Category - Academic Studies

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...

An Economic Study of Elementary Education in County Durham in the Early Part of the 19th Century

Title: An Economic Study of Elementary Education in County Durham in the Early Part of the 19th Century Series: Durham University Thesis for Master of Education 1966 Author: R Pallister Pages: 2 volumes, 333 and 45 pages A very approachable read.  It puts elementary education in the context of the social and industrial/economic conditions of the...

Settlement and Economy in the Forest and Park of Weardale 1100-1800

Title: Settlement and Economy in the Forest and Park of Weardale 1100-1800 Series: University of Durham thesis for Master of Arts 1977 Author: Peter Lonsdale Bowes Pages: 241 A study of land use in Upper Weardale from the medieval colonisation to the end of the 18th C. , charting  the effects of lead mining on the dale's occupation and economy and...

Lead Production on the North East Periphery: A Study of the Bowes Family Estate 1550-1771

Title: Lead Production on the North East Periphery Series: Durham University Doctoral Thesis 2010 Author: John William Brown Pages: 363 Examines the lead production process - finding the lead, mining, smelting and the lead trade in North East England - through the participation of the Bowes family in Teesdale for the period from mid 16th C to...