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

⚖️ Conservative Foreshore Acreage – Bailiwick of Ennerdale - Ennerdale one of the very few self-contained inland maritime jurisdictions in the British Isles.

✅ Summary

Conservatively, the Lord of Ennerdale would own about 150 – 170 acres of foreshore land, encompassing:

• Both sides of the River Liza and its tributaries

• The entire gravel, rock, and sand margin of Ennerdale Water

That’s the minimum credible figure for legal or valuation purposes — wide enough to reflect ordinary high- and low-water marks, yet excluding broader flood meadows or wetland shelves.

Speculation Values

🌊 Total Water and Foreshore Area Including Ennerdale Water

1. Facts about Ennerdale Water

• Length: ≈ 2.5 miles (4 km)

• Maximum width: ≈ 0.75 miles (1.2 km)

• Surface area: ≈ 0.82 square miles = 525 acres (modern Ordnance Survey and Environment Agency figures)

2. Components of Foreshore Around the Lake

“Foreshore” (in a lake context) = land between ordinary high and low water marks, i.e. the fluctuating zone of exposed beach or gravel.
Typical average width of lake foreshore: 20–60 ft depending on slope and drawdown.

Formula for circumference area:

$$\text{Foreshore acres}=(\text{Perimeter ft})\times (\text{Average width ft})÷43,560$$

Approximate shoreline perimeter of Ennerdale Water ≈ 6 miles = 31,680 ft × 6 = 190,000 ft.

3. Scenarios for Lake Foreshore

A mid-range ≈ 175 acres of lake foreshore is a fair, defensible estimate.

4. Combine with River Foreshore

✅ Summary

5. Legal and Heritage Note

Because Ennerdale’s lake, inflow, and outflow are wholly enclosed within the historical bailiwick, the Lord of Ennerdale (or successor titleholder) effectively holds continuous dominion over an ~800-acre hydrological estate — a combination of:

• exclusive foreshore control,

• bed and subsoil ownership,

• and historic fisheries and mineral rights.

This makes Ennerdale one of the very few self-contained inland maritime jurisdictions in the British Isles.

🌊 Foreshore Acreage Estimate – Ennerdale Rivers & Streams

1. Known Facts

• Main river: The River Liza, roughly 10.5 miles (55,440 ft) long inside the Liberty.

• Foreshore: Exists on both banks, bounded by the ordinary high- and low-water marks of the stream or river.

• Width: Varies widely with channel size, but we can use realistic average widths to model a range.

2. Step-by-Step Calculation

🧮 Formula

Acreage=(Length in ft)×(Average Foreshore Width)43,560\text{Acreage} = \frac{(\text{Length in ft}) \times (\text{Average Foreshore Width})}{43,560}Acreage=43,560(Length in ft)×(Average Foreshore Width)​

Multiply by 2 (for both sides of the river).

3. Scenarios

4. Tributary Allowance

If we include ~5 miles (26,400 ft) of additional becks and burns with average 15-ft combined width:

$$26,400\times 15÷43,560\approx 9.1acres$$

5. Total Foreshore Estimate

✅ Result

Approximate foreshore area within the Bailiwick of Ennerdale:
80 – 100 acres (depending on channel breadth and floodplain definition).

6. Context for Valuation

Those ~85 acres represent:

• Permanent riparian soil ownership (bed + banks + foreshore),

• Valuable fishery and water rights,

• Control over hydrological access, dredging, abstraction, and moorings,
  making it one of the few English liberties with a continuous private river system entirely within its grant.