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| Sty Beck | ||||
| runs into:- |  How Beck |
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| civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | river | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY3118 (etc) | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY31 | |||
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 BVN81.jpg Waterfall, (taken 19.10.2011) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 16) placename:- Sty Beck |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) |
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| source data:- | Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to
Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about
1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675. OG96m020.jpg In mile 24, Cumberland. "a Rill" drawn across the road. item:- JandMN : 22 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| 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. D4NY31NW.jpg single or double wiggly line; a river item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Stibray Gill |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto source Page 117:- "..." "Down Stibray gill, a little above Stanah, is a fine cascade in wet weather; ..." |
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