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mines, Blagillhead
locality:-   Blagillhead
locality:-   Blagill
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   lead mine
locality type:-   coal mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY74384803 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY7448
10Km square:-   NY74
SummaryText:-   several mines and levels etc

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 6) 
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.
"Old Lead Mine / Coal Mine / Lead Mine / ..."

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.
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D4NY74NE.jpg
"Lead Mines"
two plus signs 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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