Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Double Mills
	site name:-	Cocker, River
	locality:-	Cockermouth
	parish	Cockermouth parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		water mill; mill
	coordinates:-	NY11882986
	10Km square:-	NY12
	1Km square	NY1129
	old map:-	Bowen 1720 (plate 261)
		Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
		a Water Mill
		To right of road 1/2 mile before Cockermouth.
	date:-	1720
	period:-	18th century, early; 1720s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) -- possibly relevant
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
		goto source.
		In mile 13, Cumberland.
		a Watermill
		mill by the River Cocker on the right of the road, left of the river.
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	database:-	Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010
		courtesy of English Heritage
		DOUBLE MILLS / / / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71650 / NY1188129861
		courtesy of English Heritage
		Now a Youth Hostel. Probably early C19. Ashlar 3 storeys, 2 small rectangular windows on each floor. Remains of 2 iron wheels. Picturesquely sited on wooded river bank, approached by footpath through woods.
	placename:-	Double Mills
	district:-	Allerdale
		listed building
	coordinates:-	NY11882986
	date:-	2010
	period:-	2010s
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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