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mine, Whicham
locality:-   Silecroft
civil parish:-   Whicham (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   iron mine (?) 
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   SD13528219 (about) 
1Km square:-   SD1382
10Km square:-   SD18

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Whicham Mines
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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"Whicham Mines"
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item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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