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Survey of English Place-Names

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Millbeck

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Milnebecke 1585,1594,1598 PR
  • Milbeck 1673 ib
  • the Mill 1608 ShpPn

Etymology

, Milnebecke 1585,1594, 1598 PR, Milbeck 1673 ib, named from the Mill 1608 ShpPn153 ; on the ruins of the mill v. RCHM 205 ; the stream is now Docker Beck .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement