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placename:- Ratherheath Beck
parish Strickland Ketel parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
river
coordinates:- SD494969
10Km square:- SD49

1Km square SD4996

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 260)

Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
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a Rill
At 3 1/2 miles.
date:- 1720
period:- 18th century, early; 1720s

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) -- possibly relevant

Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
image OG96m000, button   goto source.
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In mile 3, Westmoreland.
a Rill
drawn across the road.
date:- 1675
period:- 17th century, late; 1670s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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