Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Bannisdale Beck

Bannisdale Beck

runs into:-

Mint, River

civil parish:-

Whitwell and Selside (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Fawcett Forest (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY5202

10Km square:-

NY50

BXS77.jpg (taken 29.11.2012)
photograph

BXS78.jpg (taken 29.11.2012)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 8)
placename:- Bannisdale Beck

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 (Wmd 27 12)
OS County Series (Wmd 27 13)
OS County Series (Wmd 28 13)

evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)

source data:-

Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG38m262.jpg
In mile 262, Westmorland.
River crossed by the road, no bridge drawn.
item:- JandMN : 21
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Banisdale Beck

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

J5NY50SW.jpg
"Banisdale B"
single or double wiggly line; river

J5NY50SE.jpg
double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Images © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map

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.

Ws02NY50.jpg
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818

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.

mapping:-

places:-

NY54100117 Bannisdale High Bridge (Whitwell and Selside / Fawcett Forest) L

NY54270111 Bannisdale Low Bridge (Fawcett Forest / Whitwell and Selside) L

NY53070175 Dryhowe Bridge (Whitwell and Selside / Fawcett Forest)

NY5401 mill, Forest Hall (Fawcett Forest) gone?

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