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A Thousand Years of History

Ranulph, son of William de Meschines, granted a portion of the manor of Ennerdale to the priory of St. Bees, as appears by one of the chartularics of that house ; the rest of Ennerdale (Origianl Baronnie of Coupland) continued in the family of Multon, and, defcending to the Boyvils and Grays, was part of the possessions of Henry, father of Lady Jane Gray, which, on his attainder, efcheated to the crown. There is a foreft within this manor, which formerly was stocked with red deer. The whole lordship continues in the crown until 1821 when the "Crown Manor" was sold to Lord Lonsdale. https://www.wolfensberger.org/pages/library/books /Cumberland_County/historyofcountyo02hutc.pdf

Ennerdale Fishing

The Ennerdale valley has a glacial lake some 3.9km long, 45m deep and 113 meters above sea level that provides amazing wild trout fishing opportunities. Photo Below: Copyright Owner G. S Mentz, Esq.

Mining in Ennerdale

The remains of a number of iron mines can be found above the shore of the lake. Small trials were driven beneath Revelin Crag, above Anglers Crag and on the upper eastern slopes above Red Beck. Although haematite was found, the quantities were never sufficient and all of the mines had closed by 1896

Ennerdale Rivers and Water

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Water Rights By the law of England the property in the bed and water of a tidal river, as high as the tide ebbs and flows at a medium spring tide, is presumed to be in the crown or as a franchise in a grantee of the crown, such as the lord of a manor, or a district council, and to be extra-parochial. The bed and water of a non-tidal river are presumed to belong to the person through whose land it flows, or, if it divide two properties, to the riparian proprietors, the rights of each extending to midstream (ad medium filum aquae). In order to give riparian rights, the river must flow in a defined channel, or at least above ground. A freshwater lake appears to be governed by the same law as a non-tidal river, surface water being pars soli. The preponderance of authority is in favour of the right of the riparian proprietors as against the crown. Most of the law will be found in Bristow v. Cormican, 1878, 3 A.C. 648. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/w /water-rights.html Riparian rights are ancient legal rights that attach to waterfront property by virtue of that property actually meeting the river or harbor or ocean shoreline. They're the manorial rights of the waterfront property owner to gain access to the water or to gain access to their property from the water. They exist with the property regardless of whether or not they're mentioned in a deed, and these water related rights are passed on with the ownership of the waterfront property. Riparian manorial rights give the waterfront property owner the right to access the water, to use the water in front of their property. They give the waterfront property owner the rights of relatively unobstructed view of the water, and in many cases the rights to build a boat area, dock or docking facilities to aid in access to the waters. These rights also grant the waterfront property owner the right to gain ownership via the expansion of land in the event that sand or shoreline builds up through accretion.

Ennerdale Forest

In Cumbria, the Ennerdale valley is home to some of the most amazing natural environments in England. Landowners the National Trust, Forestry Commission and United Utilities created the Wild Ennerdale Partnership in 2003 to return the region to nature. After 2005 storms damaged almost 25.000 trees in the area, the partnerships and citizens began reforestation and select planting of trees. If you go to the cleft above the Latterbarrow, it leads to the long abandoned remains of stone huts or shielings, possibly of Viking origin.