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house, Hawkshead
civil parish:-   Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire) (?) 
civil parish:-   Claife (formerly Lancashire) (?) 
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
1Km square:-   SD3598 (?) 
10Km square:-   SD39

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
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 WS21P056, button  goto source
Page 56:-  "... The house of Thomas Alcock Beck, Esq. is most delightfully situated on the margin of the lake [Esthwaite water]."

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