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Pow Beck (3)
runs into:-    Irish Sea

Pow Beck
civil parish:-   St Bees (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NX9712 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NX91

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 14) 
placename:-  Pow 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:- 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.
image
D4NX91SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
image
GAR2NX91.jpg
wiggly line, river 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

places:-  
NX97011202 Pow Bridge (St Bees) L
NX96901089 Sea Mill (St Bees) gone
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