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Shield Water
runs into:-    Black Burn (2)

civil parish:-   Ousby (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   NY6840 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY64

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 41 11) 
placename:-  Shield Water
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 41 12) 

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Shields Water
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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"Shields Water"
single or double wiggly line; a river 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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