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rope works, Whitehaven (2)
locality:-   Whitehaven
civil parish:-   Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   rope works
coordinates:-   NX97591760 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NX9717
10Km square:-   NX91

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 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.
"ROPERY"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Hartley's Rope Walk
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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"Hartley's Rope Walk"
rope walk and building 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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