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| Lowther Pit, Dearham | ||
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| Lowther Pit | ||
| locality:- | Dearham (by) | |
| civil parish:- | Dearham (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | coal mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY06773629 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0636 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY03 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 6) placename:- Lowther Pit item:- coal; railway (branch) |
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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. "Lowther Pit (Coal)" tramroad to the Maryport and Carlisle Railway |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H
Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913. PST2NY03.jpg mine symbol at Dearham item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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