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Leacet Colliery, Helbeck
Leacet Colliery
locality:-   Helbeck Fell
civil parish:-   Helbeck (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   coal mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NY81891979 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY8119
10Km square:-   NY81

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Leacet Colliery
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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"Leacet Colliery"
three spots; mine 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Leacet Colliery
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Leacet Colliery"
indeterminate symbols 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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