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Hol Beck
runs into:-    Windermere lake

Holbeck
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY3902 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY30


photograph
CDZ62.jpg  Waterfall,
(taken 22.9.2015)  
photograph
CDZ63.jpg  Waterfall,
(taken 22.9.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 15) 
placename:-  Holbeck
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.
image
OG96m010.jpg
In mile 11, Westmoreland. 
River crossed at:-  "a Stone bridg and brook"
no bridge drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
Image © see bottom of page

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.
image
J5NY30SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
placename:-  Hollow Beck
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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CLANY30V.jpg
"Hollow Beck"
item:-  private collection : 10.10
Image © see bottom of page


photograph
CDZ61.jpg  Waterfall,
(taken 22.9.2015)  
photograph
CDZ60.jpg  Waterfall,
(taken 22.9.2015)  

places:-  
NY39890344 bridge, Lakes (4) (Lakes)
NY38610191 Holbeck Bridge (Lakes)
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