Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Lambrigg Beck

Lambrigg Beck

civil parish:-

Lambrigg (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Grayrigg (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Docker (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

locality type:-

boundary

locality type:-

parish boundary

1Km square:-

SD5696 (etc)

10Km square:-

SD59

SummaryText:-

tributary joining the Flodder Beck by Docker Bridge; it is the parish boundary between Lambrigg and Grayrigg.

evidence:-

probably 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.

Sax9SD59.jpg
item:- private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP14SD59.jpg
double line, into the Mint
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

possibly 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.

JAN3SD59.jpg
Single wiggly line.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

probably old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)

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.

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.

J5SD59NE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

places:-

SD58089636 bridge, Beck Houses (Grayrigg / Lambrigg)

SD59849563 Lambrigg Mill (Lambrigg) gone

SD56959659 mill, Grayrigg Foot (Grayrigg) gone?

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