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Elder Beck
runs into:-    Ullswater

civil parish:-   Barton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY4722 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY42

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 10) 
placename:-  Elder 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.

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.
image
J5NY42SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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