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Distington Beck
runs into:-    Lowca Beck

civil parish:-   Distington (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Lowca (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   NX9922 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NX92

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 4) 
placename:-  Distington 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 (Cmd 61 7) 
OS County Series (Cmd 61 8) 

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
D4NX92SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

places:-  
NX99512193 Barngill Bridge (Distington / Lowca)
NY00512279 Boot Bridge (Distington)
NY00142252 Castle Mill (Distington)
NY00182247 Castle Mill (Distington)
NY00952391 Distington Mill (Distington)
NY00932375 Leads Bridge (Distington)
NX99512219 mill, Barngill (Lowca) gone
NY00662294 saw mill, Distington (Distington) gone
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