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Dockray Hall Mill, Kendal
Dockray Hall Mill
site name:-   Kent, River
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   water mill (ex) 
locality type:-   mill (ex) 
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD51559356
1Km square:-   SD5193
10Km square:-   SD59
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 4) 
placename:-  Dockray Hall 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.
"Dockray Hall Mill (Woollen)"
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770
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.
image
J55193M.jpg
buildings and mill lade 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Mills
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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J5SD59SW.jpg
"Mills"
circle with rays; water mill 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
notes:-  
 Mentioned from the late 18th century as a woolen mill. It burned down in 1824, a painting of which is in the town hall; and rebuilt; later used as a marble factory, and for carpet manufacture, and perhaps dyeing. Water wheels, turbines and steam engines were used.

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