Title: Miners and Methodism in County Durham 1881-1991 Series: North History XLV111 2nd September 2011 Author: Steve Bruce Aberdeen University Pages: 19 Compares the impact of Methodism and its rise and decline in three contrasting mining areas of County Durham, Newbiggin in Upper Teesdale, the Deerness Valley and the east coast villages around...
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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...
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: 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...