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Aikbank Mill, Blindbothel
Aikbank Mill
site name:-   Cat Gill
locality:-   Aikbank
civil parish:-   Blindbothel (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   mill (ex) 
locality type:-   water mill
locality type:-   corn mill
coordinates:-   NY11682596
1Km square:-   NY1125
10Km square:-   NY12

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 16) 
placename:-  Akebank Mill
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.
"Aikbank Mill (Corn)"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Ake Bank
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.
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D4NY12NW.jpg
"Ake Bank"
circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill at Ake Bank 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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