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Dunney Beck
runs into:-    Rothay, River

civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY3406
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) 
placename:-  Dunney 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.

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 15, Westmerland. 
River crossed at:-  "a Stone bridg and brook"
no bridge drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   possibly 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.
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wiggly line, into the Rothay 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

places:-  
NY349065 bridge, Rydal (Lakes)
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