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Beckstones, Above Derwent
Beckstones
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY21972630
1Km square:-   NY2126
10Km square:-   NY22
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 16) 
placename:-  Beckstones
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.
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) 
placename:-  Beckstones
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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"Beckstones / Mr Jonathan Wane's"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
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evidence:-   probably old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Beck Sands
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 92:-  "... at Beck Sands, see a very rugged barren mountain on the left, ... on the right is Powter-How, ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake) 
placename:-  Becksands
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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"Becksands"
item:-  private collection : 10.8
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