Copper Mining in Middleton Tyas
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- Author(s) Hornshaw, T R
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1975
- Pages 153pp; illus
- Publisher North Yorkshire County Record Office
- Place Published Northallerton
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Reprinted 1981. Scholarly account dealing with a small industry in a limited area over a short period - but well documented to provide a 'fairly complete picture' in the mid 18th century and from 1860s. Has chapters: 'The parish and landowners'; 'The orefield'; 'The mines at Middleton Tyas; 'Labour and materials'; 'Ralph Hutchinson's Accounts [1742-67]; 'Labour and materials'; 'Drainage problems, 1752-55'; 'Extraction'; 'The later 18th century, 1754-1800'; 'The Merrybent Mines in the 19th century'. Touches on businesses such as New Merrybent & Middleton Tyas Mining & Smelting Co Ltd from 1860s until failure in 1870s, and D'Arcy Partners, Hartley family, Milbankes family