Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Colby Beck

runs into:-

Eden, River

civil parish:-

Colby (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

river

coordinates:-

NY664212

1Km square:-

NY6621

10Km square:-

NY62

SummaryText:-

Joining the Eden near Colby; higher it is the Hoff Beck.

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 9 14)
placename:- Colby Beck

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:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)

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.

places:-

NY66512091 bridge, Colby (Colby)

NY66782025 Colby Bridge (Colby / Appleby-in-Westmorland)

NY66662032 Colby Mill (Colby)

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