Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| tile works, Askerton | ||
| locality:- | Lonning Head | |
| civil parish:- | Askerton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tile works | |
| locality type:- | brickworks | |
| locality type:- | kiln | |
| coordinates:- | NY53856861 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5368 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY56 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 12 1) |
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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. Area of clay pits and works buildings. "Tile Works" |
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| hearsay:- |
This is a 'Newcastle Kiln' built in the 1890s. Tile making beagn here 1835. |
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