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Helvellyn Gill
runs into:-    How Beck

civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY3117 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY31
SummaryText:-   NB: the gill has been mucked about by the waterworks, its old and new courses are no longer simple


photograph
BRA72.jpg  Near the footbridge,
(taken 9.7.2009)  
photograph
BRA73.jpg  Near the footbridge, unidentified
(taken 9.7.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 8) 
placename:-  Helvellyn Gill
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
D4NY31NW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
image
CL9NY31I.jpg
item:-  private collection : 10.9
Image © see bottom of page


photograph
BRA74.jpg  Near the footbridge, unidentified
(taken 9.7.2009)  

places:-  
NY31671775 bridge, Thirlspot (St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn)
NY31961670 footbridge, St John's Castlerigg etc (St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn)
NY31861684 footbridge, St John's Castlerigg etc (2) (St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn)
NY31831685 footbridge, St John's Castlerigg etc (3) (St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn)
NY31951670 water gate, St John's Castlerigg etc (St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn)
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