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| Chadwick's Mill, Staveley | ||
| Chadwick's Mill | ||
| site name:- | Kent, River | |
| locality:- | Staveley | |
| civil parish:- | Over Staveley (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | water mill (ex) | |
| locality type:- | mill (ex) | |
| locality type:- | bobbin mill (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | SD47219829 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4798 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD49 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 6) placename:- Chadwick's Mill |
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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. "Chadwick's Mill (Bobbin) / Weir / Sluice / Gasometer" |
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| notes:- |
Sold to James Chadwick and Brothers of Bolton, 1852. They rebuilt the mills about
1870. Chadwicks became part of J and P Coates of Paisley in 1897. They sold the mill
to Thomas Dean, Staveley Wood Turning Co, 1900. |
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| The water wheel was replace by a turbine in 1902; the old wheel was so massive it
had to be blown up with dynamite. |
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| Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland |
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