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| Bela Mill, Milnthorpe | ||
| Bela Mill | ||
| site name:- | Bela, River | |
| locality:- | Milnthorpe | |
| civil parish:- | Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | water mill | |
| locality type:- | mill | |
| coordinates:- | SD49628112 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4981 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD48 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 46) placename:- Beetha 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. "" |
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| notes:- |
Built about 1800s? with a very wide water wheel, 12 feet wide, 14 feet high. There
might have been an earlier mill a little lower down. It was used for sacking and canvas
manufacture, but later for making horn combs. |
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| Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland |
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