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| Greta Side pencil works, Keswick | ||
| Greta Side pencil works | ||
| locality:- | Keswick | |
| civil parish:- | Keswick (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | pencil works | |
| coordinates:- | NY267237 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2623 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| hearsay:- |
Pencils made by Banks, Foster and Co from 1832; Banks, Son and Co from 1851; lastly
H Birkbecks from about 1910; the factory was destroyed by fire, 1940. |
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