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| Cowan Head Papermill, Strickland Ketel | ||
| Cowan Head Papermill | ||
| Cowan Head Mill | ||
| site name:- | Kent, River | |
| site name:- | Burneside Tramway | |
| locality:- | Cowan Head | |
| civil parish:- | Strickland Ketel (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | paper mill | |
| locality type:- | water mill | |
| locality type:- | mill | |
| coordinates:- | SD49269730 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4997 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD49 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 11) placename:- Cowen Head |
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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. "Cowen Head / Paper Mill" paper mill by the river, a house to the east |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) |
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| 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. J5SD49NE.jpg circle with rays; water mill item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| notes:- |
Earliest records about 1750, as a paper mill. Bought by James Cropper, 1845. Power
from the river by turbines plus power from reservoirs on Potter Fell by pelton wheel. |
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| Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland |
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| person:- | paper maker : Cropper, James and Co (?) |
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| date:- | 1750 |
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