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| Beckstones Mine, Above Derwent | ||
| Beckstones Mine | ||
| Thornthwaite Mines | ||
| locality:- | Beckstones | |
| civil parish:- | Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | zinc mine | |
| locality type:- | lead mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY21872633 (aboout) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2126 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
| references:- | Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 16) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Level (Lead)" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Beckstones Mine |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H
Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913. PST2NY22.jpg "Beckstones Mine" mine symbol item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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Shallow pits working the Rachel Wood Lode and Ladstock Lode. |
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| Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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