Drybeck is a hamlet in

Westmorland and Furness Westmorland and Furness is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast, shipbuilding and the Royal Port of Barrow, Royal ...

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 Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, with a population of 3,048 at the 2011 Census. Crossed by the River Eden, Appleby is the county town of the historic county of Westmorland. ...

. 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 Westmorland and Furness {{Cumbria-geo-stub