Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Low Beckfoot, Barbon

Low Beckfoot, Barbon

Low Beckfoot

locality:-

Beckfoot Park

civil parish:-

Barbon (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD61348143 (etc)

1Km square:-

SD6181

10Km square:-

SD68

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 47 4)
placename:- Low Beckfoot
placename:- Beckfoot, Low

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)
placename:- Low Beck Foot
placename:- Beck Foot, Low

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.

J5SD68SW.jpg
"Low Beck Foot"
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:- Low Beck Foot
placename:- Beck Foot, Low

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24SD68.jpg
"Low Beck Foot"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

notes:-

This area in Beckfoot Park appears to have been utterley remodelled. It is not easy to relate the County Series to the present day.

places:-

SD61388127 bridge, Low Beckfoot (Barbon) L

SD61368147 Holly Tree Cottage (Barbon)

SD61378111 Low Beckfoot Mill (Barbon) gone

SD61368145 Low Beckfoot (Barbon)

SD61408120 Mill Cottage (Barbon)

SD61368130 Underbank (Barbon) gone

SD61358141 Underbank (Barbon)

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