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| Mite, River | ||||
| runs into:- |  Irish Sea |
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| locality:- | Miterdale | |||
| civil parish:- | Eskdale (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | river | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY1602 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY10 | |||
| civil parish:- | Muncaster (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| civil parish:- | Irton with Santon (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | river | |||
| 10Km square:- | SD19 | |||
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 BYG41.jpg At the head of the valley. (taken 27.4.2013)  BST65.jpg From the railway viaduct, Ravenglass, (taken 14.5.2010) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Myle 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. Sax9NY00.jpg  Sax9NY10.jpg "Myle flu:" item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- |
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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. MER8CumE.jpg "" 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:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) |
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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. SP11SD09.jpg 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:- Nyte |
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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 163:- "... ... Eske ... Meets Nyte, a nimble Brooke, their Rendevous that keepe In Ravenglasse, when soone into the blewish Deepe ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Drayton 1612/1622 placename:- Nyte Flu. |
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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. DRY521.jpg "Nyte flu" River. item:- JandMN : 168 Image © see bottom of page |
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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. JAN3SD09.jpg Double wiggly line tapering to single. item:- JandMN : 88 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) |
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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. MD12SD09.jpg Running from Miterdale to the sea. item:- JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Badeslade 1742 placename:- |
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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 "" tapering wiggly line item:- JandMN : 115 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Simpson 1746 placename:- Mute, River |
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| source data:- | Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as
'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller
...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746. goto source "..." "Ravenglass ... Here is a commodious Harbour for Ships, made by the Meeting of the River Mute with the Eske. ..." |
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| evidence:- | 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. BO18SD08.jpg wiggly line and river mouth, into the sea item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Mite River |
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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. D4SD09NE.jpg  D4SD19NW.jpg "Mite River" single or double wiggly line; a river into the sea; estuary item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Images © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Mackenzie 1776 placename:- Mite, River |
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| source data:- | Charts, and sailing directions, Nautical Descriptions of the
West Coast of Great Britain, Bristol Channel to Cape Wrath, by
Murdoch Mackenzie, published London, 1776. goto source Page 19:- "RAVINGLAS Harbour." "Ravinglas is a dry Harbour in Cumberland, where three rivulets, Esk, Mite, and Ort, unite. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- West 1784 map placename:- Mite River |
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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. Ws02NY20.jpg  Ws02SD29.jpg  Ws02SD19.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Skrine 1801 placename:- Mite 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 "Mite R." river item:- JandMN : 421 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooke 1802 placename:- Mite River |
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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 "Mite R." 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:- Mite 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 "Mite 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:- Mite 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 "Mite River" river item:- private collection : 18.18 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 |
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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 tapering wiggly line; river item:- JandMN : 86 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) placename:- Mite River |
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| source data:- | Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16
miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho,
London, 1810. click to enlargeWL13.jpg "Mite R." river item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Mite 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. OT02SD09.jpg "Mite R." item:- JandMN : 48.1 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 41:- "The Esk, ... enters the sea at Ravenglass; where the Irt from Wasdale, and the Mite from Miterdale, join it upon the sands. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Mite 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. FD02NY10.jpg "Mite R." item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Mite, 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. GAR2SD19.jpg "R. Mite" wiggly line, river item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Mite, 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. PST2SD19.jpg "River Mite" wiggly line, running into Ravenglass harbour item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Mite, River |
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| source data:- | goto source Page 385:- "..." "The Irt, Mite, and Esk streams [at Ravenglass Harbour] have their sources near Scafell Pikes in Cumberland, the first from Wast water, 13 miles from Ravenglass; the second near Birnmoor tarn, 8 miles; and the third near Angel tarn, 18 miles." |
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 BYG47.jpg At Miterdale Head, (taken 27.4.2013) |
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