Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Kirk Beck

runs into:-

White Lyne

civil parish:-

Askerton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Bewcastle (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

parish boundary

1Km square:-

NY5674 (etc)

10Km square:-

NY57

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 8 3)
placename:- Kirk 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.
OS County Series (Cmd 8 6)

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Kirbek

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

Sax9NY57.jpg
"Kirbek"
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile)
placename:- Kirkbeck flu.

source data:-

Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England, parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897.
courtesy of the National Library of Scotland

M048NY67.jpg
"kirkbeck flu"
river
item:- National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirbek

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP11NY57.jpg
"Kirbek"
wiggly line, runs into the White Lyne
item:- private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Kirbek

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.

JAN3NY57.jpg
"Kirbek"
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirkbek

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

click to enlarge
SEL9.jpg
"Kirkbek"
tapering wiggly line; river
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Kirbeck River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.

MD12NY57.jpg
"Kirbeck R."
item:- JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:- Kerbeck River

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Kirbeck River

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.

D4NY57SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river into the White Lyne
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

places:-

NY55377444 Bewcastle Mill (Bewcastle) gone

NY58887617 Bull Cleugh, Askerton (Askerton / Bewcastle)

NY58267504 Hennel Cleugh (Bewcastle / Askerton)

NY56517448 Shopford Bridge (Bewcastle)

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