HILBECK, a township in the parish of BROUGH,
EAST ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 1 mile (N.N.E.)
from Brough, containing 101 inhabitants. In old records
this place is called Hellebeclc, Helle, in Saxon, denoting
water-falls, of which there are several among the
mountains in the neighbourhood. A cotton-mill was
erected by John Metcalf Carlton, Esq., but it has been
disused for many years. In the neighbourhood is a coal
mine; not far from which, on an eminence commanding
an extensive view, is a building called Fox Tower.