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Glencairn Mill, Heads Nook
Glencairn Mill
site name:-   Cairn Beck
locality:-   Heads Nook
civil parish:-   Wetheral (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   water mill
locality type:-   mill
locality type:-   textile mill (cotton) 
coordinates:-   NY49615481
1Km square:-   NY4954
10Km square:-   NY45

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 7) 
placename:-  Walk Mill
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.
"Walk Mill (Cotton) / Gasometer / Mill Race / Mill Dam"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Walk Mill
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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D4NY45SE.jpg
"Walk Mill"
circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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