Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Argill Beck

runs into:-

Belah, River

civil parish:-

Stainmore (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Brough Sowerby (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

parish boundary

1Km square:-

NY8313 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY81

BSQ46.jpg At Argill Bridge,
(taken 30.4.2010)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 24 1)
placename:- Argill Beck

source data:-

Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
OS County Series (Wmd 24 2)

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

J5NY81SW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

places:-

NY82531289 Argill Bridge (Stainmore / Brough Sowerby)

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