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Farfield Mill, Sedbergh
Farfield Mill
Street:-   Garsdale Road
civil parish:-   Sedbergh (formerly Yorkshire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   mill
locality type:-   water mill
locality type:-   craft shop
locality type:-   art gallery
locality type:-   museum
locality type:-   workplace
coordinates:-   SD67769193
1Km square:-   SD6791
10Km square:-   SD69

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BPJ66.jpg (taken 30.6.2008)  
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BPJ59.jpg (taken 30.6.2008)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Yrk 63 4) 
placename:-  Farfield Mills
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:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"FORMER SMITHY AT FARFIELD MILLS / / HAWES ROAD / SEDBERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 484569 / SD6768891948"

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BPJ67.jpg  Hand loom.
(taken 30.6.2008)  
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BPJ68.jpg  Draughts and tramps in a pattern book.
(taken 30.6.2008)  
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BPJ69.jpg  20hp water turbine by Gilbert, Gilkes and Gordon, 1896.
(taken 30.6.2008)  
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BPJ70.jpg  Bobbin creel.
(taken 30.6.2008)  
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BPJ71.jpg  Bobbin creel.
(taken 30.6.2008)  
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BPJ72.jpg  Warp mill.
(taken 30.6.2008)  
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BPJ73.jpg  Warp mill.
(taken 30.6.2008)  
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BPJ74.jpg  Power loom.
(taken 30.6.2008)  
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BPJ75.jpg  Dobby machine.
(taken 30.6.2008)  
hearsay:-  
 Built by Joseph Dover, 1837. It was a weaving mill powered by water which was supplied by a 350 yard lade alongside the River Clough. It burnt down in 1909, and was rebuilt. It closed 1937. It was used by Armstrong Siddeley for manufacturing aircraft engines in World War II.
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