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Cock Beck
runs into:-    Kent, River

locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
1Km square:-   SD5191 (etc) 
10Km square:-   SD59
SummaryText:-   'never known to run dry'

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) 
placename:-  Cock 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.
"Cock Beck"

evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611
placename:-  
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.
image  click to enlarge
SP14Mk.jpg
stream from Anchorite Well, runs to Kirkland, then down the street to the Kent by Nether Bridge 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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