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placename:- Stainton Beck
parish Preston Richard parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
river
coordinates:- SD5285
10Km square:- SD58

1Km square SD5285

photograph

Stainton Beck -- Preston Richard -- Cumbria / -- From Deepthwaite Bridge. -- 29.10.2006

old map:- West 1784 map

A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
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river
county:- Westmorland

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 -- probably relevant

New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
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wiggly line, into the Kent
date:- 1760
period:- 18th century, late; 1760s

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)

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.
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In mile 251, Westmoreland.
River crossed by the road, no bridge drawn.
date:- 1675
period:- 17th century, late; 1670s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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