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Lyvennet Beck
runs into:-    Lyvennet, River

civil parish:-   Crosby Ravensworth (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary (township?) 
1Km square:-   NY6215 (etc etc) 
10Km square:-   NY61


photograph
BME55.jpg  At Crosby Ravensworth.
(taken 30.5.2006)  
photograph
CDJ43.jpg  At Maulds Meaburn.
(taken 20.6.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 14 8) 
placename:-  Lyvennet 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.
OS County Series (Wmd 14 16) 
OS County Series (Wmd 21 4) 
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.
shows some nice example of ox bows which are still the parish boundary 

evidence:-   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.
image
Sax9NY61.jpg
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   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.
image
JAN3NY61.jpg
Double wiggly line, tapering to single. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Livennet Beck River
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.
image
MD10NY61.jpg
"Livennet Beck R"
item:-  JandMN : 24
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Livenet River
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
image
SMP2NYK.jpg
"Livenet R."
Wiggly line. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
image
BO18NY51.jpg
wiggly line, into River Lyvennet 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page


photograph
CGM04.jpg  On Crosby Ravensworth Fell,
(taken 2.9.2017)  
photograph
BME36.jpg  At Dairy Bridge.
(taken 30.5.2006)  
photograph
BVH63.jpg  At Holme Bridge
(taken 2.9.2011)  
photograph
BVH64.jpg  At Holme Bridge
(taken 2.9.2011)  
photograph
BVH65.jpg  At Holme Bridge
(taken 2.9.2011)  
photograph
BVH94.jpg  At Bank Bridge
(taken 2.9.2011)  
photograph
BSG69.jpg  At Monks Bridge, Crosby Ravensworth.
(taken 12.3.2010)  
photograph
BSH48.jpg  At Low Bridge, Maulds Meaburn.
(taken 14.3.2010)  
photograph
BWF57.jpg  At High Bridge, Maulds Meaburn.
(taken 13.4.2012)  

places:-  
NY62371476 Bank Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62561623 High Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62401727 Dairy Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62571608 footbridge, Maulds Meaburn (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62711584 footbridge, Maulds Meaburn (2) (Crosby Ravensworth) L out of sight
NY62301487 ford, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62271381 Holme Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62451677 Low Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62221474 mill, Crosby Ravensworth (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62231491 Monks Bridge (Crosby Ravensworth) L
NY62551619 stepping stones, Maulds Meaburn (Crosby Ravensworth)
NY62601639 Maulds Meaburn Wier (Crosby Ravensworth)
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