Wilk's Hill
Introduction
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Wilk's Hill
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 7 Jul 2015
This little hamlet consists of just 2 short terraced streets and a farm. The farm is on the first series Ordnance Survey map of 1861, but the houses don't appear until the 1898 one. They are possibly connected to the coal mining which once went on in this area.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.790064
Longitude
-1.734977