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| Venture Pit, Arlecdon and Frizington | ||
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| Venture Pit | ||
| civil parish:- | Arlecdon and Frizington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | coal mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY03342140 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0321 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY02 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 12) placename:- Venture 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. "Venture Pit" possibly linked by a tramroad to the quarry at Wilson Park |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61) placename:- Venture Pit item:- coal |
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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. "Venture Pit (Coal)" |
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