Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales
Lead mining, a major industry in the Northern Pennines 1650 to 1900
Themes: Past occupations, Rural life of the past, Mining
Key Stage/Subject: KS2 History, KS3 Citizenship, KS3 History, KS2 Citizenship, KS3 Geography more...
Resource created by: Dales Countryside Museum
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Key Stage/Subject: KS2 History, KS3 Citizenship, KS3 History, KS2 Citizenship, KS3 Geography more...
Resource created by: Dales Countryside Museum
If you like this, you might like these: Similar Resources
Explore Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales...
- Introduction
- Early mining: a brief history
- Lead production in the 18th and 19th Centuries
- Mining Methods - Bell Pits and Hushes
- Mining Methods - Levels, Stopes, Deads and Spoil
- Mining Methods - Shafts
- Processing Ore - The Dressing Floor
- Processing Ore - The Smelt Mill
- Mining Landscape
- Where Miners lived
- A life of exremely hard work
- Time for Fun and Games
- The end of an era
- Grinton Smelt Mill - A Case Study
- Grinton Smelt Mill - Diagrams
- Grinton Smelt Mill - Come and See
- Suggested Activities
- Resources to Download
- Further sources of information
- National Curriculum Objectives
- Generic Learning Outcomes


