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| Eskett Pit, Lamplugh | ||
| Eskett Pit | ||
| civil parish:- | Lamplugh (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | iron mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY05001636 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0516 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY01 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 68 5) placename:- Eskett Pit |
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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. "Eskett Pt (Iron) / Shaft / Iron Shaft / ..." |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Frizington Mine |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H
Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.![]() PST2NY01.jpg "Frizington" mine symbol item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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