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Penton Mill, Nicholforest
Penton Mill
site name:-   Liddel Water
locality:-   Penton
civil parish:-   Nicholforest (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   water mill (ex) 
locality type:-   mill (ex) 
locality type:-   corn mill (ex) 
coordinates:-   NY43357729
1Km square:-   NY4377
10Km square:-   NY47

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 3 13) 
placename:-  Penton 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.
"Penton Mill (Corn) / Mill Race / Weir"

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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D4NY47NW.jpg
"Mill"
circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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