Midgeholme

  • Description

    CP created 1883 from extra-parochial moorland and detached portions of Banks and Naworth townships in Eskdale ward, Cumberland...Economy: moorland grazing; extractive industries 19th and early 20th centuries, linked by tramways to Brampton & Hartleyburn Railway. Coalmines: colliery at Midgeholme recorded 1628; large-scale mining at from 1820s....
  • Owner

    Cumbria County History Trust
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
  • License

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  • Further information

    Link: https://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/midgeholme
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 3 years, 11 months ago
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    Picture Taken: Unknown
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