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| Duke Pit, Whitehaven | ||
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| Duke Pit | ||
| site name:- | Howgill Collieries | |
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | coal mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NX97001800 (estimate) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9718 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 2) placename:- Duke Pit item:- coal |
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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. "Duke Pit (Coal)" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| 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. D49618V.jpg "Coal Pitt" circular building and others item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| Finlay, Michael: 2006: Mining and Related Tokens of West Cumberland and their Issuers:
Plains Books |
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