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Show Burn
runs into:-    White Lyne

civil parish:-   Askerton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Stapleton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   NY5371 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY57

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 8 9) 
placename:-  Show Burn
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
D4NY57SW.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river into the White Lyne 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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