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Beck Wythop, Wythop
Beck Wythop
locality:-   Wythop
civil parish:-   Wythop (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY214284
1Km square:-   NY2128
10Km square:-   NY22
evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Beckwithop
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Beckwithop"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) 
placename:-  Beckwithop
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Beckwithop / Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane's Bart."
"Here Fletcher's Lofty Oaks from Nature's hand, / Bow down to every Blast, and thus they stand; A Living ornament let them Remain, / (Until the present Age is past and gone:) / And Oaks Mature our Guardian Fleets Maintain."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Withop
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake) 
placename:-  Beck Withop
source data:-   Map, A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Beck Withop"
item:-  private collection : 10.8
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