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| Brigham Forge, Keswick | ||
| Brigham Forge | ||
| locality:- | Brigham | |
| civil parish:- | Keswick (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY28082397 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2823 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 3) placename:- Brigham Forge |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | possibly old text:- Clarke 1787 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 60:- "... At the forge below Field-Side there is a subterraneous passage cut through the rock: here, as well as those I have just mentioned, no other tools have been used, except picks and wedges. ..." |
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