Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Murton Lead Mines
	locality:-	Murton Fell
	parish	Murton parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		lead mine; mine
	coordinates:-	NY762227
	10Km square:-	NY72
	1Km square	NY7622
		Murton Lead Mines -- Murton Fell -- Murton -- Cumbria / -- 24.7.2011
		Murton Lead Mines -- Murton Fell -- Murton -- Cumbria / -- 24.7.2011
	old map:-	OS County Series
		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.
		Murton Lead Mines
		with a tramway
	placename:-	Murton Lead Mines
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Lead Mines
		spots, on Rumary Fell
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
		goto source.
		Lead Mine
		Crosses (x).
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd) -- possibly relevant
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
		goto source.
		The Lead mines
		No symbol.
	county:-	Westmorland
		lead mine; mine
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
		photographs
		Murton Lead Mines -- Murton Fell -- Murton -- Cumbria / -- 24.7.2011
		There are many old mine working in this area. Tyler, Ian:2006: Lakes and Cumbria Mines Guide: Blue Rock Publications
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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