Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Fell Beck

county:-

North Yorkshire

locality type:-

river

coordinates:-

SD75107270

1Km square:-

SD7572

10Km square:-

SD77

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Balderston c1890
placename:- Fell Beck

source data:-

Book, Ingleton, Bygone and Present, by Robert R and Margaret Balderston, published by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, and by Edmndson and Co, 24 High Street, Skipton, Yorkshire, about 1890.

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page 49:- "... A capital little stream for trouting with the fly during a summer freshet is the one called Fell Beck, which is here [Gaping Gill Hole] engulfed in the gaping jaws of this stupendous abysmal orifice, to appear, it is supposed, close to the mouth of Clapham Cave, with which, no doubt, it has direct connection; indeed, it is affirmed that such is the case."

evidence:-

old map:- Balderston c1890 map
placename:- Fell Beck

source data:-

Map, the hills in the Ingleton area, probably by Robert R Balderston, engraved by Goodall and Suddick, Leeds, West Yorkshire, about 1890.

places:-

SD751727 Gaping Gill ()

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