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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.
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item:-  JandMN : 24
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places:-  
NY66512091 bridge, Colby (Colby)
NY66782025 Colby Bridge (Colby / Appleby-in-Westmorland)
NY66662032 Colby Mill (Colby)
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