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Ease Gill (2)
runs into:-    Leck Beck

Ease Gill
civil parish:-   Casterton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   county boundary
1Km square:-   SD6881 (etc) 
10Km square:-   SD68
county:-   Lancashire
current boundary
locality:-   Cumbria boundary

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 48 3) 
placename:-  Ease Gill
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:- 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.
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single or double wiggly line; river; close to county boundary 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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river, close to county boundary 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old print:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Easgill
source data:-   Engraving, Scene in Easgill, Casterton, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, on p.191 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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O80E47.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.36
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
SD67488053 Easegill Foss (Casterton)
SD661800 Easegill Kirk (Casterton)
SD66288020 Foss, The (Casterton)
SD69258211 Long Gill Foot (Casterton)
SD67728074 Pool Sink (Casterton)
SD66067999 Toab Dub (Casterton)
SD68048108 Top Sink (Casterton)
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