Blakethwaite Mine

aka Top Level

Lead Mine
Worked from 1797 to 1861

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot



Yorkshire Dales
Gunnerside
54.421949, -2.095209
NY 9392 0295
Open Access
550m
#14,577


1797-1806 Chaytor & Co. 1806-1812 Thomas Chippindale & Co. 1813-1836 Robert Clarke & Co. 1836-1847 Ottiwell Tomlin & Co. 1848-1861 Thomas Bradley & Co. 1862-1866 Blakethwaite Mining Co. 1867-1872 Sir George Denys 1873-1883 AD Lead Mini



Publications (21)

  • (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXVI - Lead & Zinc Ores or Durham, Yorkshire & Derbyshire; 126 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Blakethwaite And Stonesdale Mines.; 1 pages
  • Carlisle, David and Gill, Mike (2004); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 15-4&5 - Swaledale's Hydraulic Engines; 3 pages (33-35)
  • Gill, M.C. & Burt, R.; NMRS (2003); British Mining 72 - Mines of Yorkshire, The; ISBN 0901450 56 1; pp.42,73-75,256,328,368-369,375.
  • Gill, M.C.; NMRS (2004); British Mining 74 - Keighley Coal; ISBN 0901450 57 X; pp.83.
  • NMRS (1971); Memoirs Vol2, No.1; pp.8-9,12.
  • NMRS (1972); Memoirs Vol2, No.2; pp.54,94,96.
  • NMRS (1973); Memoirs Vol2, No.3; pp.152-154,156.
  • NMRS; British Mining 19 - Memoirs 1980-1982; pp.15.
  • NMRS; British Mining 45 - Memoirs 1992; pp.125.
  • NMRS; British Mining 67 - Memoirs 2000; pp.9-10,22,73-74,79,97,109.
  • NMRS; British Mining 92 - Memoirs 2011; pp.111.
  • NMRS; British Mining 93 - Memoirs 2012; pp.18.
  • NMRS; British Mining 98 - Memoirs 2014; pp.71-80.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Aug/1994; pp.3.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Aug/1996; pp.8.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Dec/1996; pp.7.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Dec/1998; pp.3.
  • Tyson, L.O.; NMRS (1986); British Mining 29 - History of the Manor & Lead Mines of Arkengarthdale; ISBN 0901450 28 6; pp.36.
  • Tyson, L.O.; NMRS (1989); British Mining 38 - History of the Manor & Lead Mines of Marrick; ISBN 0901450 35 9; pp.54.
  • Tyson, L.O.; NMRS (1995); British Mining 53 - Arkengarthdale Mines, The; ISBN 0901450 44 8; pp.32,62.






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