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Trout Beck (4)
runs into:-    Eden, River

Trout Beck
civil parish:-   Long Marton (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Dufton (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Kirkby Thore (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   NY6624 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY62


photograph
BNS76.jpg  At the bridge S of the village.
(taken 29.5.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 9 6) 
placename:-  Trout 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 9 5) 
sheet Wmd 9 5 shows some nice meanders, ox bows, etc, which are followed by the parish boundary 

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Trout Bek
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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Sax9NY62.jpg
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Sax9NY72.jpg
"Trout bek"
River. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595, edition 1613-16.
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MER5WmdA.jpg
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double line with stream lines; river, running into the Eden 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.3
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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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SP14NY62.jpg
double line, running into the Eden 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   poem:- Drayton 1612/1622 text
placename:-  Troutbeck
source data:-   Poem, Poly Olbion, by Michael Drayton, published by published by John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, and others? London, part 1 1612, part 2 1622.
image DRY6P163, button  goto source
page 163:-  "... Eden, as along to Appleby shee makes,
Which passing, to her traine, next Troutbeck in shee takes,
..."

evidence:-   old map:- Drayton 1612/1622
placename:-  Trowtbeck flu.
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberlande and Westmorlande, by Michael Drayton, probably engraved by William Hole, scale about 4 or 5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Mariott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622.
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DRY512.jpg
"Trowtbeck flu"
River, naiad. 
item:-  JandMN : 168
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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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JAN3NY62.jpg
Double wiggly line, tapering to single. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
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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MD12NY62.jpg
Running into the Eden south of Templesowerby. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Swindall
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.
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MD10NY62.jpg
"Swindall"
No symbol; the label seems to be for the valley SE of Kikby Thore, where the Trout Beck runs; one of the headwaters of this stream is the Swindale Beck. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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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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BO18NY52.jpg
wiggly line, into the Eden 
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BO18NY61.jpg
"Troutbeck R."
wiggly line 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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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J5NY62SW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY62.jpg
river running into the Eden 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
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.
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COP4.jpg
tapering wiggly line; river 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
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.
image
GAR2NY62.jpg
wiggly line, river 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Trout 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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PST2NY62.jpg
"Trout Beck"
wiggly line, running into the Eden 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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mapping:-  

places:-  
NY66612425 bridge, Long Marton (Long Marton)
NY63542530 Kirkby Thore Bridge (Kirkby Thore / Crackenthorpe)
NY66582434 Marton Mill (Long Marton)
NY63612533 mill, Kirkby Thore (Kirkby Thore) gone?
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