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John's Burn
runs into:-    Crook Burn

civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   NY7735 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY73

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 52 3) 
placename:-  John's Burn
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 (Cmd 52 7) 

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  John's Burn
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.
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D4NY73SE.jpg
"John's B."
single or double wiggly line; a river 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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