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Blelham Beck
civil parish:-   Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Claife (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Skelwith (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
coordinates:-   NY370018
1Km square:-   NY3701
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 2 11) 
placename:-  Blelham 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.

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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double line, into Windermere 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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Single wiggly line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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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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single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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stream from Blelham Tarn to Windermere lake 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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tapering wiggly line 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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