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Shaw Beck
runs into:-    Skeggles Water

civil parish:-   Kentmere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY4703
10Km square:-   NY40

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 10) 
placename:-  Shaw 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:- Hodgson 1828
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1 1/3 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, 1823-25, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Shaw Beck
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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"Shaw Beck"

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