Millom


https://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/millom

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Millom


Cumberland


Millom Town Council Area


Civil Parishes in Cumbria

  • Description

    "Industrial town in Millom parish, Allerdale above Derwent ward, Cumberland. Millom was UD from 1894 to 1934.....Hodbarrow iron mine, which was to become ‘the most productive haematite mine in the British Isles’ developed in early 1860s. Annual output was c.120,000 tons in 1866; by 1880 it had risen to 343,000 tons; and by 1901 to c.400,000 tons. Iron works with two blast furnaces built 1866-7...."

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    Cumbria County History Trust

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    Link: https://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/millom
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 6 years ago
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