Harlesthorpe Dam
Introduction
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Harlesthorpe Dam
Image: © Michael Patterson Taken: 9 Feb 2006
Although now used for fishing Harlesthorpe Dam was, or so the story used to go, used to supply a head of water to a nearby mill. The mill was said to produce cloth for making sails. This cloth was known as Bump and the name Bump Mill Pond was widely used in the locality. Please feel free to correct or add to this.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.280511
Longitude
-1.265064