Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Solway Moss
	parish	Kirkandrews parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		moss; peat moss
	coordinates:-	NY3469
	10Km square:-	NY36
	1Km square	NY3469
	old text:-	Camden 1789
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
		Page 176:-
		...
		... Beyond this river Esk the country for some miles is accounted part of England, in which is Sollom-mosse, ...
	placename:-	Sollom Mosse
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old text:-	Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
		Page 188:-
		...
		... Within it [Arthuret] lies a noted morass, commonly called Solom moss, from a small village of that name on the Scotch side. ...
		Solom or Solway Moss consists of 1600 acres, raised a little above the cultivated tract, a mass of thin peaty mud, with a crust too weak in the driest summer to bear a man's weight. In December 1769 it burst its banks by the excessive winter rains of three days continuance preceeding, and the too near approaches of the peat diggers, which had weakened the crust at a gap about 50 yards wide. About 300 acres of moss discharged themselves in a black stream charged with large masses of peat, which surrounded the cottages, and covered 400 acres of cultivated land. Many cattle were drowned, but not one human life lost. It filled the whole valley, leaving behind it great heaps of turf from 3 to 15 and 30 feet, memorials of its height, and at last reached and fell into the Esk. The surface of the moss was reduced near 25 feet sunk into a hollow form.
		In that part called Solway Flow, in the year 1771, was a memorable out-burst of water, moss, gravel, sand, and stones, which spread over and destroyed about 600 acres of fine level fertile ground, and totally altered the face of that part of the country. The moss had been observed to have risen imperceptibly for a long time before. It began to move in the night of November 16, and continued in movement for three days slowly forward, so that the inhabitants generally had time to get off their cattle and other moveables before their houses were burried or rendered inaccessible. The mouth of the breach was about 20 yards wide, and when it began to flow was in depth between five and six yards. By this eruption 28 families were driven from their habitations, and their grounds rendered totally useless and seemed irrecoverable by reason of the depth of covering of the morass and other rubbish to the depth of at least 15 feet. but by means of hushing upwards of 100 acres have been cleared; and, by the indefatigable industry of the owner, it is thought the whole will be recovered, though it will be attended with great expence. Out of the aforesaid moss, Dr. Todd says, have frequently been dug human bones, silver coins of the later ages, earthen pots, iron, and brass weapons, with oak and fir trees of unusual magnitude.
	placename:-	Solom Moss
	person:-	: Todd, Dr
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Sollome Moss
		tussocks
	placename:-	Sollome Moss
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Sollome mosse
		Labelling a tent symbol for a battle site or the moss itself.
	placename:-	Sollome Mosse
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	event:-	battle; Battle of Solway Moss
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Sollome Moss
		No symbol; the label may apply to the tent symbol ie the Battle of Solway Moss.
	placename:-	Sollome Moss
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Cmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Sollome Moss
		area
	placename:-	Sollome Moss
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1576
		Map, 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.
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		Sollome moss
	placename:-	Sollome Moss
	county:-	Cumberlandia
		river
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old map:-	Paterson 1785
		Road book, Paterson's British Itinerary, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, now Cumbria, by Capt Daniel Paterson, London, 1785; published 1785-1807.
		Solway Moss a / a Land covered by the overflowing of the Solway Moss, in 1771.
	placename:-	Solway Moss
	date:-	1785
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Burghley 1590 (facsimile)
		courtesy of the National Library of Scotland
		Sollomos
	placename:-	Sollomos
	locality:-	Debatable Land
	descriptive text:-	see:- : 1773: Gentleman's Magazine: vol.42: pp.265-266 and plate opp p.265
		The plate is a:-
		PLAN of SOLWAY MOSS ...
		or:-
		Eye Draught of the SOLWAY MOSS
		And the article begins:-
		Account of the IRRUPTION of SOLWAY MOSS, Decr. 16, 1772 ...
		reported in a letter from John Walker to the earl of Bute.
	placename:-	Solway Moss
	date:-	1772
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	notes	The moss is a raised bog, mud and vegtable matter, with a thin dry crust.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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