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Sprint Mill, Strickland Roger
Sprint Mill
site name:-   Sprint, River
civil parish:-   Strickland Roger (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   water mill
locality type:-   mill
locality type:-   fulling mill (ex) 
locality type:-   corn mill (ex) 
locality type:-   workplace
coordinates:-   SD51589615
1Km square:-   SD5196
10Km square:-   SD59
SummaryText:-   The mill is now used for woodland crafts.


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BXB89.jpg (taken 11.8.2012)  
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BXB90.jpg (taken 11.8.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 16) 
placename:-  Sprint 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.
"Sprint Mill (Woollen)"


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BXB91.jpg  House.
(taken 11.8.2012)  courtesy of Edward Acland
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BXB96.jpg  Bridge at the mill.
(taken 11.8.2012)  courtesy of Edward Acland
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BXB92.jpg  Shaving horse
(taken 11.8.2012)  courtesy of Edward Acland
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BXB93.jpg  Drawing knife and rounder plane.
(taken 11.8.2012)  courtesy of Edward Acland
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BXB94.jpg  Rounder plane fitted on a joiner's brace, and a pruning saw.
(taken 11.8.2012)  courtesy of Edward Acland
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BXB95.jpg  Parts of a chair.
(taken 11.8.2012)  courtesy of Edward Acland
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BXC02.jpg  Chairs.
(taken 11.8.2012)  courtesy of Edward Acland
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BXC29.jpg  Gate.
(taken 11.8.2012)  courtesy of Edward Acland
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BXC30.jpg  Gate.
(taken 11.8.2012)  courtesy of Edward Acland

notes:-  
There may have been a mill here in early times, certainly recorded from 1th 16th century, for corn and fulling. It was also used for wool spinning. Laterly there was electroplating, brush manufacture, and dental work! At some stage a turbine replaced the water wheel.

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

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