Drybeck is a hamlet in the Eden district in the English county of

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. It is near the town of

Appleby-in-Westmorland Appleby-in-Westmorland is a market town and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, with a population of 3,048 at the 2011 Census. Crossed by the River Eden, Appleby was the county town of the historic county of Westmorland. I ...

. It is on Dry Beck and has a hall called Drybeck Hall, there is also a Moor called Drybeck Moor. Circa 1870, it had a population of 87 as recorded in the

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References

* Philip's Street Atlas Cumbria (page 103) Hamlets in Cumbria Eden District {{Cumbria-geo-stub