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Snuffmill, Dacre
Snuffmill
Snuffmill Cottage
site name:-   Kirk Sike
civil parish:-   Dacre (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   mill (ex) 
locality type:-   water mill
locality type:-   snuff mill
coordinates:-   NY48982753
1Km square:-   NY4827
10Km square:-   NY42


photograph
BMF77.jpg (taken 8.6.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 11) 
placename:-  Snuffmill
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.

evidence:-   probably old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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.
image
J5NY42NE.jpg
circle with rays; water mill 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
D4NY42NE.jpg
"Mill"
circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill downstream of Dalemain 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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