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Kirkby Slate Quarries, Kirkby Ireleth
Kirkby Slate Quarries
site name:-   Furness Railway
civil parish:-   Kirkby Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   slate quarry
locality type:-   quarry
coordinates:-   SD24448366 (etc etc) 
1Km square:-   SD2483
10Km square:-   SD28


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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11 5) 
placename:-  Kirkby Slate Quarries
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.
OS County Series (Lan 11 6) 

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11 5) 
placename:-  Burlington Slate Works
item:-  slate depotweighing machine
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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"Slate Depot / W.M. / Burlington Slate Works"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11) 
placename:-  Kirkby Slate Quarries
placename:-  Hospital Quarry
item:-  slate
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.
"Kirkby Slate Quarries / Hospital Quarry (Slate)"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11) 
placename:-  Kirkby Slate Quarries
placename:-  Hunter's Quarry
item:-  slate
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.
"Kirkby Slate Quarries / Hunter's Quarry (Slate)"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11) 
placename:-  Kirkby Slate Quarries
placename:-  Lord Quarry, The
item:-  slate
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.
"Kirkby Slate Quarries / The Lord Quarry (Slate)"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11) 
placename:-  Kirkby Slate Quarries
placename:-  Town Quarry, The
item:-  slate
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.
"Kirkby Slate Quarries / The Town Quarry (Slate)"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11) 
placename:-  Kirkby Slate Quarries
placename:-  Smithy Hill Quarry
item:-  slate
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.
"Kirkby Slate Quarries / Smithy Hill Quarry (Slate)"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11) 
placename:-  Kirkby Slate Quarries
placename:-  High Quarry, The
item:-  slate
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.
"Kirkby Slate Quarries / The High Quarry (Slate)"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11) 
placename:-  Old Crow Brow Quarry
item:-  slate
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.
"Old Crow Brow Quarry (Slate)"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11) 
placename:-  New Crow Brow Quarry
item:-  slate
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.
"New Crow Brow Quarry (Slate)"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11) 
placename:-  Winnow End Quarry
item:-  slate
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.
"Winnow End Quarry (Slate)"

see:-    Kirkby Slate Quarries tramroad

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