Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Leven, River

Leven, River

civil parish:-

Colton (formerly Lancashire)

civil parish:-

Staveley-in-Cartmel (formerly Lancashire)

civil parish:-

Haverthwaite (formerly Lancashire)

civil parish:-

Egton with Newland (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

civil parish:-

Ulverston (formerly Lancashire)

civil parish:-

Lower Allithwaite (formerly Lancashire)

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

SD3483 (etc)

10Km square:-

SD38

10Km square:-

SD37

BLZ19.jpg From Gummers How.
(taken 28.4.2006)
photograph

BSU77.jpg At Backbarrow Bridge,
(taken 28.5.2010)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Lan 12)

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.
"Spring Tides Flow to this Weir"

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11)

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.
"Navigable to this point for Vessels of 7[5] Tons"
at Greenodd (now on land)

evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:- Leven

source data:-

Map, colour photozincograph copy, reduced size facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, scale about 28.5 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875.

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Ggh1Cm.jpg
"leven"
Flowing from lake Windermere to the sea.
item:- JandMN : 33
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evidence:-

old map:- Gough 1350s-60s
placename:- Leven

source data:-

Map, lithograph facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, 20 miles to 1 inch? published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1935.

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Ggh2Cm.jpg
"leven"
Flowing from lake Windermere to the sea.
item:- JandMN : 34
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evidence:-

possibly old map:- Ptolemy 1540

source data:-

Map, copy, uncoloured lithograph? Anglia II Nova Tabula, New Map of England, scale about 50 miles to 1 inch, data in the Geographia by Claudius Ptolemy, engraved by Sebastian Munster, Basle, Switzerland, 1540.

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PTY4Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly double line; river
item:- private collection : 131
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evidence:-

probably old map:- Lloyd 1573

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.

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Lld1Cm.jpg
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA1998.69
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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.

Sax9SD28.jpg
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:-

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.

MER5LanA.jpg
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double line with stream lines; river, running into the sea
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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evidence:-

old map:- Keer 1605

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.

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KER8.jpg
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double wiggly line, tapering to single; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cum/EW)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, scale about 36 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, about 1610-11, published by Thomas Bassett, Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1676?

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SPD6Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly line
item:- private collection : 85
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP14SD38.jpg
estuary, into the sea
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-

poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:- Levin
placename:- Fosse

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.

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page 136:- "... Dudden first, then Levin, lastly Ken,
Of three bright Naiades nam'd, ...
...
... Levin from the Fells,
Besides her naturall source, with the abundance swells,"

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page 137:- "Which those two mighty Meres, upon her either sidey
Contribute by recourse, that out of very pride,
Shee leaves her ancient name, and Fosse her selfe doth call,
Till comming to the Sands, even almost at her fall,
On them her ancient Style shee liberally bestowes."

evidence:-

old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:-

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.

DRY523.jpg
River.
item:- JandMN : 168
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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.

JAN3SD38.jpg
Double wiggly line with stream lines.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Sanson 1679

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.

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SAN2Cm.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL7.jpg

item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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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.

MD12SD38.jpg
Double line from Windermere to the estuary.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

MD10SD38.jpg
item:- JandMN : 24
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evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

SMP2SDJ.jpg
Wiggly line; from Windermere.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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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.

BO18SD27.jpg
double line with stream lines, into the Leven Estuary
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.

CT9SD38T.jpg
double wiggly line with stream lines
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-

old map:- West 1784 map
placename:- Leven, 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.

Ws02SD38.jpg
"Leven R."
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere S)

source data:-

Map, A Map of the Southern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.

CLBSD38T.jpg
item:- private collection : 10.11
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evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Leven, River

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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C38653.jpg
page 653-654 "Cross the Leven River"
item:- JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Skrine 1801
placename:- Leven River

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.

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M076.jpg
"Leven R."
river
item:- JandMN : 421
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Baker 1802

source data:-

Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
pp.25-26:- "... Cartmel ... between two bays of the sea, the one formed by the river Kenken, the other by the conflux of some smaller streams, there falling from the great Westmorland and Cumberland fells into the Irish sea. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802

source data:-

Map, Lancashire, scale about 18 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.

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GRA1La.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.6
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:- Leven 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.

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Lw18.jpg
"Leven R."
river
item:- private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-

old map:- Otley 1818
placename:- Leven 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.

OT02SD38.jpg
"Leven R."
item:- JandMN : 48.1
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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.

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Page 41:- "... leaving which [Windermere] ... is called the Leven, and joins the Crake from Coniston upon the sands below Penny Bridge."

evidence:-

old map:- Perrot 1823

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 38 miles to 1 inch, by Aristide Michel Perrot, engraved by Migneret, 1823, published by Etienne Ledoux, 9 Rue Guenegaud, Paris, France, 1824-48.

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 27:- "... The Leven is a noble stream, and higher up above the bridge [Newby Bridge], gradually widens in sportive curves and charming little bays. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Leven 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.

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Leven, 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.

evidence:-

old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:- Leven River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.

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PI03M1.jpg
"Leven R."
double line with stream lines; river
item:- private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-

old print:- Bradley 1901
placename:- Leven, River

source data:-

Print, uncoloured lithograph, On the River Leven, Haverthwaite, Lancashire, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.

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BRL140.jpg
On page 179 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley.
printed at bottom:- "On the River Leven."
item:- JandMN : 464.40
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evidence:-

old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913)
placename:- Leven, 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.

PST2SD38.jpg
"R. Leven."
wiggly line, running into Leven Estuary
item:- JandMN : 162.2
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evidence:-

old print:- Waugh 1860

source data:-

Print, engraving, Backbarrow Mills, Backbarrow, Haverthwaite, Lancashire, drawn by T H Wilson, published by Alexander Ireland and Co, 22 Market Street, Manchester, 1860.

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WU0118.jpg
On p.47 of Over Sands to the Lakes, by Edwin Waugh.
printed at bottom left:- "THW"
printed at bottom:- "BACKBARROW MILLS."
item:- Armitt Library : A1082.18
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evidence:-

old print:- Garnett 1850s-60s F

source data:-

Print, uncoloured engraving, Newby Bridge, Lancashire, engraved by William Banks and Son, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s?

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GAR713.jpg
Found with Views of the English Lakes.
The view is from the south showing the River Leven, and the bottom of Windermere, as well as the bridge and Swan Hotel.
printed at bottom:- "W. Banks &Son, Edinr. / NEWBY BRIDGE."
item:- JandMN : 165.13
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