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...
Category - Academic Studies
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...
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...
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...
Title: Origins and Practices of the Weardale MoorMasters Series: Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Vol 12 No 3 1994 Author: Alan Blackburn Pages: 7 A brilliant description of the financing and control of the Weardale lead mines between the civil war and the 17th century. Includes a clear explanation of the lott due to the...