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Dry Beck (2)
runs into:-    Scale Beck (2)

Dry Beck
civil parish:-   Hoff (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY6615 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY61


photograph
CFW26.jpg  In drybeck,
(taken 3.3.2017)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 15 13) 
placename:-  Dry 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:- Jansson 1646
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
image
JAN3NY61.jpg
Single wiggly line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

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.
image
J5NY61NE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river several 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

places:-  
NY66841525 bridge, Drybeck (Hoff)
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