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| Whitriggs Iron Mine, Whitriggs | ||
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| Whitriggs Iron Mine and Iron Works | ||
| locality:- | Lindal Moor | |
| locality:- | Lindal in Furness | |
| civil parish:- | Lindal and Marton (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | iron mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | SD24517609 (about) | |
| coordinates:- | SD24737606 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2476 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16) placename:- Whitriggs Iron Mines and Iron Works |
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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. "Whitriggs Iron Mines and Iron Works" |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) item:- quartz; iron ore; limestone; spar |
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| 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 sourcePage 37:- "Make an excursion to the west [from Ulverston], three miles, and visit the greatest iron-mines in England. At Whitrigs the works are carried on with much spirit, by driving of levels into the bosom of the mountain. The ore is found in a limestone stratum mixed with a variety of spars of a dirty colour. There is much quartz in some of the works that admits of a high polish. At present the works in Stoneclose and Aldgarly are the most flourishing that have been known in Furness. This mineral is not hurtful to any animal or vegetable. The verdure is remarkably fine about the workings, and no one ever suffered by drinking the water in the mines, though discoloured and much impregnated with the ore." |
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| evidence:- | site plan:- Fell 1908 placename:- Whitriggs Iron Mine |
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| source data:- | Site plan, Plan of White Riggs in Furness, 1725, Whitriggs, Lindal and Marton, Lancashire,
published by Hume Kitchin, 7 Market Street, Ulverston, Lancashire, 1908. click to enlargeFLL1M1.jpg Tipped in opposite p.33 of The Early Iron Industry of Furness and District, by Alfred Fell. printed, bottom ""PLAN OF WHITE RIGGS IN FURNESS, MAY 6TH 1725."" item:- Armitt Library : A701.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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