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Kaker Mill, Preston Patrick
Kaker Mill
site name:-   Peasey Beck
civil parish:-   Preston Patrick (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   water mill (ex) 
locality type:-   mill (ex) 
locality type:-   corn mill (ex) 
locality type:-   maltings (ex malt kiln) 
coordinates:-   SD54258430
1Km square:-   SD5484
10Km square:-   SD58
SummaryText:-   Some modern maps have this as Kaker Mill Cottage and Kaker Mill the other side of the road, away from the river.

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BQA64.jpg (taken 6.2.2009)  
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BQA63.jpg (taken 6.2.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43) 
placename:-  Kaker Mill
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.
"Kaker Mill (Corn)"
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Caker Mill
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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J5SD58SW.jpg
"Caker Mill"
circle with rays; water mill 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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CEM35.jpg  Porch at the back, the water wheel.
(taken 1.1.2016)  courtesy of the owner
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CEM32.jpg  Tiles from the drying floor.
(taken 1.1.2016)  courtesy of the owner
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CEM33.jpg  Tiles from the drying floor.
(taken 1.1.2016)  courtesy of the owner
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CEM34.jpg  Tiles from the drying floor.
(taken 1.1.2016)  courtesy of the owner
notes:-  
 There was a mill here in the 12th century. Corn mill from the 17th century, and a malt kiln.

Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland
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