| Title | 24 Hour Museum |
| Description | The 24 Hour Museum is an independent charity funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) through MLAC, the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries. The site promotes UK museums, galleries and heritage attractions and is the gateway to over 2,500 organisations so far. |
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| Title | A Glossary of Mining Terms Used In The Mid 1800s |
| Description | From the genuki.org.uk website. |
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| Title | A North Sea Oil Story |
| Description | Information on exploring for oil in the North Sea from the schoolscience.co.uk website. |
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| Title | A2A |
| Description | The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives held throughout England.
A2A does not yet offer a full description of all the archives in England, but it is regularly updated. Over 300 record offices and other repositories have supplied over six million catalogue entries so far. |
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| Title | Aberdeen Geological Society |
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| Title | Aberfan Disaster |
| Description | An archive news bulletin from the BBC website on the Aberfan disaster of 21 October 1966. Another clip on the disaster is also available on the BBC website. The clip is played via Real Player software which can be downloaded from the same page. |
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| Title | Aberfan Disaster 1966 |
| Description | This site provides a history of the Aberfan Disaster in October 1966 when a mining waste tip collapsed and killed 144 people, including over 100 children. The site has details of the Official Tribunal findings about the disaster and a commemorative poem. |
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| Title | Ackworth School Mining History Project |
| Description | Includes details on Allerton Bywater Colliery in Yorkshire. |
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| Title | After The Aberfan Disaster |
| Description | An archive clip from the BBC website looking back at the Aberfan disaster of 21 October 1966. A clip on the disaster is also available on the same BBC website. The clip is played via Real Player software which can be downloaded from the same page. |
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| Title | Aggregate Industries UK |
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| Title | AIM25 |
| Description | AIM25 is a project to provide electronic access to collection level descriptions of the archives of over fifty higher education institutions and learned societies within the Greater London area. This work is in progress and new descriptions are being added regularly. |
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| Title | Albion Stone |
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| Title | Alderley Edge Mines |
| Description | This website gives information about the mines in East Cheshire to the south of Manchester. The history and current state of the site is looked at and there is also information about the Derbyshire Caving Club and its activities and links to other sites of related interest. |
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| Title | Alfred McAlpine Slate |
| Description | This site provides company information and details of Alfred McAlpine's range of aggregates and industrial mineral products. |
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| Title | Alston Moor exploring change |
| Description | Pages on Alston Moor and its lead mines. This site will appeal to schoolchildren especially as it has sights and sounds to interact with and asks questions which need answers. |
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| Title | Amberley Working Museum |
| Description | This museum in West Sussex is on a site once used as a chalk quarry, where the chalk was converted to lime in kilns to produce mortar. |
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| Title | AMCO mining |
| Description | Official site of AMCO Mining, the UK based mining contractors. |
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| Title | Ancient Metallurgy Research Group |
| Description | The Ancient Metallurgy Research Group (AMRG) was set up in 1992 at Bradford University in the Department of Archaeological Sciences. AMRG encourages investigations into all areas of ancient and historical metallurgy, including mining, primary metal production, artefact manufacturing, slag and residue studies, cultural aspects of metallurgy and metals, geophysical survey of production sites, and archaeomagnetic dating of high-temperature features. |
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| Title | Anglesey Mining Plc |
| Description | Company site of Anglesey Mining Plc, which owns the Parys Mountain mines in Yns-Mon (Anglesey), North Wales; and the Dolaucothi Gold Mine near Lampeter, South Wales. |
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| Title | Apedale Heritage Centre |
| Description | Details of the Apedale Heritage Centre near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire and its museum and mine visits. |
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| Title | Archive Awareness Campaign |
| Description | The Archive Awareness Campaign started in 2003 to raise awareness of archives and is coordinated by The National Council on Archives with support from The National Archives and MLA. |
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| Title | Archives Council Wales |
| Description | Archives Council Wales was established in May 1995 and represents institutions and organisations from all parts of Wales involved with the administration of archives. Its aims are: to influence policy on archives in Wales; to bring to the attention of the public, government or relevant institutions or organisations, matters of current concern in the field of archives in Wales; to provide a focus for collaborative projects in the field of archives in Wales; to bring together institutions and organisations involved with the administration of archives in Wales and to provide a forum for the regular exchange of views between them. |
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| Title | Archives Hub |
| Description | The Archives Hub provides a single point of access to descriptions of archives held in UK universities and colleges. At present these are mostly at collection-level, although where possible they are linked to complete catalogue descriptions. The Archives Hub forms one part of the UK's National Archives Network, alongside related networking projects such as A2A. |
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| Title | Archives Network Wales |
| Description | Archives Network Wales is a web resource to allow easy searching of collections held by record offices, libraries, museums and universities in Wales. |
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| Title | ARCHON |
| Description | ARCHON is an online information gateway for archivists in the United Kingdom and users of manuscript sources for British history. It is hosted and maintained by the Historical Manuscripts Commission (HMC). ARCHON includes contact details for record repositories in the United Kingdom and also for institutions elsewhere in the world which have substantial collections of manuscripts. |
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| Title | Articles On Salt |
| Description | Articles from The Cheshire Magazine on the salt industry in Cheshire. |
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| Title | Aslib |
| Description | Aslib, The Association for Information Management, is a charity whose members are concerned with managing information resources efficiently. Its expertise is in helping and advising organisations on information management issues. Aslib's key roles are: to stimulate awareness of the benefits of good management of information resources and its value; to represent and lobby for the interests of the information sector on matters and networks which are of national and international import; and to provide a range of information related products and services to meet the needs of the information society. This is done through consultancy, publications, training and recruitment. |
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| Title | Association of Independent Museums |
| Description | The Association of Independent Museums was founded in 1977 to encourage new standards in service to users; represent its members in national policy making issues; and to provide a network of information and help. |
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| Title | Association of Industrial Archaeology |
| Description | The Association of Industrial Archaeology (AIA) is the national organisation for people who share an interest in Britain's industrial past. It brings together people who are researching, recording, preserving and presenting the great variety of this country's industrial heritage. Industrial architecture, mineral extraction, heritage-based tourism, power technology, adaptive re-use of industrial buildings and transport history are just some of the themes being investigated by its members.
Every year the AIA monitors over 200 hundred applications to alter or demolish industrial sites and buildings. It works with other amenity groups to protect Britain's heritage and represent Britain on the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage.
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| Title | Association of UK RIGS Groups |
| Description | UKRIGS is made up of the membership of Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites (RIGS) groups across the British Isles and exists to promote RIGS for education and public benefit. |
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| Title | Astley Green Colliery Museum |
| Description | Astley Green is near Manchester and the site, which has one of the few remaining colliery buildings in the UK, is run and maintained, on behalf of the community, by the Red Rose Steam Society Limited, a registered charity based in Lancashire. |
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| Title | Ayrshire Miners` Rows 1913 |
| Description | Wesbite detailing accommodation for miners in the Ayrshire region in early 20th Century.Links to further information on Ayrshire mining. |
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| Title | Baddesley Coal Mine |
| Description | P.A. Colbrook's memories of Baddesley (1969-1989). |
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| Title | Baggeridge Brick PLC |
| Description | Baggeridge Brick is the largest independent manufacturer of clay bricks and pavers in the UK. The company was founded in 1944 at Sedgley in the West Midlands. |
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| Title | Baryte |
| Description | Information on baryte - or should that be barite? Find out on Malcolm Woodward's website, which also has details on other minerals. |
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| Title | Bath Geological Society |
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| Title | Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution |
| Description | |
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| Title | Bath Stone Quarrying |
| Description | A look at the stone quarries near Bath and the history of the sites. |
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| Title | Beamish Open Air Museum |
| Description | Beamish, Britain's favourite open air museum, set in over 300 acres of beautiful countryside, vividly recreates life in the North of England in the early 1800s and 1900s. Winner of both the British Museum of the Year and European Museum of the Year Awards, it demonstrates the recent history of the region in a "living" way and provides entertainment and education for visitors of all ages and interests. |
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| Title | Bedwas Navigation Colliery |
| Description | |
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| Title | Bersham Colliery Mining Museum |
| Description | Wrexham County Borough Council site with information on the Bersham Colliery Mining Museum. |
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| Title | Bevin Boys |
| Description | Information on the 'Bevin Boys', the men who were conscripted to work in the coal mines in the UK from December 1943 until the end of the Second World War. |
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| Title | Big Pit |
| Description | The National Mining Museum of Wales site at Blaenafon, South Wales. |
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| Title | Birkhill Fireclay Mine |
| Description | The Birkhill Fireclay Mine near Edinburgh shows how fireclay was extracted and then formed into bricks to line the industrial furnaces of Central Scotland. |
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| Title | Blackhall Colliery |
| Description | Information and images of the Blackhall Colliery in North East England. |
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| Title | Bletchley Bricks |
| Description | |
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| Title | Blue Hills Tin Streams |
| Description | Information on the Blue Hills Tin Streams at St Agnes, Cornwall. |
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| Title | BOPCRIS |
| Description | The British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service. You can use this web site to search and browse information from British Official Publications over the period 1688-1995. |
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| Title | Bovingdon Bricks |
| Description | |
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| Title | Bowes Railway |
| Description | Bowes Railway was originally a colliery railway built to carry coal mainly from pits in north west Durham to the Tyne at Jarrow. The earliest section was designed by George Stephenson and opened on 17 January 1826, making it one of the world's first modern railways. |
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| Title | BP Archives |
| Description | Details on BP's Archives Unit in the UK at the University of Warwick. Company history and information is also available on this site. |
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| Title | Brick Company Archives in Cambridgeshire |
| Description | Brick company archive material available at the Cambridgeshire Archives Service. |
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| Title | Brick Development Association |
| Description | The Brick Development Association (BDA) promotes the use of clay bricks and pavers in architectural, structural, landscape and craft applications. The UK and Irish manufacturers of clay bricks and pavers who form the BDA membership account for well over 80% of the UK and Ireland's total brick making capacity. |
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| Title | Brickmakers Index |
| Description | Includes an introduction to the index, a bibliography, a map and contact details of how to get information held in the index/database. |
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| Title | Brickmaking In Bedfordshire |
| Description | Information from the 'Legacies' pages at the BBC website on local and industrial history. |
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| Title | Brickmaking In Rhyl |
| Description | From the BBC website. |
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| Title | Bristol City Council |
| Description | Official website of Bristol City Council |
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| Title | Bristol Naturalists' Society |
| Description | |
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| Title | British Aggregates Association |
| Description | |
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| Title | British Association of Colliery Management |
| Description | Details on the British Association of Colliery Management, which was formed in the 1940s in Yorkshire. |
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| Title | British Brick Society |
| Description | |
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| Title | British Cave Research Association |
| Description | he British Cave Research Association is a registered charity whose object is to promote the study of caves and associated phenomena. |
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| Title | British Cement Association |
| Description | |
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| Title | British Ceramic Confederation |
| Description | BCC is a trade association that provides vital support for UK manufacturers of ceramics, including tableware, refractories, bricks, tiles and sanitaryware, and the suppliers of related materials. |
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| Title | British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme |
| Description | |
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| Title | British Geological Survey |
| Description | The official site of the British Geological Survey. Includes details on the National Archive of Geological Photographs. |
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| Title | British Gypsum |
| Description | |
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| Title | British Isles - A Natural History |
| Description | The Open University website which has information on the natural history of the British Isles to link with the BBC 1 television series of the same name. One of the features of the site is the Geology Toolkit. |
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| Title | British Isles Administrative Regions |
| Description | A handy guide from the Gen UKI website to the administrative and boundary changes that have taken place over the years in the British isles. |
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| Title | British Land Reclamation Society |
| Description | The British Land Reclamation Society (BLRS) is concerned with the reclamation, rehabilitation and restoration of land, including contaminated, derelict and abandoned land from mineral working and former urban and industrial uses. Its aims include acting as a forum for the discussion of issues concerning land reclamation and related topics; promoting the best possible practice and research in the fields in which the society is active; advancing international co-operation in the fields in which the society is active; and organising meetings and other events. |
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| Title | British Library |
| Description | The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It aims to make the world's intellectual, scientific and cultural heritage accessible, and to bring the collections of the British Library to everyone. It receives a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland; has manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents; and holds a Sound Archive which keeps sound recordings from 19th-century cylinders to the latest CD, DVD and minidisc recordings. The website includes online catalogues, information and exhibitions. |
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| Title | British Lime Association |
| Description | |
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| Title | British Marine Aggregate Producers Association |
| Description | The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) is the trade association for an industry that works 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year helping to satisfy Britain’s needs for aggregates. This material has been used for some of Britains most glamorous projects and may also have supplied the sand and gravel from which your home is built. |
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| Title | British Mining Database |
| Description | This is a central point to find information about mines throughout the UK and Ireland. The information is mainly historical but some links to working mines are included. |
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| Title | British Pathe mining films |
| Description | A page showing the films available on mining from the British Pathe website. |
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| Title | British Records Association |
| Description | Founded in 1932, the British Records Association aims to encourage and assist with the preservation, care use and publication of historical records. |
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| Title | British Salt |
| Description | Information and images on the history of salt from the British Salt webpages. Navigate your way to the education pages from the home page. |
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| Title | British Standards Institute |
| Description | This part of the BSI website looks at its work with the mining and metals industries. |
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| Title | British Stone Stone List
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| Description | BRE is currently involved with a major project on the testing and assessment of natural stones currently produced in the UK. The project is part of the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) Partners in Technology Programme and is jointly funded by the DETR and the UK stone producers. The first phase of the programme began in April 1996, dealing with limestones; the second phase, on sandstones, started in the Autumn of 1997 and it is hoped that the third phase (on slates, granites and other igneous stones) will begin in May 1999 and be completed in towards the end of 2001.
The results presented here represent the first output from the project and further results will be added as they become available. Some results for sandstones are included, these are based on earlier BRE research undertaken as a pilot project prior to the start of the limestone work and on the results of tests carried out for producers by other test houses.
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| Title | Brogden Stone Supplies |
| Description | |
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| Title | Building With Scottish Stone |
| Description | |
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| Title | Bursledon Brickworks |
| Description | |
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| Title | Business Archives Council |
| Description | The BAC aims to: promote the preservation of business records of historical importance; supply advice and information on business archives and modern records; encourage interest in and study of business history and archives; and provide a forum for the custodians and users of business archives. |
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| Title | Business Archives Council of Scotland |
| Description | The Business Archives Council of Scotland was established in 1960 as an independent archive body concerned with the active preservation of Scottish Business Records. The Council deals specifically with the preservation of Scottish business records, broadly defined to include professional bodies and associations, and the promotion of their study. The Council employs one full-time Surveying Officer who operates out of the University of Glasgow Archive Services. The Surveying Officer contacts companies in order to locate records of a historical nature. Once found the records are sorted, listed and advice offered to ensure the records' preservation, be it on the company's premises or in a public repository.
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| Title | Buxton Lime Firms Co. Ltd |
| Description | Includes a history of this lime and cement producing company. |
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| Title | Camborne School of Mines |
| Description | The website for the Camborne School of Mines, a department of Exeter University, which caters for geography, archaeology and earth resources, and aims to increase knowledge, understanding and management of Earth processes, resources and the environment.
The site has a useful glossary of mining terms. |
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| Title | Camborne School of Mines Virtual Museum of the Cornubian Orefield |
| Description | Introduction to the geology of the ore producing parts of the Cornish peninsula. |
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| Title | Cambrian Goldfields Ltd |
| Description | The home site of Cambrian Goldfields Ltd, which gives a background to gold mining in Wales and the current state of the industry. |
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| Title | Cannock Chase Mining Historical Society |
| Description | The home page of the Cannock Chase Mining Historical Society, which aimts to preserve mining history, memorabilia, photographs and artefacts of the Cannock Chase Coalfield. Its other aims are to maintain a Historical Society relating to the coal mining industry in the area and provide educational information for local schools and the community in the form of booklets, pamphlets and talks.
Further publications are planned.
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| Title | Caradale Bricks |
| Description | |
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| Title | Carn Brea Mining Society |
| Description | The Carn Brea Mining Society was formed in 1974 to encourage the study of all aspects of mining, geology and mineralogy in the South West of England. |
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| Title | Carnglaze Caverns |
| Description | Visitor information for these show caves- former slate mines. |
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| Title | Catalogue of mining internet resources |
| Description | Mining information available as highlighted on the BUBL website, an information resource for the academic and research community. |
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| Title | Caves and caving in the UK |
| Description | A personal site by Andrew Brooks, Dundee University on caves and caving in the UK. |
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| Title | Cefn Coed Colliery Museum |
| Description | Details on the Neath Port Talbot Borough Council run Cefn Coed Colliery Museum. |
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| Title | Cefn Coed Colliery Museum |
| Description | A steam winding engine, now electrically driven, an underground simulated mining gallery and a collection of mining tools and equipment can be seen at this museum housed in the original buildings of the former Cefn Coed Colliery. |
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| Title | Celtic Energy Ltd |
| Description | Home page of Celtic Energy Ltd, which was formed in January 1995 following the privatisation of British Coal.
As Wales' leading coal mining company, Celtic Energy Ltd produces over 2 million tonnes of high quality coal every year from its sites in South Wales.
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| Title | Cementitious Slag Makers Association |
| Description | Information on ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS), a by-product from the blast-furnaces used to make iron. |
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| Title | Cemex |
| Description | Cemex is the leading producer of readymix concrete and the second-largest manufacturer of aggregates in the UK. It operates more than 300 readymix concrete plants, over 130 quarries, four cement plants, seven terminals and more than 150 other operating units ranging from asphalt, mortar and recycling plants to pre-cast concrete and specialist product factories. Cemex also operates a fleet of dredgers through its marine aggregates business. |
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| Title | Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy |
| Description | The Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee is the internationally renowned graduate school in the field of international business transactions and natural resources and energy law and policy. |
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| Title | Charting the Nation |
| Description | The Charting the Nation image collection includes a wide variety of maps, manuscripts and printed texts relating to the geography and mapping of Scotland from 1550 to 1740 and beyond. The site contains source materials for the study of the history of cartography, architectural history, genealogy, military history, environmental history and archaeology, amongst many other disciplines. Over 3,500 high resolution images are currently available.
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| Title | Cheltenham Mineral & Geological Society |
| Description | |
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| Title | Children in coal mines in the 19th century |
| Description | Notes on using primary evidence to write an account of children working in a coal mine. |
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| Title | Chwarel Hen Slate Cavern |
| Description | Some information on Chwarel Hen Slate Cavern by Catherine Frumerman. |
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| Title | CILIP
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| Description | The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) aims to raise the profile of library and information work and to support the needs of the library and information community. |
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| Title | Clackmannanshire from ice to glass |
| Description | "Clackmannanshire From Ice to Glass" is a local history website for
children. We hope it will be enjoyed by adults too!
"Clackmannanshire From Ice to Glass" is the website of the book of the
same name written by Jannette Archibald and the pupils of Primary 5 at St
John's School, Alloa in 2000.
The book was written for children so that they would find out how their
great-grandparents and grandparents lived. In particular, looking at what
they worked at, how they enjoyed themselves and how the town of Alloa
became one of Scotland's first industrial towns. You will see why the
smallest county in Scotland developed so many industries during the 19th
century. |
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| Title | CLAIRE |
| Description | Contaminated Land: Applications In Real Environments (CLAIRE) is a public/private partnership. |
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| Title | Clay Trails |
| Description | Project linked with Mobilise and Sustrans publicising cycle and footpath trails in the China Clay mining area of Cornwall |
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| Title | Clearwell Caves Ancient Iron Mines |
| Description | Details on the Clearwell Caves Ancient Iron Mines in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. |
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| Title | Cleveland Potash |
| Description | Information on the only potash mine in the UK at Boulby on the north east coast of England. |
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| Title | Clifton And Cotgrave Collieries |
| Description | Information in mining in Nottinghamshire. |
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| Title | Cloburn Quarry |
| Description | |
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| Title | Coal & Ironstone Mining in North Derbyshire |
| Description | Information on mines in North Derbyshire with details on individual mines and photos. |
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| Title | Coal And Bo'ness |
| Description | Details on mining in the Bo'ness area of Scotland. |
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| Title | Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation |
| Description | The Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (CISWO) is a national charity which aims to deliver community and personal welfare services within mining and former mining communities. |
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| Title | Coal Merchants Federation |
| Description | |
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| Title | Coal Mine Sites for Targetted Remediation Research (Costar) |
| Description | Costar is a grouping of organisations interested in the cleaning up of former mining sites in the north east of England. The site gives information on the partners and their sites, the funding, facilities etc. |
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| Title | Coal mines of North East Lancashire |
| Description | Details from the Craven & Pendle Geological Society website on coal mines in north east Lancashire. |
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| Title | Coal Mining and Railways in the North East |
| Description | Details from the North East England History Pages on coal mining & railways in the north east. |
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| Title | Coal mining and the industrial revolution |
| Description | Text based site on the relationship between coal and the Industrial revolution in the UK in the 18th century. |
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| Title | Coal Mining History Resource Centre
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| Description | A site put together by Ian Winstanley with a variety of information and links on mining in the UK. |
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| Title | Coal mining in North East England |
| Description | Information on coal mining in North East England, with details of museums, resources. |
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| Title | Coal mining in North Staffordshire |
| Description | Information on coal mining in North Staffordshire on a website researched, designed and created by Aileen Tong as part of her MSc IT course at Keele University. |
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| Title | Coal mining in Rishton |
| Description | Review of coal mining in Rishton with information on Rishton colliery. |
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| Title | Coal Mining In The Brownhills Area |
| Description | This website also has links to information on mining in Aldridge and Walsall Wood, as well as details on brickmaking in Aldridge. |
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| Title | Coal mining in Tyldesley |
| Description | Details on coal mining in Tyldesley from the Tyldesley and District Historical Society web pages. |
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| Title | Coal mining in Worcestershire |
| Description | Brief notes on coal mining in Worcestershire. |
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| Title | Coal mining records at The National Archives |
| Description | Details of coal mining records in The National Archives giving a brief summary and reference numbers. |
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| Title | Coal mining research services |
| Description | Website of ex-coal miner, historian, archivist Alan Davies. |
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| Title | Coal Research Forum |
| Description | The Coal Research Forum was formed in 1988 to bring together those with interests in coal research and to promote these interests within the UK. |
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| Title | Coal, collieries and mining |
| Description | A webring page with links to sites on coal, collieries and mining. |
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| Title | Coalfield Heritage Initiative Kent |
| Description | This project (CHIK), which aims to record and preserve East Kent's mining heritage, has been running since 2001. CHIK will also record and promote the heritage and cultural side of the Kent coalfield and its communities, before it is lost. This involves the participation of communities and the creation of community archives (including oral history); the creation of a Miners Way trail; and the use of material for exhibitions. |
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| Title | Coalfield Web Materials |
| Description | Coalfield Web Materials provides a unique insight into the social, political and cultural life of the South Wales Coalfield during the 19th and 20th centuries. The site includes: clips from audio and video interviews, ranging from significant political and trade union leaders to men who worked in the coal mines and their families; and photographs which illustrate all aspects of life in the coalfield.
The site is based on the holdings of the South Wales Coalfield Collection at University of Wales Swansea. This project is an AGOR partner together with the Llechwefan website.
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| Title | Coalfields Enterprise Fund |
| Description | The Coalfields Enterprise Fund was launched in early 2004 and is managed by Enterprise Ventures on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Its aim is to encourage and support initiatives in former coalfield areas. |
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| Title | Coalmine Forum |
| Description | A mining discussion list |
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| Title | Coalmining In Castlecomer |
| Description | Information on anthracite coal mined at Castlecomer in Northern Ireland. From a website project by Firoda National School, Castlecomer, in Co. Kilkenny. |
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| Title | Coalmining In The Hebburn Area |
| Description | Read about Hebburn and its link with the testing of the Davey lamp on this Hebburn history website. There are also pictures of the coke works. |
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| Title | Collieries In Northumberland |
| Description | Details and images from the Childrens Employment Commission on Mines in 1842. The information comes from a Tyneside local and family history website. The site also has images of Dudley Colliery and its banner (which can be seen via the site's home page). |
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| Title | Collieries In The Stour Valley |
| Description | Details of collieries in the Stour Valley in the West Midlands from the Lost Labours website, which also includes images on the Wyre Forest coalfield in North Worcestershire. |
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| Title | Collieries Of The United Kingdom At Work In 1869 |
| Description | Web pages showing the coal mines working in the United Kingdom in 1869, using information from the annual lists of mines. |
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| Title | commaNET |
| Description | commaNET is a charity that promotes and supports community archives through advice and training. It sells the comm@ software and publishes the resulting archives on its website. It co-ordinate projects across the UK and worldwide. Mining images & references can be seen by searching the work section of the site which includes a sub-section on mining. |
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| Title | Coniston Coppermines |
| Description | Details on Coniston coppermines from the Ruskin Museum website. |
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| Title | COPAC |
| Description | COPAC provides free access to the merged online catalogues of 24 major university research libraries in the UK and Ireland; and the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Wales. |
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| Title | Copper Development Association |
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| Title | Cornish Geology |
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| Title | Cornish History |
| Description | Cornish History is an online journal and educational resource looking at the history of the county and its people.
The site includes papers, conference proceedings, articles and reviews on subjects that include mining. |
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| Title | Cornish Mines and Engines Centre, East Pool, Redruth |
| Description | Visitor information to the centre developed around the two surviving Cornish engines at East Pool near Redruth |
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| Title | Cornish Mines and Mining History in Cornwall |
| Description | Basic details on Cornish Mines and Mining History in Cornwall, with some images and links to more information. |
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| Title | Cornish Mining |
| Description | Find out about the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Bid Project, which is based at the Cornwall Archaeological Unit at County Hall, Truro. |
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| Title | Cornucopia |
| Description | Cornucopia is a database of UK museums and their collections. It has been made available to the public for evaluation and consultation and is now in the final stages of development. The site warns users that they may encounter some technical difficulties in using the browse facility.
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| Title | Cornwall County Council |
| Description | Official site of the County Council |
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| Title | Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative |
| Description | Description and landscape characterisation of selected mining and other industrial settlements in Cornwall. Part of the planning & conservation policy documentation supporting the World Heritage Site Bid. |
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| Title | Cousland Limeworks |
| Description | From the Cousland website, which has informaiton on this village in Midlothian, Scotland. |
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| Title | Craven & Pendle Geological Society |
| Description | Craven & Pendle Geological Society was formed in 1990 and gets its name from the Pendle Hill and the rolling landscape of the Craven Lowlands. The Society holds its indoor meetings at Burnley, which grew because of coal mining and textiles and Clitheroe's economy thrived on quarrying limestone. The website has sections on coal mining and quarrying. |
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| Title | Crosskeys Collieries |
| Description | Details on pits in the Crosskeys area in Gwent, South Wales from a Crosskeys history website. Includes photos and geological maps. |
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| Title | Cumberland Geological Society |
| Description | The Cumberland Geological Society, founded in 1962, has an active interest in all aspects of geology, particularly the county of Cumbria and the Lake District. |
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| Title | Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society |
| Description | Site of the Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society, which aims to bring together those with an interest in exploring, researching and recording mining activity in Cumbria. |
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| Title | Cumbria Mines And Minerals |
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| Title | Cwmtillery Colliery |
| Description | The history of the Cwmtillery Colliery in South Wales, from a Cwmtillery website, which also includes a glossary of mining terms. |
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| Title | Dalbeattie Granite Quarries |
| Description | Informative history of the local granite industry. |
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| Title | Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group |
| Description | The Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group (DTRG) studies and explores the tinworking and tin mining heritage of Dartmoor. |
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| Title | Dean Heritage Museum |
| Description | The Dean Heritage Museum at Soudley, Gloucestershire, contains much material related to the history of mining in the Forest of Dean. |
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| Title | DeepStore |
| Description | DeepStore is located 150 metres below ground in one of the most secure and stable environments in Britain, within the protective void space of a Cheshire Rock Salt Mine. The naturally stable atmospheric conditions provide the ideal long-term storage solution for documents and sensitive or fragile materials. The website includes a history of the site and the salt industry in the area.
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| Title | Delabole Slate Quarry |
| Description | History of the Delabole Slate Quarry, Cornwall, as detailed by the Calling Cornwall tourist information website. |
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| Title | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Description | The government department responsible for archives, libraries and museums policy. |
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| Title | Department of Trade and Industry |
| Description | The government department which has responsibility for energy and mining and minerals policy. |
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| Title | Des Garrity's Pages |
| Description | Des Garrity, a researcher, has compiled indexes to the Census 1851 and Census 1861 for Lanarkshire and some of Glasgow. He also offers to search records of poor relief applications eg. for unemployed or injured miners, for a minimal fee. |
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| Title | Description of Consett Ironworks |
| Description | Includes links to more information on coal, coke and the brickworks. |
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| Title | Devon County Council |
| Description | The official website of Devon County Council |
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| Title | Digging up the past |
| Description | A photographic archive from the South Wales coalfield put together by Bernard Ingram, who is also involved with the South Wales Mining Museum. Bernard has been taking photos and shooting cinefilm of the area for over 20 years. |
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| Title | Digital Handsworth |
| Description | This site is one of the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) digitisation projects and includes details on the Boulton & Watt works in Birmingham and some collieries. |
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| Title | Dipton and Burnopfield Coal Mining |
| Description | Information on mining in the Dipton and Burnopfield area of Co. Durham. The site has sections on the history of coal mining in the area, the South Medomsley mine explosion, and women working in the collieries. |
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| Title | Discover Hugh Miller |
| Description | The life and work of the 19th century geologist, Hugh Miller, whose fossil collection of 6000 specimens were part of the founding core of the collection held by the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. |
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| Title | Dolaucothi Gold Mines |
| Description | Details of where to find the Dolaucothi Gold Mines in South Wales. |
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| Title | Dolaucothi Gold Mines |
| Description | National Trust details on the Dolaucothi Gold Mines |
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| Title | Donisthorpe Colliery |
| Description | Details on Donisthorpe Colliery in Leicestershire from the I.A.Recordings (industrial archaeology) website. |
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| Title | Dorset Geologists' Association Group |
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| Title | Drax Power Station |
| Description | Drax is the largest coal-fired power station in the UK. |
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| Title | DTI Coal |
| Description | The coal section of the Department of Trade and Industry website |
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| Title | DTI Oil and Gas |
| Description | The oil and gas pages of the Department of Trade and Industry website |
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| Title | Duchy Of Lancaster Barmote Courts |
| Description | The Barmote Courts in Derbyshire deal with lead mining and makes sure that royalties are paid relating to mines on lands owned by the Duchy of Lancaster. The courts date back over 700 years. More details on the history of the court are also available from this site. |
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| Title | Dukes Wood Oil Museum |
| Description | This museum near Eakring in Nottinghamshire is on the site of the first major UK onshore oilfield. The website tells the story of the history of the site and the current activity there of wildlife education. |
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| Title | Dunaskin Experience |
| Description | Online site for the Dunaskin Open Air Museum. Includes education pages with descriptions of iron making, the blast engine, brick making and social history aimed at school children. |
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| Title | Durham Mining Museum |
| Description | This site covers mining in the northern part of England - County Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland and the ironstone mines of North Yorkshire. |
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| Title | Durham Pit Villages |
| Description | Information on mining and local history from the My Marras website. |
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| Title | Earby Mines Research Group |
| Description | Earby Mines Research Group was formed in 1945 within the Earby Pothole Club to explore lead and other mines in Yorkshire. It runs the Museum of Yorkshire Dales Lead Mining at the Old Grammar School, School Lane, Earby. |
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| Title | Earth Science Teachers' Association |
| Description | The aim of the Association is to advance education by encouraging and supporting the teaching of Earth sciences at all levels, whether as a single subject such as Geology, or as part of Science or Geography or other courses. |
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| Title | East Cornwall Mining History Association |
| Description | Covers ECMHA projects
East Kit Hill Engine House
Miners' Cottages at Luckett |
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| Title | East Herts Geology Club |
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| Title | East Kent Railway |
| Description | Details on what became known as the White Cliffs Colliery Line, which is looked after by the East Kent Railway Trust. |
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| Title | East Midlands Geological Society |
| Description | The Society was formed in 1964 and is based at Nottingham University. It provides lectures, field trips and publications.
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| Title | East Midlands Oral History Archive |
| Description | This link takes you to the East Midlands Oral History Archive catalogue page, where you can type in search words such as 'mining' for example. |
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| Title | Easton Colliery |
| Description | A short illustrated history of Easton Pits in Bristol, including miners working conditions and fatalities. |
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| Title | Edinburgh Geological Society |
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| Title | Elemore Colliery |
| Description | Information on Elemore Colliery near Sunderland in North East England. |
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| Title | Energy Institute |
| Description | The Energy Institute was created in 2003 by the merger of the Institute of Petroleum and the Institute of Energy.It is the leading professional body for the energy industries, representing almost 12,000 professionals both nationally and internationally. |
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| Title | Engaging The Mining Communities Of South and West Yorkshire |
| Description | The objective of this New Opportunities Fund (NOF) funded partnership is to collect and preserve a range of material slowly being lost through the death of the coal mining industry and to make that material available to a wider community to celebrate the culture and enable the regeneration of coalfield communities in South and West Yorkshire. |
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| Title | EnrichUK |
| Description | EnrichUK is the gateway to a lottery-funded collection of 150 sites supported by the New Opportunities Fund. The collection ranges across culture, history, social and economic development, science and art as well as offering regional and national 'sense of place' websites from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The EnrichUK search engine is delivering results for all active sites supported under the Fund's nof-digitise programme. Some of these sites are still under development, and enquiries about content or technical standards should be made to the individual sites. |
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| Title | Exploring Dartmoor |
| Description | A site on Dartmoor which includes sections on Dartmoor mines and the Devon Mineral & Mining Club. |
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| Title | Exxon Mobil |
| Description | Exxon Mobil's offshore oil and gas operations in the UK |
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| Title | Eyam Museum |
| Description | Amongst Eyam Museums collections are items relating to lead mining in the area. There is also a lead mine model. |
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| Title | Farnham Geological Society |
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| Title | Fife Mining Heritage Site |
| Description | Fife Mining Heritage is collecting information on all aspects of life on the coal field. Historical introduction, pictures, oral history, database of coal companies, brickworks, review of local publications and more. |
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| Title | Fife Pits |
| Description | Information and historical details on the Fife collieries and miners in Scotland. |
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| Title | Fishburn Colliery |
| Description | The Fishburn village website has links to pages on the colliery there, the coke plant and photographs. |
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| Title | Florence Mine |
| Description | Details on the Florence Mine Heritage Centre, near Egremont in Cumbria, the last deep working iron ore mine in Britain. |
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| Title | Forest Of Dean History |
| Description | The Forest of Dean is steeped in history, from ancient megalithic sites through to the industrial revolution and the coal mining of the 20th Century. Through these pages you can step back in time and work forwards to see how the modern day Forest of Dean developed. |
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| Title | Forest Of Dean Industry |
| Description | This page from the British History Online website gives details on mining in the Forest of Dean. The information comes from the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire (volume 5). |
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| Title | Forest Of Dean Local History Society |
| Description | Includes details of mining history in the area. |
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| Title | Foster Yeoman Limited |
| Description | Includes a section on the processes of working in a quarry. |
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| Title | Foundations Of The Peak |
| Description | Welcome to a unique interactive guide to the natural and man-made landscape of the Derbyshire Peak District. At the heart of the site is a 3 dimensional model that will allow you to 'fly' across the landscape. |
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| Title | Freshfield Lane Brickworks |
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| Title | Friends Of Chatterley Whitfield Colliery |
| Description | Chatterley Whitfield is a derelict colliery at Stoke-on-Trent. |
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| Title | Friends of Williamson's Tunnels |
| Description | Welcome to the fascinating world of the Williamson tunnels - a strange underground kingdom which has been beneath the city of Liverpool in North West England since the early 1800s. |
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| Title | Gateway to the Archives of Scottish Higher Education (GASHE) |
| Description | Online links to the catalogues of the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, St Andrews, Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian, Dundee and Napier, with the Glasgow School of Art and Edinburgh College of Art. |
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| Title | Gathering The Jewels |
| Description | This link takes you to the industry section of the Gathering the Jewels website, which represents a unique coming together of libraries, museums and archives from all over Wales - national and local - to share their collections and create a national resource across the World Wide Web. This project is funded by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) as part of its 'Digitisation of Learning Materials' programme. |
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| Title | Gazetteer of British Place Names |
| Description | The Gazetteer of British Place Names is a unique source of geographical information. It provides the most exhaustive Place Name Index to Great Britain currently available, contains over 50,000 entries including commonly accepted alternative spellings and Welsh and Gaelic versions, and lists the County in which each place lies. It also lists the name of the most important administrative areas (i.e. of local government, police, health authority, region and lieutenancy) in which each place lies.
The gazetteer can also be downloaded (at a cost) and a demo version is available. |
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| Title | Geevor tin mine |
| Description | This site tells you all about the Geevor Tin Mine, a Museum and Heritage Centre on the outskirts of Pendeen, in the far west of Cornwall.
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| Title | Gemmology and Gemstones in Scotland |
| Description | Details on the Scottish Branch of the Gemmological Association. |
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| Title | General History Of Welsh Mining |
| Description | A brief look at Welsh mining from prehistoric and roman times to the present day. Contact details and a link to the British Mining Database are provided. |
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| Title | General search directory |
| Description | Directory-oriented general search engine |
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| Title | Geographical Issues in Ballymoney |
| Description | From the Geography In Action website, a resource for geography students and teachers in Northern Ireland. It looks at the issues involved in open cast lignite mining in an area of Special Scientific Interest and the arguments for and against. |
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| Title | Geological Society Of Glasgow |
| Description | The rocks and scenery around Glasgow make it one of the finest regions in Britain from which to gain an understanding of geology - the science of the Earth. The Geological Society of Glasgow was founded in 1858, and since that time it has had a proud history of activity and achievement in the study of geology in Scotland. |
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| Title | Geological Society Of Norfolk |
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| Title | Geological Survey of Ireland |
| Description | This website shows the range of activities carried out by The Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI), founded in 1845. It is responsible for providing geological advice and information, and for the acquisition of data for this purpose. GSI produces a range of products including maps, reports and databases.
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| Title | Geologists' Association |
| Description | The Geologists' Association was set up in 1858 and promotes the study of geology through publications, lectures and field meetings. It also funds geological research and conservation projects. |
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| Title | Geologists' Association - South Wales Group |
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| Title | Glebe Mines Limited |
| Description | Glebe Mines Ltd, based in the Derbyshire Peak District, is the main supplier of fluorspar in the UK. |
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| Title | Glo-Carreg: Memories of the Anthracite Coalfield |
| Description | This is an essay by Jim Griffiths (1890-1975), former M.P. for Llanelli and the first Secretary of State for Wales. Here he describes his memories of the South Wales coalfield where he grew up in Ammanford, including his first day working in the coal pit. |
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| Title | Glossary of Coal Industry Terms |
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| Title | Glossary of Terms Used in the Mining Industry |
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| Title | Good Quarry |
| Description | A website showing good practice in minimising the effects of quarrying and mining in the UK. |
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| Title | Goonvean |
| Description | Europe's largest independently owned kaolin producer, based in Cornwall. |
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| Title | Great Britain Historical GIS Project |
| Description | The Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System is a unique digital collection of information about Britain's localities as they have changed over time. Information comes from census reports, historical gazetteers, travellers' tales and historic maps, assembled into a whole that is much more than the sum of its parts.
It has been funded by the UK National Lottery to make the resource available on-line to everyone, presenting the information graphically and cartographically. There is also a link to the Vision of Britain through Time site, which presents the information. This includes data on percentages of the working population working in mining. This site tells you more about the project, and about historical GIS. |
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| Title | Great Orme Exploration Society |
| Description | The Great Orme Exploration Society was founded by local mine explorers in 1985 to study, investigate, and promote the history of 'Llandudno's Mountain', with a particular emphasis on the old mine workings. It was felt that this should be done from a 'conservation' standpoint with the intention of creating a greater awareness, among residents and visitors alike, of the rich and fascinating heritage of the Great Orme. |
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| Title | Great Orme Mines |
| Description | Details on the Great Orme bronze age copper mines at Llandudno in North Wales. |
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| Title | Great Rock Mine |
| Description | Information on the Great Rock Mine on Dartmoor in Devon. Includes photos from an ex-employee. |
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| Title | Gresford Colliery Disaster |
| Description | The story of the Gresford Colliery Disaster in 1934 is told in a feature called 'The real price of coal' on the Wrexham Borough Council website. |
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| Title | Gresford Colliery Disaster |
| Description | An archive news bulletin from the BBC website on the Gresford Colliery disaster of 22 September 1934. The clip is played via Real Player software which can be downloaded from the same page. |
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| Title | Grime's Graves |
| Description | The English Heritage flint mining site in Norfolk. |
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| Title | Gwynfynydd Mines |
| Description | Information on the Gwynfynydd Mines Royal, at Dolgellau in Gwynedd, North Wales. |
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| Title | Gypsum Products Development Association |
| Description | The role of the Gypsum Products Development Association (GPDA) is to develop and encourage the understanding of gypsum based building materials and systems.
The Association provides a cohesive package of advice and information on all developments affecting the gypsum industry, and communicates it to all aspects of the construction industry. Issues include the latest technical and product developments as well us training opportunities in the industry. |
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| Title | Haig Colliery Mining Museum |
| Description | Information on the Haig Colliery Mining Museum at Whitehaven, Cumbria's last deep coal mine. |
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| Title | Haig Colliery Mining Museum |
| Description | Details on the Haig Colliery Mining Museum at Whitehaven in Cumbria. |
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| Title | Hamilton through time - a brief history from the 14th to the 21st centuries |
| Description | Brief history of coalmining in the Hamilton area. |
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| Title | Hanson Bath & Portland Stone |
| Description | Hanson Bath & Portland Stone, based at Portland in Dorset, extracts 14 different types of building limestone including the biggest names in UK natural stone: Portland, Bath and Cotswold. |
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| Title | Hanson Brick UK |
| Description | Hanson Brick is the second largest brick maker in the UK with ranges such as Desimpel, London and Butterley ranges. It has 14 factories in England and Wales. |
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| Title | Harrow & Hillingdon Geological Society |
| Description | The society was formed in 1973 by a number of enthusiasts who had met at local evening classes. Membership has grown steadily to over 120 and the Society aims is to advance public appreciation of geology by observation, discussion, field studies, research, illustrated talks and exhibitions. |
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| Title | Harry Mole |
| Description | Harry Mole is the owner of a Forest of Dean colliery and his site has details on the free mines in the area, caving, and his other interests. |
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| Title | Harry Tootle's Mining Dictionary |
| Description | From the Coalmining Research Services website. |
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| Title | Hendrecoed North Wales Mining History |
| Description | The Hendrecoed North Wales mining history website is a project to document and make public some aspects of the mining history and associated industrial archaeology of North Wales. Includes information on manganese and mines & quarries. |
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| Title | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust |
| Description | The trust is located at the Geological Records Centre, University College Worcester. |
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| Title | Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Description | The Heritage Lottery Fund uses money from the National Lottery and gives grants to support a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom. These projects includes the areas of industrial heritage, records, buildings, and museum and gallery collections. The website has a database of all projects funded so far. |
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| Title | Hertfordshire Geological Society |
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| Title | Hillhouse Group |
| Description | Hillhouse Group designs, manufactures and supplies dry coated stone and concrete products in Scotland. |
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| Title | Hills Group |
| Description | Includes a history of the company and a booklet produced to celebrate 100 years of the company in 2000 (in PDF format but can be viewed via a browser). |
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| Title | Historic Environment Records |
| Description | Address list of HERs from the English Heritage website. |
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| Title | Historical Directories |
| Description | Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for research into local and genealogical history. |
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| Title | Historical Metallurgy Society |
| Description | The Historical Metallurgy Society Ltd provides a forum for exchange of information and research in historical metallurgy. It aims to gain recognition for the subject from the community at large and to be consulted when issues of preservation and recording arise. It covers all aspects of the history of metals and associated materials, production and use, technology and economics; from prehistory to the present. |
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| Title | History Of Cement |
| Description | Educational pages from the Castle Cement website on the history of cement. |
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| Title | History Of Coal Mining Technology |
| Description | Website of Ian Unwin, a former NCB Mining Research and Development
Establishment employer. This organisation later became the British Coal Corporation's Technical Services and
Research Executive. Mr Unwin is making available via the website two monographs on the industry he worked in - 'Mine Monitoring For Safety And Health' and 'The Measurement of Air Flow In British Coal Mines - A Historical Review'. |
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| Title | History of Polkemmet Colliery |
| Description | The colliery was at Whitburn, West Lothian in Scotland. |
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| Title | HM Inspectorate of Mines |
| Description | The Mines Inspectorate is a section of the Health & Safety Executive and its website gives details on what it does for the mining industry. |
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| Title | Honister Slate Mine |
| Description | Information on the Honister Slate Mine in Cumbria. |
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| Title | Hopewell Colliery Museum |
| Description | A Forest of Dean freemine, which is still worked today. Visitors can explore the old mine workings with a local miner as a guide.
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| Title | Horden Colliery |
| Description | A web site dedicated to the small ex-mining village of Horden in County Durham on the north east coast of England. |
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| Title | Horsham Geological Field Club |
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| Title | Huddersfield Geology Group |
| Description | Founded in 1995 the Huddersfield Geology Group is a group of amateur geologists, many of whom have enjoyed studying the subject at evening classes in the area, and are enthusiastic about finding out more about the geology of the Yorkshire Pennines. The talks are generally informal and we welcome anyone with an interest in rocks and landscapes, amateur or professional. |
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| Title | Hull Geological Society |
| Description | The Hull Geological Society was founded in 1888 and is now an educational Charity. |
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| Title | Ibstock Brick Limited |
| Description | Ibstock is the UK’s leading manufacturer of high quality clay facing bricks and paving. |
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| Title | IEA Clean Coal Centre |
| Description | International Energy Agency Coal Research - The Clean Coal Centre is the world's foremost provider of information on efficient coal supply and use, including details on innovation and continued development of coal as a clean source of energy. |
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| Title | Ilkeston Mines Rescue Station |
| Description | This site began as a tribute to Philip Healey, part of the permanent core of Mines Rescue men at Ilkeston Rescue Station in Derbyshire from 1954 to 1971. It now has information on UK mining in general as well. |
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| Title | Images of the Rhondda Valley |
| Description | Description with photographs of the history of the Rhondda valley including coal mining |
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| Title | Industrial Archaeology Recordings |
| Description | A site which has details on recordings and film relating to industrial archaeology. The work is funded by sales of video tapes based on archive material.
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| Title | Industrial changes action and reaction |
| Description | History at key stage 3 (Year 8) Unit 11: Industrial changes action and reaction - from The Standards Site website |
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| Title | Industrial Railway Society |
| Description | Via this website you can read back issues of the Industrial Railway Record and articles on mineral and stone railways for example. |
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| Title | Industries of Cumbria |
| Description | This site, put together by the Cumbria Industrial History Society, includes a useful A-Z of industries in Cumbria. |
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| Title | Ingenious |
| Description | Ingenious is a new website that brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into science and culture. Drawing on the resources of National Museum of Science & Industry (NMSI), the site contains over 30,000 images which are used to illustrate over 30 different subjects, topics and debates.
The key NMSI contributors to the site are the Science Museum, the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, the National Railway Museum, the Science & Society Picture Library and the Science Museum Library.
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| Title | Inigo Jones Slate Works |
| Description | The Inigo Jones Slate Works started in the 1860s as a manufacturer of writing slates for schools. Since then it has diversified and has produced mantlepieces and electrical panels for ocean liners such as the 'Mauritania'. The company now concentrates on decorative craft. The website provides information and pictures of the products as well as news, contact details, interesting links and details of its educational tour. |
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| Title | Institute of Quarrying |
| Description | This information on where to look for historical quarrying records comes from the Institute of Quarrying website. |
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| Title | Integrated Water Management In Former Coalmining Regions |
| Description | |
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| Title | Irish Association For Economic Geology |
| Description | The IAEG was founded in 1973 as a body with the goal of providing a professional association for geoscientists in Ireland. |
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| Title | Ironbridge Gorge Museums |
| Description | The museums at Ironbridge on the River Severn, where coal, iron ore and clay were found and helped feed the furnaces which kick-started the industrial revolution. |
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| Title | Isle Of Wight Brickmaking History |
| Description | Includes a list of sites and grid references. |
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| Title | Isle of Wight Industrial Archaeological Society |
| Description | Includes features on brickmaking on the Isle of Wight; alum at Alum Bay; and 'Gouda' bricks used to build Whippingham Church. |
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| Title | James Pollitt and the South Kirkby Mining Disaster |
| Description | James Pollitt was awarded the Edward Medal for gallantry following a mines rescue in 1935. |
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| Title | Jane Pit, Workington |
| Description | Brief description and location of the Jane Pit near Workington. |
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| Title | JANUS |
| Description | Janus provides access to catalogues of a growing proportion of the archives held throughout Cambridge. The work is in progress, with new catalogues being added regularly. |
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| Title | Kelly Mine Preservation Society |
| Description | The Kelly Mine Preservation Society was formed in 1984 to save and restore the Kelly iron ore mine in the east of Dartmoor. |
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| Title | Kent Group of the Geologists' Association |
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| Title | Kent Underground Research Group |
| Description | The Kent Underground Research Group was formed in 1981 to carry out research into the origins, use and history of the many subterranean features of Kent and South East England. |
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| Title | King Coal - the North East coalfields in transition |
| Description | This is one of the BBC 'Nation On Film' sites, and has plenty of clips to look at. |
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| Title | King Edward Mine |
| Description | Details on the King Edward Mine at Troon near Cambourne in Cornwall, which was built as a training mine for the students at Camborne School of Mines. |
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| Title | King Edward Mine Museum, Cornwall |
| Description | Well-illustrated local tin mine museum site. Good on tin processing. |
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| Title | Kingswood Museum |
| Description | Kingswood Museum is located in the Warmley Brass Works and has a small collection related to coal mining in the area. |
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| Title | Ladycross Quarry |
| Description | Specialists in stone roof slates. |
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| Title | Lafarge Aggregates |
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| Title | Lafarge Cement UK |
| Description | Website of the cement making company which includes Blue Circle as one of its brands. |
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| Title | Lancashire Coal Mining History |
| Description | Website about Lancashire mining, especially in the Burnley area. |
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| Title | Landmark Information Group |
| Description | Landmark is Britain's leading supplier of quality land and property search information. Providing digital mapping, planning and environmental risk information, Landmark also delivers comprehensive geographic solutions. |
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| Title | Langley Park Colliery |
| Description | Information on Langley Park Colliery near Durham in North East England. |
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| Title | Lapworth Museum of Geology |
| Description | The Museum, at the School of Geography, Earth & Environment Sciences at the University of Birmingham, is named after Charles Lapworth, the first Professor of Geology at Mason College, the forerunner of the University. Lapworth was one of the most important and influential geologists in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries and the museum is one of the oldest specialist geological museums in the UK. The School also holds other collections relating to minerals and geology. |
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| Title | Laxey Mines Railway |
| Description | Details on the railway at Laxey Mines on the Isle of Man. |
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| Title | Laxey Mines Research Group |
| Description | Information on the mines on the Isle of Man including histories and locations. |
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| Title | Lead Mining In The Yorkshire Dales |
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| Title | Lead mining in Weardale |
| Description | This information on lead mining and 'bargains' comes from a family history website and features miners employed by the Blackett-Beaumont lead mines in Weardale. The miners worked in small teams, often comprised of family members. Each team negotiated a bargain with the owners and the work they were to do and how much they were to be paid was recorded in a 'Bargain Book'. |
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| Title | Leeds Geological Association |
| Description | The Leeds Geological Association was formed in 1874 by a group of enthusiasts attending a series of extra-mural lectures on Natural Sciences given in Leeds by Cambridge University - an early example of bringing the University to the people. |
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| Title | Leicestershire Climbs |
| Description | This website includes details on some quarries in Leicestershire. |
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| Title | Levant Mine |
| Description | Information on Cornwall's oldest working beam engine.
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| Title | Lhoist UK |
| Description | Lime producers based in the Peak District. |
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| Title | Limestone Landscapes Of England |
| Description | Details on Geography at key stage 3 (Year 8) Unit 13: Limestone landscapes of England - from The Standards Site website |
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| Title | Lion Saltworks Trust |
| Description | Information on the Lion Saltworks Trust at Northwich in Cheshire and the history of salt in the area. |
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| Title | Liroconite |
| Description | Details on the rare mineral Liroconite, found in Cornwall. Other minerals are also featured. |
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| Title | Liverpool Geological Society |
| Description | The Liverpool Geological Society was founded in 1859 by six people and the Society keeps to the principles of the founding fathers, promoting an understanding of a wide range of geological themes for all with an interest in geology whether amateur or professional. The Society provides a varied programme of lectures, practical demonstrations and field excursions in all aspects of geology and the earth sciences. Guest speakers and field leaders include both local experts and internationally recognised scientists. |
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| Title | Llangollen mining and quarrying |
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| Title | Llechwedd Slate Cavern and Mine
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| Description | Information on where to find the cavern and mine from the showcaves.com website, which has details on national and international caves and mines. |
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| Title | Llywernog Silver-Lead Mine |
| Description | Information on thre Llywernog Silver-Lead Mine near Aberystwyth in mid-Wales. |
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| Title | Local Heritage Initiative |
| Description | The Local Heritage Initiative helps communities bring their local heritage alive. It helps them care for the special features that make each locality as unique as a fingerprint. It gives communities funds, advice and support to do this. At the same time, it is collecting records and stories from the projects to create a national archive of England's rich and diverse local heritage. This means that future generations can enjoy today's local heritage too.
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| Title | London Brick Company |
| Description | From the BBC website. |
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| Title | London Lead Company |
| Description | |
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| Title | London Metal Exchange |
| Description | The London Metal Exchange (LME) is the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market. Features of the site include a history of the exchange which can be downloaded in PDF format. |
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| Title | Longcliffe Quarries |
| Description | Longcliffe's Brassington Moor quarry lies between Ashbourne and Bakewell in Derbyshire, in the purest and one of the largest deposits of limestone in Britain. |
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| Title | Looking at mining evidence |
| Description | One of the pages on The National Archives The Learning Curve site. Users have to pretend that they are a reporter for the 'Trimdon Herald' and have to study the evidence of what happened before writing their story. |
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| Title | Madeley Wood Pit |
| Description | Information on Madeley Wood Pit in Shropshire, including a link to pit ponies at Kemberton Pit. |
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| Title | Making Bricks |
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| Title | Manchester Geological Association |
| Description | The Association was formed in 1925 to bring together professional and amateur Geologists in and around Manchester. It organises field excursions during the summer to places as far afield as the Lake District, Scotland, Peak District and North Wales. It also holds monthly lectures by expert speakers at the Geology Department of Manchester University and has access to a library of geological books and maps located in Manchester University. |
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| Title | Manx Geological Survey |
| Description | The Manx Geological Survey was registered as a charity in July 2000 to promote education and research about geology on the Isle of Man. This website is intended to provide information on the rocks of the Isle of Man for the non-specialist and publicise the results of new scientific research. |
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| Title | Marston Vale Brickmaking |
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| Title | Mass Observation coal mining references |
| Description | Description of coal mining material in the Mass Observation archive at Sussex University. |
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| Title | Maypole Colliery disaster 1908 |
| Description | The story of the Maypole colliery disaster at Abram near Wigan in Lancashire. |
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| Title | mda |
| Description | The purpose of mda is to benefit all those in the museum world and related sectors working with collections by providing easy access to quality-assured resources, advice and support on collections management and use.
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| Title | Medway Fossil And Mineral Society |
| Description | |
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| Title | Memories Of The Durham Coalfield |
| Description | Information on the Brandon & Byshottles Parish Archive, which includes mining material (often used for exhibition purposes at the Durham Miners' Gala). |
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| Title | Merioneth Manganese |
| Description | The manganese mines of the former county of Merioneth, North Wales. |
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| Title | mindat.org - The Mineral Database |
| Description | Claims to be the largest mineral database and mineralogical reference website on the internet. This site contains worldwide data on minerals, mineral localities and other mineralogical information.
This site is growing every day, with new mineral information, localities and photographs added by members.
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| Title | Mine Explore |
| Description | A website devoted to the exploration of disused mine workings |
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| Title | Mine Explorer |
| Description | This website provides photographs and information on many of the disused mines found across the U.K. It is intended as a comprehensive resource for not only Mine-Explorers, but cavers, historians, industrial archaeologists and professional bodies. It relies on content provided from Mine-Explorers out in the field who continually update the database. |
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| Title | Mine Explorer |
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| Title | Mine of Information |
| Description | Mine of Information was a project led by the University of Wales Swansea and funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme. It ran from 2000 to 2002. The aims of the project were to improve access to research resources relating to the South Wales Coalfield by creating online catalogue records for archives and printed books located in partner institutions. |
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| Title | Mine Photos |
| Description | Photographs of collieries in the North West, North Wales, Staffordshire & Kent. |
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| Title | Miner's Advice |
| Description | Details on the National Union of Miners & Advice Centre set up to help and advise people from the Stainforth and Hatfield mining community near Doncaster.
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| Title | Miner's gala day and recipe for growing a coal rose garden |
| Description | Local history site offering different information about the community and mining. |
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| Title | Minera Lead Mines |
| Description | The story of Minera Lead Mines can be explored on Wrexham Borough Council's website. Details of the museum on the site of the former lead mine are also available. Visitors to the museum can explore the excavated and restored remains of the lead processing areas and reconstructed engine house.
The Interpretation Centre outlines the social & industrial history of the site, including evidence of Roman mining in addition to the fascinating geology of the area.
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| Title | Mineral Areas In The British Isles |
| Description | This site has details of minerals in the British Isles and you can look at a particular area via the map. Some areas will be added later. |
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| Title | Mineral Deposits Study Group |
| Description | The MDSG is a specialist group of the Geological Society of London that exists to promote the study and understanding of mineral deposits and mineralisation processes. |
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| Title | Mineral Extraction Around Staithes |
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| Title | Mineral Industry Research Organisation |
| Description | |
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| Title | Mineral Tramways - Cornwall Online |
| Description | Mineral Tramways is one of the largest programmes of its kind in Britain and is included in a short-listed bid for World Heritage Site status.
They can be used by walkers, cyclists and equestrians. The Mineral Tramways are still under development and work should be completed by 2003. Three trails are already open - the Coast to Coast Trail, the Great Flat Lode Trail and the Tresavean Trail. |
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| Title | Mineralogy of Scotland |
| Description | Database of Geological Conservation Review sites in Scotland, identifying sites of national and international importance needed to show the key scientific elements of earth heritage. |
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| Title | Minerals Engineering Society |
| Description | The Society was founded in 1958 as the Coal Preparation Society and today represents Mineral Processing and Reclamation Engineers in the UK and abroad. |
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| Title | Minerals Of Devon And Cornwall |
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| Title | Minerals planning guidance notes |
| Description | The section of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister website which deals with minerals planning guidance notes. The notes deal with issues such as coal mining and colliery spoil disposal, stability in surface mineral workings and tips, reclamation of mineral workings, provision of silica sand in England and other subjects. |
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| Title | Miners Reunited
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| Description | A database of ex-UK miners and their new occupations all over the world - based on the very successful Friends Reunited. Includes Miners Forum, Chat Room, mining links, photo galleries and the ability to search by name, country or colliery. |
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| Title | Miners' Strike 1984 |
| Description | These pages are part of the BBC's website which look at the history of the miners' strike in 1984. They contain the background of the strike, a profile of those involved, the accounts of people involved and an animated map showing the closure of the mines. |
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| Title | Mines Of Mendip |
| Description | These pages are a basic guide to the location of mines on Mendip in South West England with details of some publications. |
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| Title | Mines of the Isle of Man |
| Description | Photographs of some of the old mines on the Isle of Man and details on where other information can be found. |
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| Title | Mines Rescue Service |
| Description | Details of the world's most experienced Mines Rescue Service, which provides training and rescue cover for mines throughout England, Scotland and Wales; as well as training for other types of industry.
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| Title | Mining And Quarrying In Heddon On The Wall |
| Description | There are links in this website on Heddon relating to coal mining in the area and quarrying. |
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| Title | Mining and steel industry in Europe |
| Description | A German-based website on the European mining and steel industry which includes details on active and historical operations. |
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| Title | Mining and the Bridgewater Canal |
| Description | Part of the Boothstown website describing coal mining activity in south Lancashire (see 'Coal & Canal' in the site contents navigation on the left-hand side of the site). |
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| Title | Mining Around Falkirk |
| Description | Information on Redding Colliery including details of a pit disaster there in 1923. |
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| Title | Mining Association of the United Kingdom |
| Description | The Association’s members include all the major industrial mineral mining operators in the United Kingdom. Its work is concentrated on representing its member’s interest at Government and European level on environmental and health & safety issues. It is actively involved in lobbying and consulting on proposed legislation. |
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| Title | Mining for coal in Victorian times |
| Description | Pages from the Powys Digital History Project section on 'Victorian Powys for schools'. Includes sections on: The coal and iron down below, New uses for the local 'stone coal', Ynscedwyn Iron Works, Riches from the Diamond mine, Working life in Victorian collieries, Young children in the coal mines, A little boy killed underground.
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| Title | Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland |
| Description | The Mining Heritage Society of Ireland was set up in 1996 to develop public awareness, appreciation, conservation and enjoyment of mining heritage throughout Ireland. |
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| Title | Mining history discussion list |
| Description | The list has been established to bring together members of the academic community with an interest in the subject of mining, at the same time providing links with a large and knowledgeable interest group outside higher education. Members are encouraged to make full use of the list to spread information (conferences, field meets, newspaper cuttings, book reviews), to post queries or to question accepted views on anything relating to mining, be it coal, iron, non-ferrous metals, or stone.
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| Title | Mining History Documentaries |
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| Title | Mining history information pages |
| Description | Details of events, research and work in progess in the field of mining history and archaeology. These pages reflect the author's research interests and concentrate in detail on
Wales and South-West England but information relating to the rest of Britain and Ireland will be added.
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| Title | Mining History Network |
| Description | The network was set up by Mining History Conference delegates in 1994 to establish a full list of mining historians and potential delegates to the next conference and improve opportunities for continuing communication between researchers. |
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| Title | Mining history research and exploration |
| Description | These pages are a small taste of the mining research & exploration as experienced by Mike Munro mainly in the UK but also in other countries. His focus is Wales, more specifically metal mining in South Wales, but he's looked at almost all other areas of mining activity in Wales. |
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| Title | Mining In Draycott |
| Description | Information on mining at Draycott near Cheadle in North Staffordshire. |
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| Title | Mining in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
| Description | Details on Scottish mining records from the 18th and 19th centuries as featured in the Archives Hub website. |
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| Title | Mining industry archives at Glasgow University Archives |
| Description | A list of mining industry material at Glasgow University Archives with reference numbers, brief descriptions and dates. |
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| Title | Mining Institute |
| Description | The mission of the Mining Institute is to preserve and ensure a future for the important historical achievements of engineering in the mining industry, and regards itself as custodians of the industries heritage.
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| Title | Mining Memorabilia |
| Description | Links to various scottish sites: Scottish Coal; New Cumnock and mining; Coal mining around Bo'ness; Fife Mining Heritage Society; Fife Pits; Fleets Colliery; Bowhill Colliery Brickworks; Memories of a Fife Collier; mining in Auchterderran; Bowhill Pit disaster; Redding Colliery, Falkirk. |
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| Title | Mining on the internet - geography at Key Stage 3 |
| Description | Explains the unit and sections involved in this part of the National Curriculum. |
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| Title | Mining On The Isle Of Man |
| Description | A brief history of mining on the Isle Of Man including details on Laxey and Foxdale mines. |
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| Title | Mining Within The West Durham Coal Field |
| Description | Information from the Tow Law Deerness and District History Society website, including details from the H.M. Inspector for the Durham District report for 1896 on coal and metalliferous mining. |
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| Title | Mining-heritage.com |
| Description | Maintained by Dr Stephen Henley and sponsored by Resources Computing International, this site includes reproductions of the illustrations to Agricola's de Re Metallica; colour pictures of minerals from L J Spencer, The World's Minerals (1911); text of G B Greenough study of Riber [lead] Mine [Matlock]. mainly 20th cent. |
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| Title | Minnie Pit |
| Description | The story of the 'Minnie Pit' at Halmer End, Audley in North Staffordshire. Includes information on the pit disaster there in 1918. |
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| Title | MLA East Midlands |
| Description | This the agency that provides strategic leadership for museums, libraries and archives in the East Midlands. |
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| Title | MLA Eastern England |
| Description | This is the regional agency for museums, libraries and archives, covering the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk and the unitary authorities of Luton, Peterborough, Southend on Sea and Thurrock. |
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| Title | MLA London |
| Description | The regional agency acting as the strategic lead voice for museums, archives and libraries in London. |
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| Title | MLA North East |
| Description | MLA North East is the regional strategic development body for Museums, Libraries and Archives in the North East of England. |
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| Title | MLA North West |
| Description | The regional agency for museums, libraries and archives in the North West of England. |
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| Title | MLA South East |
| Description | The regional development agency for the museum, library and archive sector in South East England. |
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| Title | MLA South West |
| Description | The regional development agency for museums, libraries and archives, covering the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire, the unitary authorities of Bath & North East Somerset, Borough of Poole, Bournemouth, Bristol, North Somerset, Plymouth, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Torbay, together with the Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands. |
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| Title | MLA South West Directory |
| Description | This Directory, compiled and managed by MLA South West, features information about the museum, library and archive services, leading governing bodies and local authorities that provide support to the sector in the South West region. |
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| Title | MLA West Midlands |
| Description | The regional council for museums, archives and libraries in the West Midlands. |
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| Title | MLA Yorkshire |
| Description | The regional development agency for museums, libraries and archives in Yorkshire and Humberside.
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| Title | Mole Valley Geological Society |
| Description | |
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| Title | Monckton Coke |
| Description | Details on the products of Monckton Coke, a subsidiary of the UK Coal group of companies. |
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| Title | Moore Books |
| Description | A specialist book website which focuses on material relating to mining, industrial archaeology and caving. |
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| Title | More North East England coal industry records |
| Description | Second part of a Tyne & Wear Archives Service guide to North-East coal industry records held at its repository and elsewhere in the area. Note that this is a PDF file. It may open automatically if you have software that can read PDFs. If you do not have such software Adobe Reader can be downloaded. |
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| Title | Morwellham Quay Open-Air Museum |
| Description | Details of the museum and its services. including access to the George and Charlotte Copper Mine. |
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| Title | Mow Cop |
| Description | Information on coal mining at Mow Cop on the Cheshire/Staffordshire border and the transport links used such as railways, tramways and tunnels. There are also details on quarrying, brickworks and limeworks in the area. |
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| Title | Museum Of Bath At Work |
| Description | The museum includes a full size model of a stone mine, with original equipment, a geological history of the area, and the story of Victorian mining. |
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| Title | Museums Association |
| Description | The Museums Association (MA) was set up in 1889 to look after the interests of museums and galleries, and raise standards in the profession. The MA provides information, lobbies government, advises museums and museum people, and provides programmes of events, training and professional development. It is also responsible for ethical standards in museums, including issues such as disposal of collections and trading and valuations of objects. |
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| Title | Museums, Libraries and Archives Council |
| Description | The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is the national development agency working for and on behalf of museums, libraries and archives and advising government on policy and priorities for the sector. MLA's roles are to provide strategic leadership, to act as a powerful advocate, to develop capacity and to promote innovation and change. The site has useful links, including to the regional MLACs.
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| Title | National Archives of Scotland |
| Description | The National Archives of Scotland (NAS) is the main archive for sources on the history of Scotland as a separate kingdom, her role in the British isles and the links between Scotland and many other countries over the centuries. The NAS holds records from the 12th century to the present day. NAS is the repository for the public and legal records of Scotland but also holds many local and private archives. It also advises Scottish government departments, institutions, businesses and private individuals on the care of their records. |
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| Title | National Association of Mining History Organisations (NAMHO) |
| Description | NAMHO was formed in 1979 to act as the national body for mining history in the UK and Ireland. There are now over 50 member organisations, including societies, museums and firms.
The mining-history mailing list (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mining-history.html) contains much useful information and pointers to mining history sources, mainly in the UK. |
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| Title | National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists |
| Description | The National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists (NCUACS) was set up in 1973 to locate, sort, index and catalogue the manuscript papers of distinguished contemporary British scientists and engineers.
The NCUACS has been at the University of Bath since 1987 and it is the successor to the Contemporary Scientific Archives Centre based at Oxford.
The NCUACS is not an archive and does not retain the collections it processes. Documents are sorted, catalogued and indexed, and then placed in an appropriate national or university repository or archive in accordance with the wishes of the donors. |
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| Title | National Coal Mining Museum for England |
| Description | Details of the museum at Caphouse Colliery, West Yorkshire, which opened in 1988 as the Yorkshire Mining Museum and was granted national status in 1995. In 2001 the Museum received a Heritage Lottery Grant of just over £4.5 million. The Museum raised just under £2 million to complement the grant. Work carried out using this money included restoring buildings, new gallery areas and the store for large machinery. |
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| Title | National Coalfields Programme |
| Description | The National Coalfields Programme (NCP) began in December 1996 and is managed by English Partnerships, which also liaises with Regional Development Agencies, the Coalfields Communities Campaign, the Coalfields Regeneration Trust and other partners.
The resulting land reclamation is enabling commercial, industrial and residential development and providing public open space, leisure and social facilities, all of which combine to provide a range of new opportunities for coalfield communities. |
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| Title | National Council on Archives |
| Description | The National Council on Archives brings together the major bodies and organisations concerned with the care, custody and use of archives and provides a forum for the regular exchange of views between them. The NCA aims to raise the profile of archives for users, owners, policy makers and others with an interest.
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| Title | National Gas Archive |
| Description | Details of the National Gas Archive (NGA), part of National Grid Transco. Here you can find out about the history of the gas industry in the UK and what the NGA holds. |
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| Title | National Mining Memorabilia Association |
| Description | The site aims to introduce browsers to the background and history of mining memorabilia commonly collected and researched in the United Kingdom. |
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| Title | National Museum Wales |
| Description | Details of the coal mining collections at National Museum Wales. |
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| Title | National Museums & Galleries of Wales coal mining collections |
| Description | Details on the National Museums & Galleries of Wales coal mining collections, many of which are at the Big Pit colliery in South Wales. |
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| Title | National Register of Archives |
| Description | The National Register of Archives (NRA) is maintained by the Historical Manuscripts Commission, now part of The National Archives. The NRA contains information on the nature and location of manuscripts and historical records that relate to British history. |
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| Title | National Stone Centre |
| Description | The centre tells the story of stone - history, science, technology, art, environment - in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales on the edge of the Peak District. |
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| Title | National Union Of Mineworkers |
| Description | This website has details on the history of the union and its current activities. |
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| Title | Natural History Museum |
| Description | Includes the Earth Gallery, where visitors can learn about and see various minerals and rocks. The Life Gallery also includes a Minerals Gallery. |
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| Title | Navigational Aids for the History of Science, Technology and the Environment (NAHSTE) |
| Description | Collaborative online project providing access to information for holdings related to the history of science and technology in Scotland. |
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| Title | Nenthead mines |
| Description | The Nenthead Mines Heritage Centre website which gives details on the mines, now a museum dedicated to showing and telling the 'story' of the mineral mining past of the North Pennines.
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| Title | Nenthead Mines |
| Description | The Nenthead Mines Heritage Centre website. |
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| Title | Nenthead Mines Exploration Web-site |
| Description | Accounts of mine exploration by a group concentrating on the mines at Nenthead (Smallceugh, Capelcleugh, Brownley Hill, etc).
Photographs of exploration below ground. |
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| Title | New Cumnock And Coal Mining |
| Description | From a website on the history of New Cumnock in Scotland. |
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| Title | New Hartley Mining Disaster |
| Description | Information on the 1862 New Hartley Mining Disaster from the Northumberland & Durham Family History Society website. |
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| Title | New Opportunities Fund |
| Description | The New Opportunities Fund (NOF) is a Lottery Distributor created in 1998 to award grants to education, health and environment projects throughout the UK. Many of its grant programmes focus particularly on those in society who are most disadvantaged. The website allows you to search for projects which have been funded by NOF. |
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| Title | North East England coal industry records |
| Description | First part of a Tyne & Wear Archives Service guide to North-East coal industry records held at its repository and elsewhere in the area. |
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| Title | North East Mining |
| Description | Details on the coal mining industry in the North East of England. Also includes information on lead mining in the area. |
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| Title | North East Wales Brickworks |
| Description | From the BBC website. |
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| Title | North Eastern Geological Society |
| Description | The society (NEGS) was formed in 1971 by a number of people who had attended Durham University and WEA Adult Education classes on various aspects of geology and landscape, and who wished to pursue their interests beyond the class programmes. The aims of NEGS are to broaden the knowledge and interests of its members in any of the aspects of geology - rocks, minerals, fossils and conservation. |
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| Title | North Pennines Heritage Trust |
| Description | The North Pennines Heritage Trust works to conserve the historic remains of man's activities in the landscape of the Northern Pennines and to help people to understand and enjoy them. The trust, founded in 1987, has carried out conservation, restoration and interpretation work at over 15 locations in Cumbria, Northumberland and County Durham. The Trust has it's own archaeology and building departments who are involved in it's recording and conservation of sites in the North Pennines region. |
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| Title | North Staffordshire Coalfield |
| Description | A site put together by the Stoke on Trent College mining history research team. |
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| Title | North Staffordshire Group Geologists' Assocation |
| Description | |
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| Title | North Staffordshire mining |
| Description | Information on mining in North Staffordshire including pages on the development of coal mining and pit closures. |
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| Title | North Wales Geology Association |
| Description | |
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| Title | Northern Mine Research Society |
| Description | The Northern Mine Research Society is a group of people dedicated to the preservation and recording of mining history. The 'Northern' part of the name reflects the Society's administrative base rather than its field of interest. Now one of the largest such organizations in Britain, the Society has hundreds of members countrywide and many overseas. It produces 'British Mining', Britain's foremost mining history publication. |
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| Title | Northern Pennine Mines |
| Description | Articles on several Northern Pennine Mines. |
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| Title | Northumberland Communities |
| Description | The Northumberland Communities website contains a range of learning resource material that reflects Northumberland’s heritage, providing a base for studying the County’s history. The website provides a starting point for understanding the development of communities in Northumberland. It also seeks to illustrate the range of sources for family and local history research that are available via Northumberland Archives Service. The site can be searched for a particular theme - including mining for example. |
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| Title | Northwich Salt Industry |
| Description | Local history pages on Northwich in Cheshire and its salt industry. |
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| Title | Nuffield Primary History |
| Description | Notes on teaching a topic on coal mining. |
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| Title | Oakengates history |
| Description | Pages about the history of Oakengates in Shropshire, which includes details on its industrial history and mining in the area. |
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| Title | Offshore Technology |
| Description | The website for the offshore oil and gas industry |
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| Title | Old Rookhope |
| Description | Information on mining in Weardale in the North Pennines, especially at Woodhorn Colliery. |
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| Title | Oldham Geological Society |
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| Title | Open University Geological Society |
| Description | The Open University Geological Society (OUGS) was started in 1972 and is the third largest professional or amateur geological organisation in the United Kingdom. The website has links to the various OUGS branches. |
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| Title | Out Of Oblivion |
| Description | This site is based on the Historic Environment Record (HER) maintained by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and has pages on coal, peat, lead and stone. |
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| Title | Parys Mountain Underground Group |
| Description | Parys mountain is the site of a Bronze age copper mine near Amlwch in Anglesey, North Wales and the Parys Mountain Underground Group members explore and conserve the mine.
Why not join us underground |
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| Title | Past Finder |
| Description | Past Finder is a consortium of the record offices of the ten metropolitan councils in Greater Manchester and acts as a gateway for collections at those record offices that are available electronically. |
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| Title | Peak District Mines Historical Society |
| Description | Information on the Peak District Mines Historical Society, founded in 1959 at Sheffield University, with details on its field office at Magpie Mine, Sheldon and links with the Peak District Mining Museum at Matlock Bath. |
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| Title | Peak District Mining Museum |
| Description | The museum at Matlock where you can experience being a Derbyshire lead miner. |
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| Title | Peak District National Park |
| Description | This site includes a section on mining and quarrying in the Peak District. |
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| Title | Peak Lapidary & Mineral Society |
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| Title | Peakland Heritage |
| Description | Peakland Heritage is a cooperative project between the British Library, Derbyshire County Council Libraries and Heritage Department and the Peak District National Park Authority.
The site guide Middleton Mole will take you through the history of Derbyshire towns and villages in and around the Peak District. You will be able to explore mining industries in the district and the landscape. |
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| Title | Peatlands |
| Description | This government website from Northern Ireland looks at peat farming and discusses issues such as the history of peat farming, issues involved such as conservation and the effects on wildlife. |
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| Title | Penallta Colliery |
| Description | Details on the Penallta Colliery site in South Wales from The Prince of Wales's Phoenix Trust website. |
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| Title | Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain |
| Description | Informatin on the PESGB, which was established in 1964. |
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| Title | Phoenix Brick Company |
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| Title | Physical Sciences Information Gateway |
| Description | PSIgate is a free service that offers access to high quality web resources in the physical sciences. |
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| Title | Picture The Past |
| Description | This is the website of the North East Midland Photographic Record project, which is jointly managed by the local authorities of Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, and Nottinghamshire with financial assistance from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The project aims to conserve and make publicly accessible the photographic heritage of the North East Midlands.
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| Title | Pitwork |
| Description | A website by ex-miner Bill Riley with information on coalmining. |
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| Title | Plymouth Mineral & Mining Club |
| Description | The aims of the club are to encourage interest in historical and current mining, industrial archaeology, mineral processing techniques and mineralogy. |
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| Title | Poldark Mine |
| Description | The former tin mine in Cornwall which now houses a museum and craft centres. |
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| Title | Pontypool Glyn Pits |
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| Title | Pooil Vaaish |
| Description | Website for the company that owns Pooil Vaaish Quarry on the Isle of Man. Black limestone has been produced here for the last five centuries. This unique stone polishes down to a pure shiny black and is locally known as “Manx Marble". |
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| Title | Port Cities London |
| Description | Port Cities London is one of the partners in a consortium of websites which has digitised images relating to ports in the UK. Its site looks at the development of London as a port and also the industries that grew up on the River Thames. This link will take you to a narrative on gas and electricity generation. |
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| Title | Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust |
| Description | The Trust is dedicated to preserving a knowledge and understanding of stone and the landscape from which it comes. Its site also has links to other stone and quarrying websites. |
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| Title | Poynton Collieries |
| Description | A history of the Poynton collieries in north east Cheshire. |
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| Title | Pre-1974 Counties of England, Wales and Scotland |
| Description | This map from the GenUKI website on UK and Ireland genealogy shows the pre-1974 county boundaries of England, Wales & Scotland. You can go to more detailed information on a particular county by clicking on the county's location on the map. |
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| Title | PROCAT |
| Description | This is The National Archives online catalogue of archives of central government, courts of law and other national bodies. Users can carry out a free text search, search by index term, have a guided search, or search by reference. |
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| Title | Protector Lamp |
| Description | The Protector Lamp & Lighting Company produces miners' safety lamps. |
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| Title | Pye Hill Colliery |
| Description | Information on Pye Hill Colliery and local iron and clay industries from the Jacksdale & Westwood community web pages. |
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| Title | Quarry Products Association |
| Description | The Quarry Products Association is the trade association for companies involved in quarrying. In representing the interests of over 90% of the UK quarrying industry. Its website has sections on the history of quarrying and the types of material dealt with, and an educational 'schoolzone' section. |
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| Title | Radstock Museum |
| Description | Details on Radstock Museum, which holds mining collections and material relating to the North Somerset coalfield. |
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| Title | RASCAL |
| Description | Research And Special Collections Available Locally (Northern Ireland) is an electronic gateway to resources in Northern Ireland. |
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| Title | Records Management Society |
| Description | The Records Management Society is the foremost professional association for all those who work in or are concerned with records or information management, regardless of their professional or organisational status or qualifications. |
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| Title | Resources for Learning in Scotland (RLS) |
| Description | Item level descriptions of some of the Scottish multimedia contents of SCRAN, the learning image website giving access to images, sounds, movies and learning resources. RLS has short histories of 'Coalmining in Scotland' and 'Underground Scotland'. It also provides links to SCRAN for further studies. |
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| Title | Rhiwbach Slate Quarry & Railway |
| Description | This website looks at the Rhiwbach slate quarry near Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales. |
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| Title | Rhondda Heritage Park |
| Description | Development on the park started in 1987 and in July 1989 the Visitor Centre opened to the public at the old stores building of the Lewis Merthyr colliery. The Visitor Centre provides a unique setting for the temporary exhibition galleries, gift shop and restaurant. |
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| Title | Rhosydd - A Ffestiniog Slate Quarry |
| Description | This website looks at the Rhosydd slate quarry in Ffestiniog, North Wales. |
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| Title | Rockwatch |
| Description | Rockwatch is a nationwide club for young geologists run by the Geologists' Association. |
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| Title | Rosevale Tin Mine |
| Description | Rosevale Mine is a privately owned former tin mine situated at Zennor, near St Ives in West Cornwall. For the past 30 years the underground workings have been restored and preserved as a typical Cornish mine.
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| Title | Salt Mining In Northern Ireland |
| Description | The Irish Salt Mining And Exploration Company Ltd website. |
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| Title | Salt Sense |
| Description | Facts about salt from the Salt Manufacturers' Association. |
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| Title | Salt Union |
| Description | The Salt Union corporate website, with links to its products and its deep storage facilities at Winsford in Cheshire. |
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| Title | Saltford Brass Mill Project |
| Description | Volunteer project to repair and open the remains fo the brass mill at Saltford, near Bath, Somerset. |
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| Title | SCAN (Scottish Archive Network) |
| Description | An online catalogue of collection level descriptions of the holdings of most of Scotland's archives, with some educational material including resources on coalmining. |
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| Title | SCONE |
| Description | SCONE, or Scottish Collections Network, provides descriptions of collections of all kinds held in libraries, museums, and archives in Scotland, as well as collections about Scottish topics held elsewhere. |
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| Title | Scottish Coal |
| Description | The corporate website of Scottish Coal, the UK's second largest coal producer, producing over four million tonnes of coal a year. |
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| Title | Scottish Coal |
| Description | Scottish Coal is the UK's second largest coal producer, producing over 4m tonnes of coal a year. |
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| Title | Scottish Geology |
| Description | Scottish Geology is a permanent 'gateway' to Scottish geology on the web and was launched in September 2003. |
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| Title | Scottish Mining Museum |
| Description | Website of the Scottish Mining Museum, based at one of the finest surviving examples of a Victorian colliery in Europe, the Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange, just nine miles from Edinburgh.
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| Title | Scottish Quarry Trade |
| Description | Notes on the Scottish quarry trade from a website including the Trade Environment Database (TED). TED is a collection of case studies looking at environmental issues, culture, rights, and other issues. |
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| Title | Scottish Roots |
| Description | Dedicated to ancestors who were miners in Scotland or worked in the iron industry, providing information on researching scottish mining roots and some information about the social history of miners, with useful links to other sites. |
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| Title | Scottish Stone Liaison Group |
| Description | A project group trying to promote the use of indigenous scottish materials. The web site accesses their newsletters and project aims. |
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| Title | SCRAN |
| Description | SCRAN is the award winning learning image website with access to images, sounds, movies and learning resources in Scotland. There are over 300,000 images from museums, galleries and archives. There are also learning packs such as pathfinders, resources, topics and a curriculum navigator. |
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| Title | Screen Lassies at Haig Colliery, Whitehaven, Cumbria |
| Description | Description of the life and work of the screen lassies at the Haig Colliery written by the survivors. Illustrated. |
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| Title | Seaham |
| Description | Pictures and descriptions of Seaham, Dawdon and Vane Tempest Collieries, including information on a time capsule placed in the Dawdon engine house in 1935 and found when it was demolished. There also links on fossils and Hawthorn Quarry. |
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| Title | Seaham, Dawdon & Vane Tempest Banner Fund |
| Description | The three original colliery banners of Seaham's three NUM Lodges (Seaham, Dawdon and Vane Tempest) are all significantly damaged due to wear and tear over many years. These web pages will be used to describe the extent of the damage to each banner. |
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| Title | Secret Underground Cities |
| Description | BBC Wiltshire site discussing the story of how Nick McCamley stumbled upon Monkton Farleigh Mine, one of three massive depots used by the MOD in World War II as a Central Ammunition Store. |
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| Title | Senghenydd Disaster |
| Description | An archive news bulletin from the BBC website on the disaster at the Universal pit, Senghenydd of 14 October 1913. The clip is played via Real Player software which can be downloaded from the same page. |
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| Title | Shaping of Shropshire |
| Description | Shaping of Shropshire is the geology project of Shropshire Wildlife Trust and Shropshire Geological Society, Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It aims to increase the awareness, appeal and accessibility of geology to the broadest possible audience. |
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| Title | Shotts |
| Description | Pages on life in Shotts, near Glasgow, including details of the mining activity there. |
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| Title | Show Caves |
| Description | These pages of the Show Caves website cover Great Britain and include details on caves, information on the geology of Great Britain and links to other sites. |
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| Title | Showcaves |
| Description | Details on caves in Great Britain |
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| Title | Shropshire Geological Society |
| Description | The Shropshire Geological Society was formed in 1979 and aims to advance the education of the public and to promote research in geology and allied sciences, more specifically in Shropshire and adjacent areas, in particular but not exclusively by a) organising lectures, discussions, field excursions, exhibits and displays; b) promoting the recording and conservation of sites of geological interest. |
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| Title | Shropshire Mines Trust |
| Description | The trust was set up in March 1996 and includes mining historians and local people. It preserves and interprets the remains of the Shropshire mining industry.
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| Title | Shropshire Mining |
| Description | The history of Shropshire mining in words and images. |
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| Title | Shropshire Routes To Roots |
| Description | This project, which began in July 2003, has digitised local history and archive material for use by teachers, school children and lifelong learners. The project has learning packages, including themes on industrial development and the landscape. Both of these themes have material on mining in Shropshire. |
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| Title | Side Photographic Collection Online |
| Description | Details of films and photographic collections produced in Newcastle by Amber Films and the Side Photographic Gallery - many of which relate to coalmining communities. |
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| Title | Singleton Birch |
| Description | Website of the UK's leading independent lime supplier. Has a useful education section on lime, geology, stones etc. |
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| Title | Sittingbourne Brickmaking |
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| Title | Slate mining in Victorian times |
| Description | Teachers notes on work for pupils studying slate mining - includes PDF documents on slate mining resources and teachers notes. |
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| Title | Slateroof |
| Description | Information on source, records, and history of the slate roofing and slate and stone industry. |
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| Title | Small Mines In The UK |
| Description | Information on small mining operations in the UK. |
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| Title | Snailbeach Mine |
| Description | Snailbeach was the biggest lead mine in Shropshire and mining was carried out here from Roman times until 1955. |
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| Title | Snibston Discovery Park |
| Description | Details on the museum based at the site of a former colliery in north west Leicestershire, which displays a collection of historic objects telling the story of transport, mining and quarrying, engineering and the fashion industry. |
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| Title | Society of Archivists |
| Description | The Society of Archivists is the recognised professional body for archivists, archive conservators and records managers. The main aims of the Society are: to promote the care and preservation of archives and the better administration of archive repositories; to advance the training of its members; and to encourage relevant research and publication. It acts as spokesman for the profession, submitting evidence and comment on matters of professional concern to any official body which seeks advice or whose activities affect archives. |
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| Title | Society Of Petroleum Engineers |
| Description | This website aims to provide the UK’s most comprehensive source of information about petroleum engineering, including news of forthcoming SPE meetings, seminars and workshops, an up-to-date job search section, publication archive, and details of support for students and the Emerging Leaders Programme for young E&P professionals. |
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| Title | Solid Fuel Association |
| Description | The Solid Fuel Association is funded by solid fuel producers and distributors and was established to encourage greater awareness of the benefits of domestic solid fuel heating among the general public. |
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| Title | Some Mining Terms |
| Description | From the Welsh Coal Mines website. |
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| Title | Somerset Brick And Tile Museum |
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| Title | Somerset Coal Canal Society |
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| Title | Somerset County Council |
| Description | Official website of Somerset County Council |
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| Title | Somerset's Peat Heritage Project |
| Description | Details of a Local Heritage Initiative (Heritage Lottery Fund) funded project. |
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| Title | Sources for the history of mining and quarries |
| Description | Details of records relating to mining and quarries held at The National Archives. |
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| Title | South Caradon Mine |
| Description | Pages on the operation and history of one of the largest copper mines in Cornwall. |
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| Title | South Crofty Mine |
| Description | Information on the South Crofty Mine from the Cornwall Geology Website of Nick Leboutillier.Gives details on the history of the mine and links to photographs and geology information. |
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| Title | South Gloucester Mines Research Group |
| Description | The South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group was set up by local people to understand record and where appropriate to preserve what remains of what was once an extensive industry, for the present community and for future generations. |
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| Title | South Gloucestershire Council |
| Description | The official website of South Gloucestershire Council |
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| Title | South Wales Coalfield Collection |
| Description | Details on the South Wales Coalfield Collection and its aims of giving an insight into the experience of the South Wales Valleys during a period of industrial turmoil both from an institutional and personal perspective. Archive material has been saved, collected and catalogued. |
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| Title | South Wales Miners Museum |
| Description | The council-run museum is located within the Afan Argoed Countryside and shows the story of the miner and his family in the South Wales Valleys. |
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| Title | South Yorkshire Mining Advisory Service |
| Description | This service was established 30 years ago and comprises of mining engineers and surveyors based at Barnsley. |
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| Title | St Just Mining District |
| Description | Details of mines in the St Just district of Cornwall. |
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| Title | Staffordshire Past Track |
| Description | Staffordshire Past Track is one of the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) projects which has digitised material to enhance access to collections showing the history of Staffordshire.
This link leads to the mining and quarrying pages of the business, trade and industry section. You can also explore the gas industry and manufacturing in the same section. There is also a link in the featured content area to Coal Mining in North Staffordshire website. |
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| Title | Standish History And Mining |
| Description | Find out about mining in Standish by clicking 1900 on the time line. |
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| Title | Stanleys Quarry |
| Description | Information on Stanleys Quarry in the Cotswolds. |
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| Title | Statistical Accounts of Scotland |
| Description | Printed resource now available online giving detailed information about every parish in Scotland, its landscape, industries and people. |
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| Title | Steetley Bentonite & Absorbents Ltd |
| Description | Industrial Clays producers |
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| Title | Stewartby Brickworks |
| Description | A brief history of the Stewartby brickworks near Bedford and details on the people involved in the history of the site. |
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| Title | Stewartby Brickworks |
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| Title | Stiniog |
| Description | This is the website of the "Blaenau Project", which aims to build up a history of the town made famous by its slate quarries. |
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| Title | Stone Roofing Association |
| Description | This is an introduction to sandstone and limestone roofs in the UK. It contains information on the history, geology and use of stone slates or tilestones and it will help you to identify the type of stone you are interested in and to find a supply if it is still available. |
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| Title | Submarine Mines of the St Just District |
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| Title | Subterranea Britannica |
| Description | Subterranea Britannica was formed in 1974 as a society devoted to the study and investigation of man-made and man-used underground places. |
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| Title | Suppliers of all kinds of Natural Stone in the U.K. |
| Description | Commercial site of Purbeck stone quarry owners and stone suppliers |
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| Title | Swanage Railway Trust |
| Description | Home page of the Swanage Railway Trust and their associated project, the creation of a museum of the Dorset ball clay industry at Norden |
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| Title | Sygun Copper Mine |
| Description | Details on the Sygun Copper Mine in Snowdonia, North Wales and what you can do there. |
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| Title | Tamar Mining Group |
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| Title | Tamar Valley Mining Heritage Project |
| Description | This project hopes to save and look after landscapes, buildings and machinery to explain the mining history of the Tamar Valley. |
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| Title | Tankerville Lead Mine |
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| Title | Tarmac |
| Description | Includes a link to educational pages ('Quarryville'). |
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| Title | Teaching a topic on coal mining |
| Description | A primary school teachers example of a topic she is teaching - 'Children in Victorian Britain - down the mine', with PDF teachers notes, resources, pupil's work. |
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| Title | terryblythe.co.uk |
| Description | Information on various collieries |
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| Title | The 1926 General Strike |
| Description | A text based page which gives references of material in The National Archive which may be of interest for those wanting to find out more about the General Strike. |
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| Title | The Aberfan disaster |
| Description | This website was set up as part of a project to catalogue and conserve an archive of material held at Merthyr Tydfil and Dowlais libraries relating to the Aberfan disaster in South Wales. |
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| Title | The Arigna Mining Experience |
| Description | The Arigna Mining Experience is in County Roscommon, Ireland and the website has details on its history, the museum at the site, location and other details. |
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| Title | The Association of British Mining Equipment Companies |
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| Title | The Association of Coal Mine Methane Operators |
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| Title | The Association of Mining Analysts |
| Description | The Association of Mining Analysts (AMA) is a non-profit organisation representing the broad mining community in the UK with a membership of over 300. Its remit is to organise presentations and seminars on mining companies and operational issues, with the aim of promoting better understanding of the industry and its activities. |
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| Title | The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion |
| Description | Information on the 1882 mining disaster at Baddesley Ensor in North Warwickshire. |
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| Title | The Bath Stone Company |
| Description | Website of the proprietors of Stoke Hill Mine near Bath. Visits of the working mine arranged by appointment. |
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| Title | The Blue Lagoon |
| Description | The Blue Lagoon is is a disused brickpit in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire which was remodelled in the late 1980s by Milton Keynes Development Corporation. This site has a history of the location and more details on the former brickworks and the people that worked there. This link takes you to the Bletchley Community Heritage Initiative website and you have to click on The Blue Lagoon button to get to the relevant pages. |
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| Title | The British Coal Utilisation Research Association |
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| Title | The British Geological Survey Lexicon of Named Rock Units |
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| Title | The Coal Authority |
| Description | The Coal Authority was set up by Parliament in 1994 to look after: licensing coal mining operations in Britain, handling subsidence damage claims which are not the responsibility of licensed coalmine operators, dealing with property and historic liability issues (such as treatment of minewater discharges), and providing public access to information on past and present coal mining operations. |
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| Title | The Coalfields Regeneration Trust |
| Description | The Coalfields Regeneration Trust is an independent charity, dedicated to the social and economic regeneration of coalfield communities in England, Scotland and Wales. |
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| Title | The Collection of Thomas Brown (MD) 1774-1853 |
| Description | Biography of Thomas Brown, one of the great 19th century mineral collectors, and his collection, donated to Edinburgh University and the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. |
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| Title | The Colonel Stephens Museum |
| Description | Col. Stephens specialised in narrow guage railways and was involved in The East Kent Light Railway (coal), the East Cornwall Mineral Railway, the Burry Port & Gwendraeath Railway in South Wales (coal), the Edge Hill Light Railway in the West Midlands (ironstone), the Snailbeach District Railway in Shropshire (lead), The Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales (slate), the Ashover Light Railway in Derbyshire (stone), and the North Devon & Cornwall Junction Light Railway (china clay). Many of these lines also carried passengers as well. |
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| Title | The Confederation of United Kingdom Coal Producers
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| Description | The Confederation of United Kingdom Coal Producers (Coalpro) website, which has details on members, and links to some of their websites.
Coalpro aims to promote the UK coal industry, provide the most secure source of energy for the nation whilst accepting environmental responsibility; promote best working practices throughout the industry to ensure the Health, Safety and Welfare of all; work with the UK Governments, the devolved administrations, the Mineral Planning Authorities, Local Authorities and other agencies to access coal reserves for the benefit of local communities and the nation; promote the industry at the European Commission and the world mining community to secure a long-term role for coal in energy supply. |
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| Title | The Copper Kingdom |
| Description | Find out about the Parys Mountain Copper Mine on Anglesey (Ynsy Mon) in North Wales and how it brought about change to the port of Amlwch. |
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| Title | The Cornish Mining Index |
| Description | The Cornish Mining Index is a database of Cornish men, women and children employed in the mining industry worldwide, who can claim Cornwall as their place of birth. |
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| Title | The Cornubian Orefield |
| Description | Virtual museum on the Cornubian Orefield (Cornwall and part of Devon)
Site funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board. |
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| Title | The Crown Estate |
| Description | Details of the Crown Estate's responsibilities concerning marine dredging and aggregates. |
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| Title | The Cumberland Pencil Museum |
| Description | Details on the Cumberland Pencil Museum and its history. There is also information on the graphite industry in Cumbria. |
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| Title | The Economic Geology of Dorset |
| Description | A Bibliography of Mining and Quarrying. |
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| Title | The Essex Rock and Mineral Society |
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| Title | The Gasworks Museum of Ireland |
| Description | This website describes Ireland's only surviving coal gasworks and one of only three remaining in the British Isles. Opened in 1855, it supplied Carrickfergus with gas made from coal for over 100 years. It is now fully restored and has been re-opened as a visitor and educational attraction.
See Europe's largest surviving set of horizontal retorts (in which the gas was made), meet the manager and the workers, and ascend the working gasholder for a panoramic view of the town. You'll also see how gas was used down through the decades and about natural gas.
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| Title | The Gazetteer for Scotland |
| Description | The Gazetteer for Scotland is a geographical database, featuring details of towns, villages, bens and glens from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles. |
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| Title | The Geological Curators' Group |
| Description | The Geological Curators' Group (founded in 1974) is a national organisation dedicated to improving the status of geology in museums and raising the standard of geological curation. It is affiliated to the Geological Society of London. |
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| Title | The Geological Society |
| Description | The Geological Society of London is the UK national society for geoscience. It is a learned and professional body, and a registered charity (No. 210161). It exists to promote the geosciences and the professional interests of UK geoscientists. The website has useful links to local, regional and international geology sites. |
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| Title | The Geology Of Leicestershire & Rutland |
| Description | This website was set up by the British Geological Survey (BGS) and the office of the Deputy Prime Minister through the Minerals Industry Research Organisation. It contains data held by BGS on Leicestershire and Rutland together with datasets from Leicestershire County Council Heritage Services, Leicester City Museum and Leicester University Department of Geology. Details of important collections of rocks, minerals and fossils from major museums in the UK are also given. |
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| Title | The Halifax Coalfield |
| Description | Also has a link to the development of pipeworks and brickworks in the area. |
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| Title | The History Of Silverwood Pit |
| Description | Site created by John Doxey concerning the history of Silverwood Pit. |
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| Title | The Institute of Geologists of Ireland |
| Description | The Institute of Geologists of Ireland (IGI) was formed in 1999 to promote the geosciences in Ireland and to represent the professional interests of its members. Membership is open to all practising geoscientists who meet the required standards of qualification and experience, and the IGI operates with the support of all the major geoscience based technical societies. Its Mission Statement is: "To promote and advance the science of geology and its professional application in all disciplines, especially the geosciences, and to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas in relation thereto. To require its members to uphold, develop and maintain the highest professional standards in the practice of their profession, as described in the Code of Ethics and Conduct. " |
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| Title | The Kelty Miners |
| Description | Audio clip recording memories of the 'kelty clippies' (lassies on the buses) including their memories of the miners. |
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| Title | The Lanarkshire Mining Industry |
| Description | This information comes from a website on the Sorbie family name. |
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| Title | The Lilleshall Company Ltd |
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| Title | The Mine Explorer Society |
| Description | The Mine Explorer Society is a group of friends that has been exploring abandoned mines since the 1980's, predominately in the small village of Nenthead in Cumbria on Alston Moor. |
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| Title | The Mineralogical Society |
| Description | Society website including learning activities for children and a picture gallery of minerals. |
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| Title | The Minerals of Scotland, a collector's guide |
| Description | Well illustrated site describing in detail the various minerals to be found throughout Scotland, area by area. Includes a section on panning for gold. |
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| Title | The Miners' Strike 1984 - Then And Now |
| Description | This is a collection of photographs taken during the 1984 miners' strike. The author is looking for some of the people photographed then, in order to see how their lives have changed and what they are doing now. |
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| Title | The Museum of Lead Mining |
| Description | Information on the The Museum of Lead Mining at Wanlockhead in Scotland and the history of mining in the area. |
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| Title | The National Archives |
| Description | The National Archives was created in April 2003 with the merger of the Public Record Office and the Historical Manuscripts Commission. It has one of the largest archival collections in the world, spanning 1000 years of British history, from Domesday Book to government papers recently released to the public. You can see this collection at Kew, west London, or view certain documents online. The National Archives also advises people on the location of non-public records and manuscripts relating to British history. |
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| Title | The National Digital Archive of Datasets |
| Description | The National Digital Archive of Datasets (NDAD) is part of The National Archives. NDAD preserves and provides online access to archived digital data and documents from UK central government departments. One of the current datasets available is the North Sea Geographical Information System from the Department of Trade & Industry Oil & Gas Directorate. Another dataset of potential interest is the Historic Mortality Datafiles using data from the Office For National Statistics - this includes statistics by occupation including mining & quarrying. |
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| Title | The National Gas Museum |
| Description | The museum was opened in Leicester in 1977 and many of the artefacts on display were collected during the conversion from town to natural gas and many more have since been donated by individuals and organisations keen to preserve the history of one of the UKs most significant industrial sectors. Following the demerger of British Gas in 1997, the National Gas Museum Trust took over the running of the museum. |
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| Title | The Newton Project |
| Description | Papers relating to Isaac Newton including papers from the Royal Mint that relate to gold and silver mining at Alva in Scotland. |
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| Title | The Oxford Geology Group |
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| Title | The Palaeontological Association |
| Description | The Palaeontological Association was founded in 1957 to promote the study of palaeontology and its allied sciences through publication of academic journals (Palaeontology and Special Papers in Palaeontology), Newsletters, a series of field guides, regular meetings and field excursions, and a program of annual awards. The Association is based in the UK and is registered as a UK charity, but its members are drawn from all over the world. |
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| Title | The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
| Description | The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is the official place of deposit for public records in Northern Ireland. PRONI holds millions of documents. The earliest record dates from 1219, with the main concentration of records covering the period 1600 to the present. The records fall into three general categories: records of government departments; records of courts of law, local authorities and other non-departmental public bodies; and records deposited by private individuals, churches, businesses and institutions. |
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| Title | The Rhondda Valleys |
| Description | A short socio-economic history of the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales during the period from 1800 to 1950 when coal dominated. |
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| Title | The Rise And Fall Of The Tin Mining Industry In Cornwall |
| Description | This is one of the BBC 'Nation on Film' websites and has plenty of film clips to look at. |
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| Title | The Russell Society |
| Description | The Russell Society is a society of amateur and professional mineralogists which encourages the study, recording and conservation of mineralogical sites and material. |
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| Title | The Salt Museum |
| Description | The history and uses of salt as told by The Salt Museum in Northwich, Cheshire. |
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| Title | The Silvertown explosion |
| Description | This is the story from the Port Cities London website of the explosion at Brunner-Mond's TNT production plant at Silvertown in the East End of London in 1917. The explosion also destroyed a gas holder at Greenwich. Silvertown was in an area on the River Thames where coal was unloaded for London. |
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| Title | The Slate Industry of North and Mid Wales |
| Description | A website on Welsh slate quarries. |
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| Title | The Story of Salt |
| Description | Brief history on the use and production of salt. |
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| Title | The Tankerton Copperas Works |
| Description | Information on the Tankerton Copperas Works near Whitstable from a Canterbury Archaeological Trust report. |
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| Title | The Tertiary Research Group |
| Description | Founded in 1969, the Tertiary Research Group is a London-based, specialist Geological Society, which brings together amateur and professional geologists with an interest in the Tertiary period worldwide. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in any aspect of the Tertiary. |
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| Title | The Trevithick Society |
| Description | The Trevithick Society has an interest in Cornish industrial archaeology and all aspects of the industrial past in Cornwall. The Society takes its name from one of Britain's foremost inventors and pioneers of the Industrial Revolution, Richard Trevithick, a Cornishman whose name is important in the development of steam power.
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| Title | The Unions Make Us Strong |
| Description | This website shows the history of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and unions in Great Britain. One of the features of the timeline section is a page on the 1984 miners' strike. |
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| Title | Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum |
| Description | Cumbria's earliest mining and quarrying museum, set in the northern fells of the English Lake District at the site of an old granite quarry. |
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| Title | Tin Mining In Cornwall |
| Description | Includes information on Wheal Jane and Levant Mines in Cornwall. |
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| Title | Tin Streaming At Redruth |
| Description | Details on Tolgus Tin, the last tin stream works in Cornwall, now rescued by the Trevithick Trust in partnership with Cornish Goldsmiths. A scheduled ancient monument that will gradually be restored to explain the role of Cornish miners in seeking Gold and other precious metals throughout the world. |
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| Title | Tolgus Tin Streaming Plant |
| Description | Trevithick Trust details of the largest and most complete of only two tin tailings works that now survive in Cornwall. |
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| Title | Tom Leonard Mining Museum |
| Description | This is the only museum in the UK which tells the story of ironstone mining; a key part of the industrial development of Cleveland and Teesside. |
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| Title | Tomorrow's History |
| Description | the regional local studies site for the North East of England. Archives, record offices, libraries, museums, archaeology services, universities and commercial organisations have supplied content.
The site has details of projects including the Shotton Colliery History Group, the Felling Pit disaster and the Tom Leonard Mining Museum. |
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| Title | Tower Colliery |
| Description | Text and images on Tower Colliery at Hirwaun, Glamorgan. |
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| Title | Tower Colliery |
| Description | Tower Colliery at Hirwaun, Glamorgan. |
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| Title | Trades In The Sedgeley Area |
| Description | Includes information on coal and limestone mining and the sand and salt extraction industries at Sedgley in the West Midlands. |
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| Title | UK Coal |
| Description | Corporate website of UK Coal Plc, Europe's largest totally independently owned coal mining company. In addition to mining coal, the company manufactures smokeless fuels at its Monckton plant near Barnsley for domestic and industrial consumption, produces a wide range of coals for markets ranging from power stations to hospitals, and the 'Lionheart' range of house coal for domestic users.
In December 1994 the company took over the English coalfields previously managed by British Coal. |
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| Title | UK Fossils Network |
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| Title | UK Heritage Railways |
| Description | Includes details on industrial railways and links to other websites. |
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| Title | UK Journal Of Mines And Minerals |
| Description | The UK Journal of Mines and Minerals is the leading British magazine for the collector - mineralogist.
It publishes articles of interest to mineral collectors, mine historians, museum curators and topographic mineralogists.
The UKJMM is published approximately every nine months. |
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| Title | UK Mining Ventures |
| Description | If you are interested in learning more about the Rogerley Mine, the history and geology of the Weardale area, or obtaining specimens from the mine, please check out the rest of this site. |
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| Title | UK Onshore Geophysical Library |
| Description | The UK Onshore Geophysical Library was set up in 1994 by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the UK Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG). The Library manages the archive and official release of seismic data recorded over landward areas of the UK. |
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| Title | Undermined - Britain and the miners' strike |
| Description | These pages were originally published as a catalogue to accompany a touring exhibition of photographs that marked the tenth anniversary of the British miners' strike of 1984-85.
The text consists of oral testimony drawn from interviews with people from South Yorkshire communities in 1994.
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| Title | United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association |
| Description | UKOOA is the representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry. Its members are companies licensed by the Government to explore for and produce oil and gas in UK waters. |
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| Title | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group |
| Description | UKOOG is the organisation for companies exploring for and producing crude oil and natural gas onshore in the United Kingdom. |
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| Title | United Marine Aggregates |
| Description | United Marine Aggregates is one of Britain's leading producers of marine aggregates and is a joint venture between Tarmac and Hanson |
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| Title | Universal Colliery |
| Description | Information on Universal Colliery disasters at Senghenydd in South Wales. |
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| Title | University Of Bristol Department of Earth Sciences |
| Description | Details on the department's geology museum and its collections. |
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| Title | Ushaw Colliery |
| Description | The Ushaw Moor website includes details of the colliery and also has a picture gallery. |
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| Title | Victorian Times |
| Description | Victorian Times is a NOF (New Opportunities Fund) funded digitisation project examining social, political and economic developments in Victorian Britain (1837-1901). The website topics include: coal mine accidents, mines and mineral resources, and the gas industry. |
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| Title | Wales Underground |
| Description | An online trail of the top twelve underground sites in Wales takes you on a journey into the very heart of the Welsh geological and industrial past. |
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| Title | Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group |
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| Title | Wealden Cave & Mine Society |
| Description | The Wealden Cave & Mine Society is a registered charity and was founded in 1967 to research and explore underground sites, such as natural caves, mines and underground stone quarries. |
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| Title | Wealden Iron Research Group |
| Description | The Wealden Iron Research Group (WIRG) studies the extinct iron industry of the Sussex, Kent and Surrey Weald, where sands and clays provided iron ore, as well as the stone and brick to build the furnaces. WIRG produces an annual bulletin Wealden Iron and a twice-yearly Newsletter for its members. |
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| Title | Web elements |
| Description | A site created by Mark Winter, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield with information on the periodic table and the elements. |
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| Title | Wells and East Mendip Museum |
| Description | General site for the museum which houses a good collection of minerals including ores from Mendip and four Roman lead pigs. |
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| Title | Welsh Coal Mines |
| Description | This site concentrates on the coal fields of South Wales and includes details on individual collieries. There are also poems, a glossary, and a discussion list where visitors can post messages or comments. |
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| Title | Welsh miners and the Spanish Civil War |
| Description | This is one of the 'coalfield learning journey' pages from the Coalfield Web Materials site and looks at the Welsh miners who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War. |
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| Title | Welsh Mines Society |
| Description | The activities of the Welsh Mines Society and its members. |
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| Title | Welsh Slate Museum |
| Description | Details on the National Museums & Galleries of Wales Welsh Slate Museum site at Llanberis. |
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| Title | Wessex Lapidary & Mineralogical Society |
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| Title | West Cumbria Mines Research Group |
| Description | The West Cumbria Mines Research Group is interested in all aspects of mining and also runs the Florence Mine Museum. |
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| Title | West Mary Ann Mine, Cornwall |
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| Title | West Of England Group Of The Geologists' Association |
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| Title | West Sussex Geological Society |
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| Title | Westminster Dredging Company |
| Description | Website for the Westminster Dredging Company which also features details on its sand and gravel supplying service and its subsidiary Llanelli Sand Dredging Ltd. |
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| Title | Westmorland Geological Society |
| Description | The Society was founded in 1973 and aims to foster awareness of the Earth Sciences and to provide a forum for all who are interested. Membership is open to all and non-members can attend individual events for a small fee. Particular encouragement is given to those with little knowledge of geology. |
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| Title | Wet Earth Colliery |
| Description | The history of the Wet Earth Colliery near Manchester. |
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| Title | Wheal Martyn Museum |
| Description | The Cornish Clay Museum near St Austell. |
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| Title | Wheatley Hill History |
| Description | Information on the pit at Wheatley Hill and life in the village before and after. |
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| Title | Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire |
| Description | Description of an open barite-lead-zinc-silver mine at NM823659 owned by Minworth Ltd's subsidiary, Strontian Minerals. |
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| Title | Whitwell Colliery |
| Description | Details on colliery and quarries from the Whitwell Local History Group website. |
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| Title | William 'Strata' Smith on the web |
| Description | Details of the geological map of the UK produced by William Smith in the early 19th century, the first of its kind. |
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| Title | William Smith |
| Description | Information on William Smith, who produced the first ever geological map of the UK. |
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| Title | Women and the coalfield |
| Description | This is one of the 'coalfield learning journey' pages from the Coalfield Web Materials site and looks at women in the coalfields. |
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| Title | Women And The Pits |
| Description | A website put together by Leah Ryan and Ian Winstanley using resources gathered by Ian, who also hosts the Coal Mining History Resource Centre website. The aim is to provide a history of women working in UK mines. |
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| Title | Woodhorn - Northumberland Museum Archives and Country Park |
| Description | The website for the former Woodhorn Colliery site at Ashington in Northumberland, which is being developed into a visitors centre which will house the county's archives office, a museum and other attractions when it opens in the autumn of 2006. |
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| Title | Woolley Colliery |
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| Title | World Coal Institute |
| Description | The World Coal Institute (WCI) is a non-profit, non-governmental association of coal producers and coal consumers - the only international body working on a worldwide basis on behalf of the coal industry. The website includes information on coal - how it is mined, how it is transported, how it is used. |
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| Title | Yorkshire coalfields |
| Description | Pages on some coalfields in Yorkshire. From a website which describes fifty square miles of England - a cluster of small towns and villages east of Sheffield, south of Rotherham, and west of Worksop Bassetlaw. |
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| Title | Yorkshire Geological Society |
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| Title | Yorkshire Main Colliery |
| Description | Compiled by a former miner at the pit, this site includes: photographs; outline of pit history; price lists (facsimile); personal reminiscence.
Also: Bentley Pit disaster; Maltby pit disaster; Markham Main colliery. |
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| Title | Zinc Information Centre |
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