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Melbecks, Bassenthwaite
Melbecks
civil parish:-   Bassenthwaite (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY24273198 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2431
10Km square:-   NY23

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 47 13) 
placename:-  Millbecks
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) 
placename:-  Mellbeck
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
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"Mellbeck"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

places:-  
NY24393197 High Melbecks (Bassenthwaite)
NY23843197 High Mill (Bassenthwaite) gone
NY24163222 Low Melbecks (Bassenthwaite)
NY24333188 Melbecks Farm (Bassenthwaite) L
NY24663215 Tenter Hill (Bassenthwaite)
NY24073177 Walk Mill Bridge (Bassenthwaite)
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