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.
Creator
Helen Guy
Contributor
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)
Written version of the Heritage Open Day public talk from the 10th September 2016
Creator
Helen Guy
Source
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,
Extracts from John Parke's journal from 1769 - 1772 describing the events in Swaledale during the disputes and trials between Lord Pomfret and Thomas Smith. John Parkes and Company had leased mining ground from Thomas Smith and this ground was the subject of the dispute.
Creator
Helen Guy
Source
Fawcett, E (circa 1939) Lead Mining MS, North Yorkshire County Records Office.
Information on the smelting techniques used by the mining companies to convert the mined galena ore into the final lead bars ready for sale
Creator
Helen Guy
Source
Raistrick, A. (1975) The Smelting Mills, Gill, M. (1993) Swaledale Mines & Smelt Mills, Mills, A (2011) Miners and Mining in Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Friends of Reeth Museum
Information on the various methods used to extract led ore from the ground
Creator
Helen Guy
Source
Raistrick, A. (1975) The Smelting Mills. Gill, M. (1993) Swaledale Mines & Smelt Mills. Mills, A (2011) Miners and Mining in Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Friends of Reeth Museum.
. M.Hartley & J,Ingilby (1982) A Dales Heritage. Dalesman Publication. Hartley, M (1950) Yorkshire Heritage: A Memoir to Ella Pontefract, Dent Publishers
Information on what life was like for a lead miner including living conditions, religion and leisure pursuits.
Creator
Helen Guy
Source
Raistrick, A (1975) Lead Industry of Wensleydale & Swaledale Vol 1. Moorland Publishing. Hardy, J (1998) Swaledale, Portrait of a North Yorkshire Mining Community, Frank Peters Publishing