Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Wasdale Beck
	parish	Shap Rural parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
	parish	Orton S parish, once in Westmorland
		river
	coordinates:-	NY5608
	10Km square:-	NY50
	1Km square	NY5608
		Wasdale Beck -- Shap Rural and Orton S -- Cumbria / -- At Wasdale Old Bridge. -- NY56470835 (at) -- 6.10.2006
		Wasdale Beck -- Shap Rural and Orton S -- Cumbria / -- Shap granite in the stream bed at Wasdale Old Bridge. -- NY56470835 (at) -- note, these have been washed downstream from their original bed. -- 6.10.2006
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) -- probably relevant
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		Page 40:-
		Two small streams, crossing the road between Kendal and Shap, fall into the Lune ...
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		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.
		wiggly line, becomes Birk Beck
	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 267, Westmorland.
		Road crosses a river, no bridge drawn.
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Burbeck fl.
		Buildings and tower.
	placename:-	Burbeck Flud
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Saxton 1576
		Map, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576; published 1579-1645.
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		Burhek flu:
	placename:-	Burhek Flu.
	county:-	Westmorelandia
		river
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
		photographs
		Wasdale Beck -- Shap Rural and Orton S -- Cumbria / -- Shap granite in the stream bed at Wasdale Old Bridge, -- NY56470835 (at) -- note, these have been washed downstream from their original bed. -- 24.8.2008
		Wasdale Beck -- Shap Rural and Orton S -- Cumbria / -- Rocks and water at Wasdale Old Bridge. -- NY56470835 (at) -- 24.8.2008
	notes	The Shap granite here is not in situ, but has come from the intrusion further up the valley, where Shap Pink Quarry is situated. The granite is a porphyry, with two different sizes of crystals. The smaller crsytals are black - biotite, grey - quartz, and white - plagioclase. The larger crystals are twinned orthoclase feldspar. NB: beware my amateur geological knowledge.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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