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A map showing the civil parish boundaries in 1870. A map showing the Limehouse wards of Stepney Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. The name relates to the local lime kilns or, more precisely, lime oasts, by the river. The name is from Old English līm-āst "lime-oast", and appears in a 1335 record. [3] The name is found used in 1417:
The area is known for a system of deep rock fissures and crevices, some of which are accessible from a trail via ladders at the location known as the "Hole in the Wall". [3] Remains of the 19th century lime kilns (first opened in 1840 and ceased operations in 1917 [4]) can be found in the area, making it a site of the regional cultural heritage.
The Bruce trail contains the very reason Limehouse is a place on the map today: the kilns. Best accessed through the Limehouse Conservation Area the lime kilns can be found throughout the Limehouse section of the Bruce Trail. The kilns are slowly deteriorating because of age. However, the largest of them, a draw kiln, is currently being ...
House built in 1808, and 19th-century lime kiln. Peter Houghtaling Farm and Lime Kiln, West Coxsackie, New York, NRHP-listed; Powell–Trollinger Lime Kilns, at Catawba, Catawba County, North Carolina, NRHP-listed. Three lime kilns built about 1865, built into the side of a hill behind a solid stone wall, 20 to 30 feet high.
Lime Kiln Remains, Ipswich; Pipers Creek Lime Kilns; Raffan's Mill and Brick Bottle Kilns; There were a number of lime kilns at Wool Bay, South Australia. One kiln remains and was listed along with the jetty under the name of Wool Bay Lime Kiln & Jetty on the South Australian Heritage Register on 28 November 1985. There also are or were lime ...
Lime Kilns (Lincoln, Rhode Island) Lime Rock, Rhode Island; Limekiln State Park; List of Michigan State Historic Sites; Luman Andrews House; M.
Lime Kiln Point State Park is a 42-acre Washington state park on the western shore of San Juan Island in the San Juan archipelago. The park is considered one of the best places in the world to view wild orcas from a land-based facility. [ 2 ]
The earliest known mention of lime workings in the parish of Cocking is in 1715, when Cowdray Estate documents refer to two isolated lime kilns being in use. [4] A map of the Cowdray Estate from 1768 shows a chalk pit on Cocking Hill, [5] while the tithe map of 1842 shows the chalk pit as being assigned to Rev. Thomas Valentine, the incumbent ...