EPW054820 ENGLAND (1937). The town, Lostwithiel, 1937
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Title | [EPW054820] The town, Lostwithiel, 1937 |
Reference | EPW054820 |
Date | August-1937 |
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Place name | LOSTWITHIEL |
Parish | LOSTWITHIEL |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 210401, 59795 |
Longitude / Latitude | -4.6685686580337, 50.406786225018 |
National Grid Reference | SX104598 |
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Friday 25th of April 2014 11:13:06 AM | |
Quay Street |
MB |
Tuesday 30th of July 2013 11:33:08 PM |
Carriage works - built, I think, originally for the Cornwall Railway |
MB |
Tuesday 30th of July 2013 11:32:46 PM |
Old limekilns |
MB |
Tuesday 30th of July 2013 11:26:19 PM |
Some brief history - mainly nineteenth century - of kilns at Lostwithiel is given by Ken Isham in 'Lime Kilns and Limeburners in Cornwall', Cornish Hillside Publications, 2000, 84-89 |
MB |
Tuesday 30th of July 2013 11:31:09 PM |
Limestone was brought up river from Fowey by barge. The Reed family was involved in running the kilns and barges in the nineteenth century. Once the railway was opened it possibly brought coal or culm for the kilns |
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Tuesday 30th of July 2013 11:35:22 PM |