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...
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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...