and the Abbey,
(taken 27.2.2008)  
photograph
BLY82.jpg  Downstream from Calder Bridge.
(taken 24.4.2006)  
photograph
BLY83.jpg  'I, too, am going to have a balcony, for fishing.'
(taken 24.4.2006)  

places:-  
NY08671340 Buck Hole (Ennerdale and Kinniside)
NY04220598 Calder Bridge (St Bridget Beckermet / Ponsonby)
NY02420269 Calder Foot (St Bridget Beckermet)
NY0609 Calder Gills (Ennerdale and Kinniside)
NY02470272 Calder Viaduct (St Bridget Beckermet)
NY06421014 High Wath (Ennerdale and Kinniside)
NY06401026 Monks Bridge (Ennerdale and Kinniside) L
NY05610677 Stakes Bridge (St Bridget Beckermet)
button to lakes menu  Lakes Guides menu.