Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Dunney Beck

runs into:-

Rothay, River

civil parish:-

Lakes (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

NY3406

10Km square:-

NY30

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1)
placename:- Dunney 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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)

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.

OG96m015.jpg
In mile 15, Westmerland.
River crossed at:- "a Stone bridg and brook"
no bridge drawn.
item:- JandMN : 22
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

possibly old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

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.

J5NY30NW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

places:-

NY349065 bridge, Rydal (Lakes)

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