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Rubbybanks Mill, Cockermouth
Rubbybanks Mill
site name:-   Cocker, River
locality:-   Rubby Banks
locality:-   Cockermouth
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hat factory
locality type:-   fulling mill
locality type:-   mill
coordinates:-   NY12153012
1Km square:-   NY1230
10Km square:-   NY13
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 8) 
placename:-  Rubbybanks 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.
"Rubbybanks Mill (Hat Manufactury and Fulling Mill)"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Rubybank Mills
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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D4NY13SW.jpg
"Rubybank Mills"
circle with rays, mill wheel; a water mill, 3, on the Cocker 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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