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Beck Mill, St Bees
Beck Mill
site name:-   Rottington Beck
locality:-   St Bees
civil parish:-   St Bees (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   water mill (ex) 
locality type:-   mill (ex) 
coordinates:-   NX96551188
1Km square:-   NX9611
10Km square:-   NX91
SummaryText:-   an 'Old Mill Race' runs from the beck near Christy Meadow Bridge, and runs into the Pow Beck

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 72 2) 
placename:-  Beck Mill
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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.
image
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circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill W of St Bees 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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