Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Old Sedgwick Gunpowder Mills, Helsington
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	Sedgwick Gunpowder Mills
	Old Sedgwick Gunpowder Mills
site name:-	Kent, River
locality:-	Sedgwick
civil parish:-	Helsington (formerly Westmorland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	gunpowder mill
coordinates:-	SD50888742 (about)
1Km square:-	SD5087
10Km square:-	SD58
evidence:-	descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
source data:-	Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.   goto source Page 184:-  "..." "Proceed through Sedgwick,[2] and fall in with the course of the river at Force-bridge," "[2] Near this place are large works for the manufactory of gunpowder."
evidence:-	old map:- West 1784 map
source data:-	Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784. Ws02SD58.jpg "Powdermills" item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page
:-	On the River Kent, begun by John Wakefield, William Gurnal and Edward Johnson, 1764, later Wakefield Strickland and Co; operated to 1850.
	Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland Tyler, Ian: 2002: Gunpowder Mills of Cumbria: Blue Roc Publications (Threlkeld, Keswick, Cumbria):: ISBN 0 9523028 8 8
person:-	: Wakefield, John
person:-	: Gurnal, William
person:-	: Johnson, Edward
date:-	1764

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