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The Black Dub is a stream seven miles long in northern Cumberland. It rises to the west of the village of Langrigg, where it is known as Dub Stangs, and flows west past Scroggs Wood and the village of Westnewton (54°47’39"N, 3°20’49"W). It then passes near the hamlets of New Cowper and Edderside, between Holme St Cuthbert and Allonby.
Below Allonby, the river enters the Solway Firth at Dubmill, at the northern end of Allonby Bay, after a course of seven miles.[1]
The stream appears in the historical record. In 1860 it was mentioned in the London Gazette, as the midpoint of the stream was to become the boundary between the townships of Langrigg and Mealrigg, and Westnewton.[2] In 1969, an overflow channel was dug between the Black Dub and nearby Cross Beck, near the mouth of the streams. This was carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Water Resources Act 1963.[3] Numerous smaller irrigation channels serve as tributaries to the Black Dub, with the vast majority being within the parish of Holme St Cuthbert. Its largest tributary is Jordan Beck, which rises near Jericho and flows through Plasketlands farm, Mawbray, and Salta, joining the Black Dub just yards before it meets the sea.54°47’36"N, 3°25’28"W</ref>
References
- Location map: 54°47’30"N, 3°23’37"W
- ↑ Cumberland River Board 14th Annual Report (1965). Page 15
- ↑ "London Gazette 23rd November 1860". https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22450/page/4405/data.pdf. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ "London Gazette 9th December 1969". https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44984/page/12248/data.pdf. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
