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Venture Pit, Arlecdon and Frizington
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Venture Pit
civil parish:-   Arlecdon and Frizington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   coal mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY03342140 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY0321
10Km square:-   NY02
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 12) 
placename:-  Venture Pit
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.
"Venture Pit"
possibly linked by a tramroad to the quarry at Wilson Park 

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61) 
placename:-  Venture Pit
item:-  coal
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.
"Venture Pit (Coal)"

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