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Redgill Mining Works, Caldbeck
Redgill Mining Works
civil parish:-   Caldbeck (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   lead mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY29513470 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2934
10Km square:-   NY23
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 47 11) 
placename:-  Redgill Mining Works
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.
"Redgill Mining Works (Lead) / Level / Levels"
the levels are up the gills to south and west 

evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Redgill Mine
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.
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PST2NY23.jpg
"Redgill Mine"
mine symbol 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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