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| Rawes Mill, Staveley | ||
| Rawes Mill | ||
| site name:- | Gowan, River | |
| locality:- | Staveley | |
| civil parish:- | Hugill (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | mill (ex) | |
| locality type:- | water mill | |
| locality type:- | textile mill (spinning) | |
| locality type:- | bobbin mill | |
| coordinates:- | SD46589822 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4698 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD49 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 6) placename:- Rawes 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. "Rawes Mill (Bobbin) / Weir / Mill Race / Mill Dam" |
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| notes:- |
Built early 19th century by Richard Rawes for spinning. The water wheel was replaced
by a turbine about the 1870s. It became Garden Crafts, Messrs Mawson; and later a
bobbin mill. |
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| Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland |
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