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Knock Ore Gill
runs into:-    Milburn Beck
civil parish:-   Milburn (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY7030 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY73

photograph
BRF39.jpg (taken 3.8.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 5 8) 
placename:-  Knock Ore 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:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Burnybeck River
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
image
MD10NY72.jpg
"Burnybeck R"
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Burnybeek River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
image
SMP2NYR.jpg
"Burnybeek R."
Wiggly line. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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