Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Crake Mill, Spark Bridge | ||
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| Crake Mill | ||
| locality:- | Spark Bridge | |
| civil parish:- | Egton with Newland (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | mill | |
| locality type:- | textile mill (cotton) | |
| locality type:- | water mill | |
| coordinates:- | SD30418503 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3085 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD38 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11 4) placename:- Crake 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. "Crake Mill (Cotton)" |
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| notes:- |
Existed before 1742, perhaps a woollen mill; cotton mill from 1774; extended 1820;
ceased cottons by 1867; continued making swill baskets; demolished 1950s. |
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| The mill owners issued their own bank notes in 1790. |
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