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Low Mills, Kendal
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Low Mills
Watsfield Mills
site name:-   Kent, River
Street:-   Natland Road
locality:-   Lowmills Factory
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   mill
locality type:-   water mill
locality type:-   textile mill (fulling, spinning?) 
locality type:-   snuff mill (etc) 
coordinates:-   SD51819108
1Km square:-   SD5191
10Km square:-   SD59

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 12) 
placename:-  Low Mills
placename:-  Mills, Low
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.
"Low Mills (Woollen) / Mill Race"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5SD59SW.jpg
circle with rays; water mill, and a mill lade 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

notes:-  
In the 1800s this was used for fulling, carding, snuff grinding, wire drawing, colour grinding, iron foundry, etc. 3 Water wheels.

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

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