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Eskett Pit, Lamplugh
Eskett Pit
civil parish:-   Lamplugh (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   iron mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY05001636 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY0516
10Km square:-   NY01
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 68 5) 
placename:-  Eskett Pit
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.
"Eskett Pt (Iron) / Shaft / Iron Shaft / ..."

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Frizington Mine
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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PST2NY01.jpg
"Frizington"
mine symbol 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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