Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Watercrook. You may be able to find further references to Watercrook in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Watercrook site of Roman station Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Watercrook within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Thomas Pennant September 18-23: The Borders and back to Cheshire 2
Thomas Pennant Appendix VIII: Itinerary 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Nether Graveship 0 2
Natland 0 2
Kirkland 0 1
Kendal 38 7
Helsington 0 2
Sizergh 0 2
Stainton 0 2
Sedgwick 0 2
Crosscrake 0 2
Underbarrow 0 2
Scalthwaiterigg 0 2
Skelsmergh 0 2
Burneside 0 2
Strickland Ketel 0 1
Heversham 0 2
New Hutton 0 2
Levens 1 2
Bonning Gate 0 2
Old Hutton 0 2
Hincaster 0 2