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Crummock Beck
runs into:-    Waver, River

civil parish:-   Boltons (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Bromfield (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Dundraw (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Holme Abbey (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   NY1846 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY14
10Km square:-   NY24

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 28 6) 
placename:-  Crummock 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 28 10) 
OS County Series (Cmd 28 16) 
OS County Series (Cmd 36 4) 
OS County Series (Cmd 36 8) 

evidence:-   perhaps 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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Sax9NY14.jpg
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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SP11NY14.jpg
double line, runs into the Waver 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   perhaps 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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JAN3NY24.jpg
Single wiggly line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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OG96Bm25.jpg
In mile 25, Cumberland.  "a Rill"
crossing under the road. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Waver
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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MD12NY14.jpg
"Waver"
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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BO18NY14.jpg
wiggly line, into the Waver 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Crummock Beck
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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D4NY14NE.jpg
"Crummock Beck"
single or double wiggly line; a river 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP3.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river, ward boundary 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Crummock Beck
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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GAR2NY14.jpg
"Crummock Beck"
wiggly line, river; Cruumock Beck is now understood to flow from Brocklebank Fell, the branch labelled to be Holme Dub 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Crummock Beck
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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PST2NY14.jpg
"Cr[u]mmock Beck"
wiggly line, running into the Waver 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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observation:-  
Disentangling the Langrigg Beck, Holme Dub and Crummock Beck on old maps in this area is not certain! The Crummock Beck seems likely to be what has been shown.

places:-  
NY20094600 bridge, Leegate (Bromfield)
NY18004723 Bromfield Bridge (Bromfield)
NY20854506 Crookdake Bridge (Waverton / Bromfield)
NY20764452 Crookdake Mill (Bromfield)
NY22104298 Crummock Bridge (Boltons)
NY20154593 New Mill (Bromfield)
NY19664603 Leegate Bridge (Bromfield)
NY22544288 Pattenfoot Bridge (Boltons)
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