Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Thwaites Mill, Millom Without
	Thwaites Mill
site name:-	Black Beck (5)
civil parish:-	Millom Without (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	water mill
locality type:-	saw mill
locality type:-	mill
coordinates:-	SD18238664
1Km square:-	SD1886
10Km square:-	SD18
references:-	Listed Buildings 2010
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 88 3)  placename:-  Thwaites Mill
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.
evidence:-	old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
source data:-	Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4SD18NE.jpg circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill  item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-	database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:-  Thwaites Mill
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "THWAITES MILL / / / MILLOM WITHOUT / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76348 / SD1823286640"
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "Cornmill and sawmill. Probably C19 with late C19 sawmill. Stone rubble with some ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Cornmill to west has gabled wings to south and north. Small square windows, some boarded, 2 to 1st floor have small-paned fixed glazing, entrances to south and west have plank doors, wing to north built into slope of ground. Gabled wheelhouse to east contains iron and timber wheel fed by enclosed concrete channel to north. Sawmill adjoins to east. Ball finials to gable ends. Large south wing, originally open fronted, now with corrugated iron infill. Rear has large entrance with pentice and boarded window. Interior not inspected, said to retain machinery."

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