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| Bean Well, Aldingham | ||
| Bean Well | ||
| civil parish:- | Aldingham (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| coordinates:- | SD29027199 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2971 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 22 3) placename:- Bean Well |
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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. |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Fell 1908 placename:- Bean Well |
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| source data:- | Print, Eighteenth Century Shipping Port, Beanwell, Aldingham, Lancashire, by Alfred
Heaton Cooper, 1908, published by Hume Kitchin, 7 Market Street, Ulverston, Lancashire,
1908. click to enlargeFLL108.jpg Tipped in opposite p.321 of The Early Iron Industry of Furness and District, by Alfred Fell. printed, bottom "AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SHIPPING PORT, BEANWELL" printed, lower left "A HEATON COOPER - 1908" item:- Armitt Library : A701.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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| notes:- |
Iron ore was brought to the coast for shipping here to Backbarrow Furnace. Garden
soil here is stil stained red from the ore. |
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