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Beck Head, Shap Rural
Beck Head
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY57971068
1Km square:-   NY5710
10Km square:-   NY51

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 21 11) 
placename:-  Beck Head
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Beck Head
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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"Beck Head"
no symbol 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Beck Head
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Beck Head"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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