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Riggindale Beck
runs into:-    Hawes Water

civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Bampton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   NY4511 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY41


photograph
BZR15.jpg  At the footbridge,
(taken 12.11.2013)  
photograph
BTS03.jpg  At the footbridge,
running into Hawes Water.
(taken 20.10.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 20 6) 
placename:-  Riggindale 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:- OS County Series (Wmd 20 1) 
placename:-  Riggindale 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.
"Head of Riggindale Beck"

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
J5NY41SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24NY41.jpg
river running into Mardale Beck 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page


photograph
CAE24.jpg (taken 24.3.2014)  

places:-  
NY46781179 Bowderthwaite Bridge (Bampton / Shap)
NY46991177 Foldhead Bridge (Barton) gone
NY47301170 Riggindale Bridge (Barton) gone
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