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Beck Mills Farm, Kendal
Beck Mills Farm
Beck Mills
site name:-   Mint, River
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   water mill (ex) 
locality type:-   mill (ex) 
coordinates:-   SD52589468
1Km square:-   SD5294
10Km square:-   SD59

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 4) 
placename:-  Beck Mills
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.
"Beck Mills (Corn &Woollen)"
OS County Series (Wmd 33 16) 
"Weir / Mill Race"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5SD59SW.jpg
"Mills"
circle with rays; water mill 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD59.jpg
"Mills"
circle with rays; water mill, and another circle at Laverock Bridge 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

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