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Horton Beck
locality:-   Horton in Ribblesdale
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   river
coordinates:-   SD80777268
1Km square:-   SD8072
10Km square:-   SD87

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Horton Beck
placename:-  Horton Brook
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P275, button  goto source
Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century 
Page 275:-  "..."
"... Horton-beck, or brook, runs through the one, and Bransil-beck through the other of these pits [Hulpit Hole and Huntpit Hole], but through which I cannot remember: they each run under ground near a mile: Horton-beck appearing again at Dowgill-scar, and Bransil-beck at a place called Bransil-head. But what is most extraordinary, these subterranean brooks cross each other under ground, without mixing waters, the bed of one being on a stratum above the other: this was dis-"
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Page 276:-  "[dis]covered by the muddy water, after a sheep-washing, going down the one passage, and the seeds or husks of oats that were sent down the other.- ..."

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