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Lambrigg Beck
civil parish:-   Lambrigg (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Docker (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   SD5696 (etc) 
10Km square:-   SD59
SummaryText:-   tributary joining the Flodder Beck by Docker Bridge; it is the parish boundary between Lambrigg and Grayrigg.

evidence:-   probably 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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Sax9SD59.jpg
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 the Mint 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   possibly 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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JAN3SD59.jpg
Single wiggly line. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
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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MD10SD59.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 24
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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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J5SD59NE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

places:-  
SD58089636 bridge, Beck Houses (Grayrigg / Lambrigg)
SD59849563 Lambrigg Mill (Lambrigg) gone
SD56959659 mill, Grayrigg Foot (Grayrigg) gone?
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