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D2461 - Lead mines, lead smelting works and associated buildings: Wensley, Wakebridge, Crich, Bonsall, Wirksworth and other places in the peak district, 19th cent - [20th cent]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D2461/1-2
Title
Copy sale particulars re Mill Close Stoop or Mill Close mine [Wensley], shares in the Bage mine in the liberty of Wirksworth; Wakebridge mine, shares in mines in Crich, Bonsall, Ashford, Youlgreave, Eyam, Matlock, Taddington, Griffe Grange, Wesley, Winster, Wirksworth, Middleton by Wirksworth, Cromford, Brassington and Elton; Lea lead smelting works, land nearby and canal and wharf at Lea; Meerbrook smelting works at Alderwasley, wharf and railway siding at Homesford near the smelting works, and land at Meerbrook; farmhouse; and farm at Warren Carr; small piece of land in Stanton (in which the third and largest shaft, now a ventilating shaft, to Mill Close Mine is situated) and Wirksworth; Ore house etc at Brassington
Date
20th cent
Description
Copy sale particulars of premises to be auctioned on 11 Nov 1886 on instructions of devises in trust for sale under wills of Mrs Anne Wass of The Green, Lea, and of the late Edward Miller Wass of Matlock Bath. Details include Mill Close Stoop/Mill Close mine with its machinery; machinery at Bage mine; ore houses and furnace ; engines at Crich, Wirksworth and Elton; land at Winster; details of tenures and rentals
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2 items
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Derbyshire Record Office
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Unidentified
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Stanton in Peak / Darley Dale; Mill Close Mine; Lead mine
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