Grassington

  • Biographical notes on the Bagshaw and Tennant families (Mine Owners)
  • Halifax Guardian, 1847 – presentation to Alfred Jenkin – superintendant of lead works.
  • Report on three small structures on Grassington Moor.
  • Warren, S. “Digging Notes – caves in Grassington Area”. Lists of miners in the census returns, 1841, 51, 61, 71 and 81.
  • Decision of Commons Enquiry re Grassington Out Moor, 1988, 17 pp.
  • Colliery rents at Threshfield and Grassington,1847-1854.
  • Cannadine, D. “The Landowner as Millionaire: Finances of the Dukes of Devonshire, 1800- 1926”.
  • Agricultural History Review, Vol.25 (1977), pp.77-97.
  • Leeds Mercury, 1775. Accidental death of Abraham Brunt.
  • Extracts from the Mining Journal on Grassington Mine, 1837, 1838, 1851.
  • Public Record Office – BT31/24052/150399 – Grassington Lead Mines Ltd.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Smelting ledgers, 1697-1807.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Smelting ledgers, 1808-1855.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) transcripts of agents’ letters, 1815-1838 and 1857-1868.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Merchants’ ledger, 1849-1862.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Lead Book, 1698-1710.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Grassington Mines Dues, 1735-53.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from George Bradley’s lead ledger, 1764-93.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Cupola Account, 1793-1825.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Wardle & Co. Reckoning Book, 1764- 1790.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) transcripts of Barmasters’ Grants, 1745-1808.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) transcripts of Barmasters’ Letters, 1731-1773.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) transcripts of Barmasters’ Letters, 1774-1798.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Smelt Mill Accounts, 1691-1696.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Smelt Mill Costs, 1838-1858.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Lead smelted from grants, 1840-1856.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) breakdown of Lead smelted from grants, 1735-1820.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) breakdown of Lead smelted from grants, 1821-1833.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) breakdown of lead sales, 1818-1877.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Total Measurements, 1820-1844.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Measurements, 1862-1880.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Tutwork Setting Books, 1821-1856.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Costs for Grassington Mines, 1821-1858.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Rough costs for Grassington Mines, 1851- 1853.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Rough costs for Grassington Mines, 1855- 1857.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Costs for Grassington Mines, 1876-1882.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) extracts from Private Bargains, 1824-1874.
  • Bolton MSS (Duchy of Devonshire) Account Current, 1821-1883.
  • Raistrick Collection, 7 pages of transcripts, 1735-1739.
  • Raistrick Collection, transcript of Robert Stockdale’s Book, 1771-1779.
  • Raistrick Collection, drawings of Meer Stones on Grassington Moor.
  • Transcripts of Mining Laws and Customs, 1642 and 1737.
  • Transcripts of Duke of Bridgewater’s Lead Mine Accounts, 1709 and 1722.
  • Bagshaw Collection extracts from New Rake Mine Reckoning Book, 1823-1844.
  • Bagshaw Collection extracts from Glory Mine Reckoning Book, 1823-1842.
  • B.S.A. Notes on exploration of Grassington Shafts in the 1940s.
  • Gilligan, A. “Report on the lead mines of Grassington Moor”, c1917.
  • Collins, H.F. “Report on the Grassington lead mines”, 1917.
  • Hodgkiss, A. “Report on the Grassington lead mines”, 1917.
  • Spence, R.T. “Mining and Smelting in Yorkshire by the Cliffords, Earls of Cumberland, in the
  • Tudor and Early Stuart Period” Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol.64 (1992), pp.157- 183.
  • Gill, M.C. “Mechanisation at the Grassington Lead Mines” Industrial Archaeology Review, Vol.XI Part 1 (1988), pp.37-50.