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| Rais Beck | ||||
| runs into:- |   Lune, River | 
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| civil parish:- | Orton S (formerly Westmorland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | river | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY6407 (etc) | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY60 | |||
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![]() BJY35.jpg From Fawcett Mill Bridge. (taken 28.10.2005) ![]() BMI01.jpg At Pinfold Bridge. (taken 7.7.2006)  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 29 1)  placename:- Rais Beck  | 
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| 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. | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 | 
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| 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.![]() Sax9NY60.jpg item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)  | 
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| 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.![]() SP14NY60.jpg double line, into the Lune item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 | 
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| 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.![]() JAN3NY60.jpg Single wiggly line. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd)  | 
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles 
                  to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.   click to enlargeSEL7.jpg tapering wiggly line; river item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)  | 
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert
                  Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John
                  Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.![]() MD10NY60.jpg Running into the Lune. item:- JandMN : 24 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 | 
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| 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.![]() BO18NY50.jpg wiggly line, into the Lune item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)  | 
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| 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.![]() J5NY60NW.jpg single or double wiggly line; river item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cooper 1808 | 
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale 
                  about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R 
                  Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.   click to enlargeCOP4.jpg tapering wiggly line; river item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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