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| Derwent Mills, Cockermouth | ||
| Derwent Mills | ||
| site name:- | Derwent, River | |
| Street:- | Wakefield Road | |
| locality:- | Goat | |
| locality:- | Cockermouth | |
| civil parish:- | Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | textile mill | |
| coordinates:- | NY11863092 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1130 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 4) placename:- Derwent Mills |
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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. "Derwent Mills (Linen Thread Manufactory) / Weir / Sluice / Mill Race / Bleach House" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Derwent Mills |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "DERWENT MILLS (OLD BUILDING ONLY) / / WAKEFIELD ROAD / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71750 / NY1186530921" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Before 1832. A large, dominant building of local stone rubble. 4 storeys, 20 small-paned sashes on each floor. Ashlar course under coping, and channel jointed pilasters at angles, with crude moulded capitals. Green slate roof of low pitch with lead hips and ridge. Ashlar attic on projecting staircase wing. Exclude later additions." |
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| hearsay:- |
Built by J Harris and Sons, 1834, extended 1847 and 1855, and used by them to 1930s
to spin linen thread. |
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| Later used by Millers to make shoes. |
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