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White Moss Slate Quarry, Lakes
White Moss Slate Quarry
White Moss Common Quarries
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   slate quarry
locality type:-   quarry
coordinates:-   NY34800654 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3406
10Km square:-   NY30
references:-   Ford 1839


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BOP25.jpg (taken 8.2.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) 
placename:-  Whitemoss Quarry
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.

evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  White Moss Quarry
item:-  slate
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 125:-  "..."
"... the slate quarry at the bottom of the hill called White Moss quarry: The vein of slate is now worn out, but produced, not above two years ago, as good slate as any in England, only difficult to work, and attended with a great expence. This quarry being so near the road, was entertaining to many curious travellers, who wished to see the manner of raising and working the slate. ..."

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  White Moss Slate Quarry
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 41:-  "..."
"At the White Moss Slate Quarry, the new and old roads to Grasmere separate. ..."


Glover, David: 2014: Quarries of Lakeland: Bookcase (Carlisle, Cumbria)

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