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Pencil Mill, Matterdale
Pencil Mill
site name:-   Pencilmill Beck
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY43552225
1Km square:-   NY4322
10Km square:-   NY42
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 66 5) 
placename:-  Pencil 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.
"Pencil Mill / Mill Dam / Mill Race"
evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Knot Mill
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.
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"Knot Mill"
circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
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