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High Mill, Egremont
High Mill
site name:-   Ehen, River
locality:-   Egremont
civil parish:-   Egremont (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   water mill (ex) 
locality type:-   mill (ex) 
locality type:-   flax mill (ex) 
coordinates:-   NY01281109 (?) 
1Km square:-   NY0111
10Km square:-   NY01

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 72 8) 
placename:-  High Mill
placename:-  Mill, High
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.
"High Mill (Flax) / Weir / Mill Race"

evidence:-   probably 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.
image
D4NY01SW.jpg
circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill NE of Egremont 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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