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Cark, Lower Holker
Cark
civil parish:-   Lower Holker (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD363765
1Km square:-   SD3676
10Km square:-   SD37


photograph
BXK11.jpg (taken 21.9.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 17 6) 
placename:-  Cark
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Cark
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
image
OT02SD37.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Cark
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
image
GAR2SD37.jpg
"Cark"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Carke
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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POF7Cm.jpg
"Carke"
map date 1909 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Carke
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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PF10Cm.jpg
"Carke"
map date 1892 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Carke
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
POF2Cm.jpg
"Carke"
map date 1890 

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Carke
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
POF8Cm.jpg
"Carke"
map date 1873 

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

notes:-  
There was a cotton mill built here 1782. Cotton arrived by ship, Cark being a busy port until it silted up following railway works in the mid 19th century. The mill was burned down in 1936. High Row and Low Row are mill cottages. There was a Middle Row, but now mostly demolished.

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