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Castlehow Beck
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY4422 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY42

evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Castlehow Beck
placename:-  Dob Beck
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
image CL13P025, button  goto source
page 25:-  "Dob-Beck, where it falls into Ulswater, is called Castlehow-Beck. (Vide plate.)"

places:-  
NY44532272 Townend Bridge (Matterdale)
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