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| Sandwell Limekiln, Ulverston | ||
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| Sandwell Limekiln | ||
| civil parish:- | Ulverston (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | limekiln | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2878 (?) | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
| SummaryText:- | Neither Sandwell or this limekiln have been found on a map, as yet. | |
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| hearsay:- |
A limekiln is warm, the eye hole attracts vagrants as a place of shelter in cold weather.
But carbon dioxide is a heavy gas, and there is a real danger of asphyxiation. In
one incident, two men died at Sandwell kiln near Ulverston in 1839. |
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| Rollinson, W &Harrison, B: 1986: Diary of William Fisher of Barrow 1811 to 1859: University
of Lancaster, Centre for North West Studies: occasional paper 15 White, A J: 2000: Limekilns in North Lancashire and South Cumbria: Lancaster City Museums (Lancaster, Lancashire):: leaflet, using Rollinson and Harrison 1986 |
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