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Poaka Beck
civil parish:-   Lindal and Marton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   SD2376 (etc) 
10Km square:-   SD27

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16 9) 
placename:-  Poaka 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.

evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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places:-  
SD26107735 Beck Side Bridge (Pennington)
SD22717389 Bow Bridge (Dalton Town with Newton)
SD23277443 Butts Bridge (Dalton Town with Newton)
SD27017766 Low Greaves Bridge (Pennington)
SD23367417 Yarl Bridge (Dalton Town with Newton)
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