Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Skill Beck | |
| parish |
Bassenthwaite parish, once
in Cumberland
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| parish |
Underskiddaw parish, once
in Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| river | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY22442878 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY22
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| 1Km square | NY2228 | |
![]() Skill Beck -- Bassenthwaite and Underskiddaw -- Cumbria / -- Beside St Bega's down to Bassenthwaite Lake (I think this is the Skill Beck). -- 20.1.2006 | ||
| old map:- |
Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite
Lake)
-- probably relevant
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This seems to be the Skill Beck drawn wrong.
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| Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in London etc, from 1787 to 1793. | ||
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| Hensom Gill Beck | ||
| placename:- | Hensom Gill Beck | |
| river | ||
| date:- | 1787 | |
| period:- | 18th century, late; 1780s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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