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Rampsgill Beck
runs into:-    Howegrain Beck

locality:-   Ramps Gill
locality:-   Martindale
civil parish:-   Martindale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY4315 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY41


photograph
BTS76.jpg  (and a sheepfold at NY43961434.)
(taken 20.10.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 13 9) 
placename:-  Rampsgill 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:- Jansson 1646
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.
image
JAN3NY41.jpg
Single wiggly line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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.
image
J5NY41NW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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.
image
Ws02NY42.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page

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