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placename:- Pennington Iron Mines
parish Pennington parish, once in Lancashire
county:- Cumbria
iron mine; mine
coordinates:- SD25707625
10Km square:- SD27
References KDMRS 1979-82

1Km square SD2576

source:- OS County Series (Lan 16)

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.
Pennington Iron Mines
tramway to railway

placename:- Pennington Iron Mines
date:- 1847=1851
period:- 19th century, late; 1840s; 1850s

sketch map:- KDMRS 1979-82

Log book and sketch maps from the Kendal and District Mine Research Society, 1979-82.
Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society
Log book page 18:-
DATE - 3/6/79 SUNDAY / MAP REF - 2570/7625 / LOCATION - PENNINGTON / NAME - PENNINGTON IRON MINES / TYPE OF SITE - MINE WORKINGS / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED. / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - Nos.12 / SPECIMENS FOUND - CALCITE CRYSTALS HEMATITE (KIDNEY ORE)/ COMMENTS - very hot day.

placename:- Pennington Iron Mines
coordinates:- SD25707625
date:- 1979
period:- 1970s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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