Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Mill Beck (3)

Mill Beck (3)

runs into:-

Windermere lake

Mill Beck

civil parish:-

Windermere (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

1Km square:-

SD4097 (etc)

10Km square:-

SD49

CGR78.jpg Near its head, about
(taken 9.10.2017)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 8)
placename:- Mill 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 (Wmd 32 12)

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.

J5SD49NW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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.

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.

click to enlarge
PI03M1.jpg
tapering wiggly line
item:- private collection : 133.1
Image © see bottom of page

places:-

SD40299764 Millbeck Bridge (Windermere)

SD41219799 Oldfield Bridge (Windermere)

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