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How Mill, How
How Mill
site name:-   Hawkey Beck (?) 
locality:-   How
civil parish:-   Hayton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   mill (ex) 
locality type:-   water mill
locality type:-   corn mill
locality type:-   saw mill
coordinates:-   NY51005651
1Km square:-   NY5156
10Km square:-   NY55

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 4) 
placename:-  How 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.
"How Mill (Corn & Sawmill) / Sluice"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  How 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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"How Mill"
circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  How Mill
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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FD02NY55.jpg
"How Mill"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

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