Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Black Beck (10)

Black Beck (10)

runs into:-

Windermere lake

Black Beck

civil parish:-

Cartmel Fell (formerly Lancashire)

civil parish:-

Windermere (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

parish boundary

locality type:-

county boundary

coordinates:-

SD39219344

1Km square:-

SD3993

10Km square:-

SD39

old boundary

locality:-

Westmorland boundary

locality:-

Lancashire boundary

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 37 3)
placename:- Black 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.

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

BO18SD38.jpg
wiggly line, into Windermere, at county boundary Westmorland Lancashire
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble)
placename:- Black Beck

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.

CT9SD39W.jpg
"Black beck"
stream, county boundary "Westmorland / Lancashire"
labelled either side
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere S)
placename:- Black Beck

source data:-

Map, A Map of the Southern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.

places:-

SD39409333 Black Beck Bridge bridge

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