Gur Beck is a minor

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. The

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rises in the north of the English county of

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. It is a

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the

Scarrow Beck Scarrow Beck is a minor watercourse. The Gill (ravine), beck rises in the north of the England, English county of Norfolk. It is a tributary of the River Bure. Its Spring (hydrosphere), spring is in the North Norfolk village of Aylmerton west o ...

. Its spring is a little east of the

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village of West Beckham. It eventually merges after with the

at Sustead. There is one

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on the beck. This can be found in the village of Gresham, but is no longer in working order.

Gresham Castle moat

Just south of the village of Gresham are the remains of Gresham Castle, a moated fortified manor house that was once the property of the

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. The waters of the moat were once supplied from Gur beck which now has been re-directed and runs approximately 50 meters adjacent to the remains of the castle.

Gresham Watermill

Gresham Watermill was only a small mill and today all that remains is the mill house with the watercourse channel and a small part of the foundations lying to the west side of the mill house.Gresham Watermill
/ref> The site later became known as Old Watermill Farm and is in Lower Gresham. In 1819 the mill was powering two pairs of French burr stones, which were used to ground local wheat to produce flour.

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