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| Birk Beck | ||||
| runs into:- |  Lune, River |
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| civil parish:- | Orton S (formerly Westmorland) | |||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| locality type:- | river | |||
| 1Km square:- | NY5808 | |||
| 10Km square:- | NY50 | |||
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 BRT07.jpg At the railway viaduct, (taken 16.10.2009)  CGR14.jpg At Greenholme, (taken 6.10.2017) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 21 15) placename:- Birk Beck |
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| 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. OS County Series (Wmd 28 8) OS County Series (Wmd 28 3) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 placename:- Burhek Flu. |
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| 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. Sax9NY51.jpg "Burhek flu:"  Sax9NY50.jpg item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria
etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5
miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595,
edition 1613-16. MER5WmdA.jpg "" double line with stream lines; river, running into the Lune item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) placename:- Burbek flud |
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| 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. SP14NY51.jpg "Burbek flud" double line  SP14NY60.jpg double line, into the Lune item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Drayton 1612/1622 placename:- Burbeck Flu. |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberlande and Westmorlande, by
Michael Drayton, probably engraved by William Hole, scale about
4 or 5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Mariott, John
Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, London, 1622. DRY517.jpg "Burbeck flu:" River, naiad. item:- JandMN : 168 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 placename:- Burbeck Flud |
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| 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. JAN3NY51.jpg "Burbeck fl." Single wiggly line. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles
to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694. click to enlargeSEL7.jpg tapering wiggly line; river item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) placename:- Birkbeck |
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| 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. MD10NY50.jpg "Birkbeck" item:- JandMN : 24 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Simpson 1746 placename:- Birkbeck, River |
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| source data:- | Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as
'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller
...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746. goto source Page 1020:- "..." "... the Lone or Lune, ... After receiving some Rivulets, and the two Rivers Birkbeck and Burrow, near Orton. it grows a large Stream, ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1
inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746. SMP2NYK.jpg Wiggly line. item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 placename:- Burbeck River |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of
Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards,
scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas
Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John
Bowles, London, 1760. BO18NY40.jpg "Burbeck R." wiggly line, into Bretherdale Beck item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) |
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| 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. J5NY60NW.jpg single or double wiggly line; river item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY60.jpg river running into the Lune item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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