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| Holme Mills, Holme | ||
| Holme Mills | ||
| locality:- | Holme | |
| civil parish:- | Holme (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Burton-in-Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | water mill (ex) | |
| locality type:- | mill (ex) | |
| locality type:- | corn mill (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | SD52367792 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5277 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD57 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 46 12) placename:- Holme Mill item:- railway siding |
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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. "Holme Mill (Flax) / Mill Dam" Shows a railway siding from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Holm Mill |
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| 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. J5SD57NW.jpg "Holm Mill" circle with rays; water mill item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Holm Mill |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24SD57.jpg "Holm Mill" circle with rays; water mill item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- LMS 1920s maps |
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| source data:- | Railway map, lithograph, 23 pages of strip maps, The Journey in
Brief, the Route London to Carlisle, published by the London
Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s. click to enlargeLS3p25.jpg "Holme Mills. Cocoa matting industry. Hand looms still in use." item:- JandMN : 95.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| notes:- |
Recorded in the 12th century. Originally a corn mill, in the 18th century it was redeveloped
as a flax mill, burned down about 1860s. Reopened to make coc matting, still operating
in the 1920s. |
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| Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland |
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