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Black Sike Coal Pit, Hayton
Black Sike Coal Pit
civil parish:-   Hayton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   coal mine
coordinates:-   NY57505700 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5757
10Km square:-   NY55
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 25 3) 
placename:-  Black Sike
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.
"Black Sike (Coal Pit) / Shaft"
buildings and tramroads 

evidence:-   probably old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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.
image
D4NY55NE.jpg
"Coal Pitts"
2 cirlces, coal mines 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library


photograph
CBH14.jpg  Part of the tramroad from the pit to Hallbankgate.
(taken 28.7.2014)  

place:-   Brampton Railway

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