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Natland Beck Mill, Natland
Natland Beck Mill
site name:-   Natland Beck
Street:-   Natland Mill Beck Lane
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Natland (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   water mill (ex) 
locality type:-   mill (ex) 
locality type:-   corn mill (ex) 
locality type:-   snuff mill (ex) 
coordinates:-   SD52009072
1Km square:-   SD5290
10Km square:-   SD59

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 12) 
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.
"Mill Dam"
mill race and buildings shown 

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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
J5SD59SW.jpg
circle with rays; water mill 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

notes:-  
Recorded from the 12th century. A corn mill till 1910 when the mill was dismantled and the water power used to generate electicity for Helm Lodge. Was once partly used for snuff grinding.

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

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