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Holme Mills, Holme
Holme Mills
locality:-   Holme
civil parish:-   Holme (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Burton-in-Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   water mill (ex) 
locality type:-   mill (ex) 
locality type:-   corn mill (ex) 
coordinates:-   SD52367792
1Km square:-   SD5277
10Km square:-   SD57

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 46 12) 
placename:-  Holme Mill
item:-  railway siding
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.
"Holme Mill (Flax) / Mill Dam"
Shows a railway siding from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. 

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Holm Mill
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.
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J5SD57NW.jpg
"Holm Mill"
circle with rays; water mill 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Holm Mill
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24SD57.jpg
"Holm Mill"
circle with rays; water mill 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- LMS 1920s maps
source data:-   Railway map, lithograph, 23 pages of strip maps, The Journey in Brief, the Route London to Carlisle, published by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.
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LS3p25.jpg
"Holme Mills. Cocoa matting industry. Hand looms still in use."
item:-  JandMN : 95.2
Image © see bottom of page

notes:-  
Recorded in the 12th century. Originally a corn mill, in the 18th century it was redeveloped as a flax mill, burned down about 1860s. Reopened to make coc matting, still operating in the 1920s.

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

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