Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Thorn Pits, Midgeholme | ||
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| Thorn Pits | ||
| locality:- | ||
| civil parish:- | Midgeholme (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | coal mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY58815696 (etc, guess) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5856 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY55 | |
| SummaryText:- | perhaps the old mines in this area near the Earlo of Carlisle's Railway, or the mines around Venture Drift near Collier Thorn? | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Thorn Pitts |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY65NW.jpg "Thorn Pitts" circles, coal mines item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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