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| Leighton Furnace, Lancashire | ||
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| Leighton Furnace | ||
| Leighton Ironworks | ||
| locality:- | Yealand Redmayne | |
| locality:- | Leighton | |
| county:- | Lancashire | |
| locality type:- | blast furnace | |
| locality type:- | ironworks (?) | |
| coordinates:- | SD48477781 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4877 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD47 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 18 3) placename:- Leighton Furnace |
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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. "Leighton Furnace" |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Forse |
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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. J5SD47NE.jpg "Forse" 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:- West 1784 map |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland,
Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch,
engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784. Ws02SD47.jpg "Furnace" By the Leighton Beck. item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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Established 1713. |
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| Marshall, J D &Davies-Shiel, Michael: 1977 (2nd edn): Industrial Archaeology of the
Lake Counties: Moon, Michael (Beckermet, Cumbria):: ISBN 0 904131 13 0 |
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