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Melmerby Beck
runs into:-    Robberby Water

locality:-   Melmerby
civil parish:-   Ousby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY6037 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY63

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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double line with stream lines; river, becomes the Robberby Water 
item:-  JandMN : 169
Image © see bottom of page

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

places:-  
NY62353749 Else Gill (Ousby)
NY61533732 bridge, Melmerby (Ousby)
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