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Duke Pit, Whitehaven
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Duke Pit
site name:-   Howgill Collieries
locality:-   Whitehaven
civil parish:-   Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   coal mine
locality type:-   mine
coordinates:-   NX97001800 (estimate) 
1Km square:-   NX9718
10Km square:-   NX91

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 2) 
placename:-  Duke Pit
item:-  coal
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.
"Duke Pit (Coal)"

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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"Coal Pitt"
circular building and others 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library


Finlay, Michael: 2006: Mining and Related Tokens of West Cumberland and their Issuers: Plains Books

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