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mill, Mirk Howe
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locality:-   Mirk Howe
locality:-   Crosthwaite
civil parish:-   Crosthwaite and Lyth (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   water mill
locality type:-   mill
locality type:-   fulling mill
1Km square:-   SD4391 (?) 
10Km square:-   SD49

notes:-  
Worked by a stream from near Mirk How farm, running into the Gilpin. Probably a fulling mill; tenters nearby are recorded in 1374. Few remains.

Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland

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