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Drybeck, Killington
Drybeck
civil parish:-   Killington (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD61728693
1Km square:-   SD6186
10Km square:-   SD68

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 4) 
placename:-  Drybeck
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:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Drybecke
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Drybecke"
in  "Killington in Lonsdale ward"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Dry Beck
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
J5SD68NW.jpg
"Dry Beck"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Dry Beck
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD68.jpg
"Dry Beck"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

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