Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Burrow Beck

civil parish:-

Cartmel Fell (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

coordinates:-

SD38389098

1Km square:-

SD3890

10Km square:-

SD39

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:- Burrow, River

source data:-

Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.

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Page 1020:- "..."
"... the Lone or Lune, ... After receiving some Rivulets, and the two Rivers Birkbeck and Burrow, near Orton. it grows a large Stream, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere S)

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:-

SD38689102 Burrow Bridge (Cartmel Fell)

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