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Holme Mills, Holme | ||
Holme Mills | ||
locality:- | Holme | |
civil parish:- | Holme (formerly Westmorland) | |
civil parish:- | Burton-in-Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | buildings | |
locality type:- | water mill (ex) | |
locality type:- | mill (ex) | |
locality type:- | corn mill (ex) | |
coordinates:- | SD52367792 | |
1Km square:- | SD5277 | |
10Km square:- | SD57 | |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 46 12) placename:- Holme Mill item:- railway siding |
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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. "Holme Mill (Flax) / Mill Dam" Shows a railway siding from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. |
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evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Holm Mill |
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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.![]() J5SD57NW.jpg "Holm Mill" circle with rays; water mill item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Holm Mill |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.![]() CY24SD57.jpg "Holm Mill" circle with rays; water mill item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- LMS 1920s maps |
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source data:- | Railway map, lithograph, 23 pages of strip maps, The Journey in
Brief, the Route London to Carlisle, published by the London
Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS, 1920s.![]() LS3p25.jpg "Holme Mills. Cocoa matting industry. Hand looms still in use." item:- JandMN : 95.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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notes:- |
Recorded in the 12th century. Originally a corn mill, in the 18th century it was redeveloped
as a flax mill, burned down about 1860s. Reopened to make coc matting, still operating
in the 1920s. |
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Somervell, John: 1930: Water Power Mills of South Westmorland |
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