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Holmleigh
Hob Uid: 1516512
Location : Cumbria South Lakeland Preston Richard
Grid Ref : SD5435085480
Summary : Cottage erected by W H Wakefield & Co on the edge of their Gatebeck Low Gunpowder Works between 1858 and 1896. The works closed in 1936 and the cottage was sold off. It is now in private ownership, and is called Holmleigh.
More information : SD 5435 8548 (FCE). Cottage erected by W H Wakefield & Co on the edge of their Gatebeck Low Gunpowder Works between 1858 and 1896. The works closed in 1936 and the cottage was sold off; it is now in private ownership, and is called Holmleigh. Recorded at Level 1 as part of the EH: Gatebeck Low Gunpowder Works Survey. See report (1a) in NMR for further discussion. (1)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Marcus Jecock/14-JUN-2006/EH: Cumbrian Gunpowder Industry Project
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Source Number : 1A
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Source details : M Jecock, C Dunn, A Hunt, P Sinton, N Archer, M Bentley, T Berry, I Goodall, A Menuge and S Taylor 2009, Gatebeck Low Gunpowder Works and the Workers' Settlements of Endmoor and Gatebeck (RDRS 63-2009), 128-9
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
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Monument Start Date : 1858
Monument Type : Workers Cottage
Evidence : Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : 20th Century
Monument End Date : 1936
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Monument Type : Workers Cottage
Evidence : Building

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 58 NW 92
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2006-02-20
End Date : 2006-06-14

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Holmleigh