Memories of a Lead Miner
A personal account of what life was like as a lead miner by John Rutter, who was the last lead miner in Gunnerside
Helen Guy
Gunnerside 2000 Collection. Reproduced with kind permission of David Crapper
Beldi Hill Trials Press Coverage
1771 national press coverage of the Beldi Hill dispute in Swaledale.
Helen Guy
Sourced with kind permission from www.dalesgeneology.com)
Farewell
A poignant poem by John Hardy that beautifully captures the spirit, hardships, life and times of the Swaledale miners
Helen Guy
Hardy, J (1998) – Swaledale Portrait of a North Yorkshire Mining Community 1998, Frank Peters Publishing.
A History of Lead Mining in Swaledale
Written version of the Heritage Open Day public talk from the 10th September 2016
Helen Guy
R.Fieldhouse & B. Jennings: A History of Richmond and Swaledale: Phillimore Classics 1978 Alan Mills: Mining & Miners in Swaledale & Arkengarthdale 2011. Les Turnbull: History of Lead Mining in NE of England 1975, John Morrison: Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales 1999. Images copyright 2016 Beamish Museum). Keith Sweetmore: Out of Court: the Battle for Beldi Hill. British Mining #92, Northern Mine Research Society 2011.C.Hallas (1999): Rural Response to Industrialisation,
Lead mining - a photographic collection
A collection of contemporary and historical photographs and images that illustrate the mines and miners and the legacy they had on the landscape of Swaledale.
Helen Guy
1: Adelaide Level ( Dave Harper) 2: Arngill mine shop (Helen Guy) 3: Beldi Hill ore hearth (Helen Guy) 4 & 5: Beldi Hill level (Simon Lowe) 6: Beldi Hill smelt mill (Helen Guy) 7: Blakethwaite peat store (Helen Guy) 8: Lowanthwaite mine (Helen Guy) 9: Sir Francis dressing floor (Helen Guy) 10: Gunnerside Gill hush (Helen Guy) 11: Old Gang (Helen Guy) 12: Sir Francis workings (Dave Harper) 13: Spence level, Old Gang (Helen Guy) 14: Sir Francis (Dave Harper) 15: Surrender mill flues (Helen Guy) 16: Merryfield (Helen Guy) 17: Setting charges ( Beamish Museum Collection) 18: Miners at Faggergill Mine (Beamish Museum Collection) 19: Mine Shop (Beamish Museum Collection)