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Kinniside Mine


Kinniside Mine was located near Hazel Holme in the Kinniside area of Cumberland (now Cumbria).

KINNEYSIDE, a township, in the parish of St. Bees, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 3¾ miles (N.E. by N.) from Egremont; containing 223 inhabitants, of whom many are employed in some extensive lead-mines here, and others at a smelting-mill belonging to the London Lead Company.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
Kinniside Lead Mining and Smelting
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Kinniside Mine (Lead Ore)

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Simon Cotterill
from https://www.lakesguides.co.uk…
Kinniside Mine
- "....Perhaps 18th century; closed 1833, but reworked later...."

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Kinniside Mine, Ennerdale and Kinniside, Copeland, Cumbria

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