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Brackenthwaite Mill, Buttermere
Brackenthwaite Mill
site name:-   Liza Beck
locality:-   Brackenthwaite
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   water mill
locality type:-   mill
coordinates:-   NY15652228 (roughly) 
1Km square:-   NY1522
10Km square:-   NY12
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 63 9) 
placename:-  Brackenthwaite 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.
"Brackenthwaite Mill (Corn) / Mill Race"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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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circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low) 
placename:-  Mill, The
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1794, version published 1800.
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"The Mill"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.2
Image © see bottom of page

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