Category - Academic Studies

The Economic and Social Conditions of Lead Miners in the North Pennines in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Title: The Economic and Social Conditions of Lead Miners in the North Pennines in the 18th and 19th Centuries Series: Durham University Thesis for Master of Letters 1968 Author: Christopher John Hunt Pages: 490 Studies the increasing influence of the mine employer in the work, social, religious and private life of his miners, who in 1750 were...

The Decline of the Lady's-Mantles and Other Hay Meadow Species in Northern England Since the 1950s

Title: The Decline of the Lady's-mantles and Other Hay Meadow Species in Northern England since the 1950s Series: Watsonia 27 pages 315-321 (2009) Author: Margaret E Bradshaw Pages: 6 Compares the results of distribution surveys of lady mantle species in the hay meadows and road and railway verges of Teesdale and Weardale between 1950 and...