The Bailiwick of Ennerdale Est 1251 - Hon. George Mentz JD MBA CWM

Bibliography and Citations on Ennerdale and West Cumbria

1.1 Published Primary Sources

1.1.1 Anon [?Banks, D.]. (1993). Information on Ennerdale area mines. West Cumbria Mines Research Group, 13(Summer), 9–10. Carlisle: Cumbria Record Office (Carlisle).

1.1.2 Anon. (?1994). Paper from Leconfield MSS, Carlisle CRO D/Lec/Box 92/21: Iron ore lodes in the mountains east of Floutern Tarn, Cumberland. West Cumbria Mines Research Group, 14(Spring), 17–20.

1.1.3 Public Record Office. (1895). Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office: Edward II, A.D. 1318–1323. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.

1.1.4 Health and Safety Executive. (1983). Catalogue of mining records: Plans of abandoned mines (June 1983). Whitehaven: Cumbria Record Office (CROW).

1.1.5 Mines of the Lake District Exploration Society (MLDES). (?1988). Statement by Francis Allason of Buttermere about the copper mines of Buttermere. MLDES Newsletter, 12–13.

1.1.6 Public Record Office. (1967). Maps and plans in the Public Record Office. Vol. 1: British Isles, c.1410–1867. London: HMSO.

1.1.7 Wilson, J. (Ed.). (1915). The register of the Priory of St Bees. (Surtees Society, Vol. 126). Durham: Andrews & Co.

1.2 Unpublished Primary Sources

1.2.1 British Museum

1.2.1.1 British Museum. (c.1135). Chartulary of St Bees (Harl MSS 434). London: British Library.
 (Note: Another copy of Ennerdale grant located at CRO D/Lons/L1/WH.1; see also Reg. St Bees.)

1.2.2 Public Record Office (Kew, London)

1.2.2.1 PRO MPE 667. (1805). The Park, alias the Side, showing the parts inclosed and uninclosed. Surveyed by J. H. Fryer. London: Public Record Office. (Removed from Office of Land Revenue Records LRRO 1/706).

1.2.2.2 PRO E/317/Cumberland 5/X/K/989. (1650, September). A survey of the Manour of Ennerdale with its rights. (Copy extract courtesy of Dr. A. J. L. Winchester, Lancaster University, Dept. of History).

1.2.2.3 PRO C/134/71/1. (1322). Inquisition post mortem. (Copy extract and translation courtesy of Dr. A. J. L. Winchester).

1.2.2.4 PRO C/135/41/1. (1334). Inquisition post mortem of John de Multon. (16th century copy).

1.2.2.5 PRO LR 1/329 f.159. (1560). Land Registry survey.

1.2.2.6 PRO LR 2/143 f.119. (1685). Land Registry survey.

1.2.2.7 PRO LR 10/15. (1612). Land Registry survey, including report by Henry Fetherstone on the Manor of Ennerdale.

1.2.2.8 PRO SC6/824/7–14. (1264–1318). Ministers’ accounts of the Cumberland estates of Isabella de Forz, Countess of Aumale.

1.2.3 Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle (CROC)

1.2.3.1 D/A Lonsdale Manors, Boxes 73–74. (1703–1885). Ennerdale valuations. Carlisle: CROC.

1.2.3.2 D/Lons/L1/1676. (1676). Ennerdale: Presentments of surrender and admittance re tenement “Little Powside.” Carlisle: CROC.

1.2.3.3 D/Lons/L1/1679. (1679). Customary bargain and sale, defeasance re Woodside, etc., Ennerdale. Carlisle: CROC.

1.2.3.4 D/Lons/L1/WH.1. (c.1135). Copy of Ennerdale grant to Church of St Mary at York and St Bees.

1.2.3.5 D/Lons/W7/2/14. (1867–1871). Annual reports of Edward Wadham on iron mines in Cumberland and Westmorland.

1.2.3.6 D/Lons/W7/2/69. (1895–1896). Lease of mines or iron ore in the manor and forest of Ennerdale between the Earl of Lonsdale and William Baird & Co. Ltd.

1.2.3.7 D/Lons/W/Plans/Ennerdale/58–63. (1809–c.1893). Plans and maps of the Ennerdale township.

1.2.3.8 D/NT/7–8. (1735–1921). Deeds and papers re Beckfoot, customary tenement of 34 acres, Manor of the Forest of Ennerdale.

1.2.3.9 D/WM/11/266.1. (1738). Copper mines at Buttermere.

1.2.3.10 DRC/8/71/1–2. (1845). Plan of the township of Ennerdale under the Act for the commutation of tithes.

1.2.3.11 QRE/1/129. (1865–1871). Ennerdale inclosure map and approval.

1.2.4 Cumbria Record Office, Whitehaven (CROW)

1.2.4.1 D/Di/3/1. (1868). Rights in the Lake, including Ennerdale Inclosure correspondence.

1.2.4.2 D/Di/3/7. (1899). Whitehaven Corporation Bill: Book of reference.

1.2.4.3 D/Di/3/Rolled Plan 1–3. (1848–1899). Whitehaven Waterworks plans and reference books.

1.2.4.4 D/Di/3/7. (1900). Plan for raising the level of Ennerdale Lake.

1.2.5 Cumbria Record Office, Cockermouth Castle

1.2.5.1 D/Lec/Box 70/5. (1334). Inquisition post mortem of John de Multon.

1.2.5.2 D/Lec/Box 92/21. (1873). Iron ore lodes east of Floutern Tarn, Cumberland.

1.2.5.3 D/Lec/Mesne Manors. (16th c.). Letter warning against the purchase of Ennerdale Manor.

1.2.5.4 D/Lec/301. (1578). Percy Survey of Egremont Borough and Lordship.

1.3 Published Cartographic Sources

1.3.1 Blaeu, J. (1648). Cvmbria vulgo Cumberland. Edinburgh: Geological Survey (repr.).
1.3.2 Geological Survey of England and Wales. (1863). 1” Series, Sheet 101 SE. Southampton: Ordnance Survey.
1.3.3 Greenwood, C., & Greenwood, I. (1830). Map of the county of Cumberland from an actual survey (1821–1822). London.
1.3.4 Hodgkinson, J., & Donald, T. (1774/1802). The county of Cumberland: Surveyed in 1770–1771 (2nd ed.). London.
1.3.5 Institute of Geological Sciences. (1980). Lake District Sheet 54ºN–04ºW, solid geology, 1:250,000. Southampton.
1.3.6 Lawes Agricultural Trust. (1983). Soils of Northern England, 1:250,000. Harpenden.
1.3.7 Ordnance Survey. (1867–1926). Cumberland sheets, first to third editions, various scales. Southampton.
1.3.8 Saxton, C. (1576). Westmorlaniae et Cumberlandiae comit’ noua vera et elaborata descriptio. London (repr. c.1980).
1.3.9 Teesdale, H. (c.1825). Cumberland. London.
1.3.10 Thurnam, C. (c.1830). A map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire. Carlisle.

1.4 Aerial Photography

1.4.1 Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA). (1973). OS VAP Collection Run 73/140.
1.4.2 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). (1983). Run 159.
1.4.3 Ordnance Survey. (1972). Aerial photography runs 72/019, 72/020, 72/034.
1.4.4 Royal Air Force. (1946–1947). Aerial survey photographs of Ennerdale Valley.

1.5 Secondary Sources

(Selected representative list from OA North, Ennerdale Historic Landscape Survey, 2003)

1.5.1 Adams, J. (1988). Mines of the Lake District Fells. Clapham: Dalesman.
1.5.2 Armstrong, A. M., Mawer, A., Stenton, F. M., & Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland (Vols. 20–22). Cambridge: English Place-Name Society.
1.5.3 Banks, D. (1993–1997). Ennerdale mineral and survey reports. West Cumbria Mines Research Group.
1.5.4 Bouch, C. M. L., & Jones, G. P. (1961). A short economic and social history of the Lake Counties, 1500–1830. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
1.5.5 Littledale, R. P. (1931). Ennerdale. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, n.s. 31, 156–196.
1.5.6 Loxham, J. (1993). Land use and social change in a Lakeland valley: Ennerdale (Unpublished PhD thesis). Lancaster University.
1.5.7 Winchester, A. J. L. (1987). Landscape and society in medieval Cumbria. Edinburgh: John Donald.
1.5.8 Winchester, A. J. L. (2000). Harvest of the hills: Rural life in Northern England and the Scottish Borders, 1400–1700. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

1.6 Sources Located but Not Seen

1.6.1 Public Record Office, Kew. (1322–1334). Tenants of Copeland Forest. PRO C/134/71/1; C/135/41/1.

1.6.2 Cumbria Record Office (Carlisle). (1673–1933). Manor of the Forest of Ennerdale court books, jury verdicts, enfranchisement papers, and maps. D/Lons/W8/7; D/Lons/W/Plans/57–61.

1.6.3 Cumbria Record Office (Houghton). (1819–1820). Lonsdale estate and mining papers. Boxes 72–83. Includes Sale of forest to Lord Lonsdale by Commissioners of H.M. Woods and Forests (1819).

1.6.4 Cumbria Record Office (Cockermouth Castle). (1733–1859). Kennyside mineral rights papers and lawsuits. D/Lec/Kennyside [Box 8].
 Includes Financial account of the Manor of Ennerdale (mid-16th century).