Merryfield Mine

aka Merryfield High Shaft, East Gin Shaft, or Ramsgill

Lead Mine
Worked until 1876

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot


Yorkshire Dales
Ashford Side Beck
54.093297, -1.833157
SE 1101 6639
Open Access
328m
#13,851

1537-1549 John Uvedale 1549-1554 Averye Uvedale 1757-1768 Storey & Co. 1793 John Horner & Co. 1815-1826 Atkinson, Jacques & Co. 1827-1841 William Watson & Co. 1841-1843 Cockerall & Co. 1841-1843 Yorkshire District Banking Co. 1854-1856 Will

Publications (13)

  • (1952); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol IV - Fluorspar; 162 pages
  • Dickinson, J.M. & Gill, M.C.; NMRS (1983); British Mining 21 - Greenhow Lead Mining Field, The; ISBN 0 901450 23 5; pp.4,7,10,62,65-74,78,80,83,85-86,98,100,104,106,111,112,115.
  • Dickinson, J.M.; NMRS (1970); Individual Survey Series 4 - Greenhow Lead Mining Field, The - A Historical Survey; pp.32-36,i,ii,v,vi.
  • Gill, M.C. & Burt, R.; NMRS (2003); British Mining 72 - Mines of Yorkshire, The; ISBN 0901450 56 1; pp.207,268-269,281-282,296,303,355,359.
  • Gill, M.C.; NMRS (1998); British Mining 60 - Greenhow Mines, The; ISBN 0901450 49 9; pp.8,10,11,43,82-88,90-98,100-101,103-104,108-110,112-113,142,144.
  • NMRS (1963); Transactions Vol.1 No.2; pp.37,39.
  • NMRS (1971); Memoirs Vol2, No.1; pp.5,11.
  • NMRS (1972); Memoirs Vol2, No.2; pp.71,73.
  • NMRS; British Mining 48 - Memoirs 1993; pp.10,146.
  • NMRS; British Mining 67 - Memoirs 2000; pp.89,96.
  • NMRS; Memoirs 1969; pp.29-30.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1979; pp.5.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1984; pp.8.

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