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Black Beck
runs into:-    Sprint, River

civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY4802 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY40

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 11) 
placename:-  Black 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.
OS County Series (Wmd 33 3) 

evidence:-   old map:- KendalRO : WD/Rig/Acc.1296/49
source data:-   Estate plan, hand coloured lithograph, Plan of Well Foot and Hollin Root Estates, and Sleddale Forest, Longsleddale, Westmorland, by J Bintley, printed by R Robinson, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1859.
Drawing of a small pool, at the head of Black Beck, about NY483018.  "SPRING"

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.
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J5NY40SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Black 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the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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SINY4802.jpg
"Black Beck"

places:-  
SD18068771 Waughfoot Bridge (Millom Without)
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