The article was about all kinds of mining. As I recall, some coal was mined in Lincolnshire, but we didn't have the nice thick seams of coal that they had in Leicestershire and Derbyshire. Of course, we don't have the subsidence problems now either, not to the same extent. When you dig out a nine foot thick seam of coal, the land and building above tend to settle a bit. The Romans liked the silver and lead from Derbyshire, which is one reason they wanted the isle in their empire. But Iron made Scunthorpe. And Sheffield. Remember those opening scenes from "The Full Monty"? And we had plenty of Limestone and Granite. I know that in Derbyshire, some mines were used as Air Raid shelters during World War II, but I don't know of any in Lincolnshire that had that honor. Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Wells" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 1:02:33 AM Subject: Re: [LIN] Mining in Lincolnshire I am not sure where this article mentions coal mining in Lincolnshire. Iron Ore quarrying in the Jurassic limestone yes, but that's a whole different industry to coal mining. Terry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 30 May 2014 23:01 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LIN] Mining in Lincolnshire Oh, Aye, there was mining for coal in Lincolnshire. See: http://mininghistory.thehumanjourney.net/edu/EastMidlandsIntro.shtml Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "bill stratton" <[email protected]> To: "elaine westaway" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 6:49:33 AM Subject: Re: [LIN] Mining in Lincolnshire There must of been Coal Mining somewhere in Lincolnshire' from the Grantham Cemetery Register SOAR Hannah Buried 27 Mar 1909 Age 18 Female Died New Somerby Father Occ. Coal Miner Burial Spot 13 II 20 Bill Stratton ----- Original Message ----- From: "elaine westaway" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [LIN] Mining in Lincolnshire > Dear Kate > > Thank you for that info, but you are both right and wrong, there was a > mine shaft sunk at Woodhall as it then was in 1821 by John Parkinson in an > attempt to find coal as most of what was used in Lincolnshire came from > the Pennines at that time, but none was found, all that was found was a > conduit of salty water, following an accident during some work with > explosives in the mine and a resulting fatality the mine shaft was closed > and wooden planks laid over the top, but with a couple of years the mine > shaft was full of the salty water and it was bubbling up over the top, it > as then noticed that cattle who had drunk from the water where cured of > some ailments and when the local lord of the manor tried some and found it > help with his gout, he initially built a small bath house over the spring > and later turned it into a spa hence the former village of Woodhall became > the town of Woodhall spa. so the reason that the town has mine workings in > it's sign is that > without the ill-fated attempt at mining there would have been no spa town. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
A book that some of you may have is "Lincolnshire" by John Bygott in the County Book series (pub 1952). His interest was geography and in it he discusses at some length the occurrence of iron deposits in Lincolnshire. One of the comments he makes is: "The Scunthorpe district is now one of the most important sources of supply [of iron ore] despite the disadvantage of being away from the coalfields. Coal undoubtedly exists locally, but at so great a depth that the difficulty and expense entailed in its exploitation would not be commensurate with the result, so it is cheaper and more convenient to bring supplies from the York, Derby and Nottingham Coalfield." I remember John Bygott well. He taught at Humberston Foundation School (Clee Grammar) which I attended during the war years. Another good discussion on geology and mining in Lincolnshire is to be found in the later editions of Kelly's Directories. Apparently in 1878 a deep boring was made at South Scarle almost on the County Boundary, where at just over 2,000 ft there was some indication of coal measures. Borings in 1893 at Haxey prove that important coal measures lie under the Isle of Axholme. "Up to the present time (reading from the 1926 edition) coal has not been worked to any appreciable extent in the county". This is all academic now, of course. Shall we ever see mining for coal in Lincolnshire (or any where else in Britain for that matter)? Except for fracking of course but that's another matter! Antony The article was about all kinds of mining. As I recall, some coal was mined in Lincolnshire, but we didn't have the nice thick seams of coal that they had in Leicestershire and Derbyshire. Of course, we don't have the subsidence problems now either, not to the same extent. When you dig out a nine foot thick seam of coal, the land and building above tend to settle a bit. The Romans liked the silver and lead from Derbyshire, which is one reason they wanted the isle in their empire. But Iron made Scunthorpe. And Sheffield. Remember those opening scenes from "The Full Monty"? And we had plenty of Limestone and Granite. I know that in Derbyshire, some mines were used as Air Raid shelters during World War II, but I don't know of any in Lincolnshire that had that honor. Lou
My great-great grandfather left South Lincolnshire to work in the mines in the Guisborough area of North Yorkshire after the death of his father in 1876. His son moved back to Lincolnshire and worked for some time in the ironstone mine somewhere at the end of Monks Road in Lincoln. His son worked for a number of years at the ironstone mine at Nettleton until its closure in the 1960s or possibly early 1970s. Another unrelated ancestor was listed as a mine worker in Claxby (near Nettleton) in 1881. This job must have been short lived as previously he had been an ag. lab. and returned to the job some years later. It seems clear that many people fron South Lincolnshire and Norfolk moved north in the search for work. It must have been very different from the farming most of them were used to. I still remember my great-grandfather's brother holding up his hands and advising me never to dirty them! I followed his advice I'm pleased to say. Best wishes, Mark > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 10:50:03 +0100 > Subject: Re: [LIN] Mining in Lincolnshire > > A book that some of you may have is "Lincolnshire" by John Bygott in the > County Book series (pub 1952). His interest was geography and in it he > discusses at some length the occurrence of iron deposits in Lincolnshire. > One of the comments he makes is: > "The Scunthorpe district is now one of the most important sources of supply > [of iron ore] despite the disadvantage of being away from the coalfields. > Coal undoubtedly exists locally, but at so great a depth that the difficulty > and expense entailed in its exploitation would not be commensurate with the > result, so it is cheaper and more convenient to bring supplies from the > York, Derby and Nottingham Coalfield." > > I remember John Bygott well. He taught at Humberston Foundation School > (Clee Grammar) which I attended during the war years. > > Another good discussion on geology and mining in Lincolnshire is to be found > in the later editions of Kelly's Directories. Apparently in 1878 a deep > boring was made at South Scarle almost on the County Boundary, where at just > over 2,000 ft there was some indication of coal measures. Borings in 1893 > at Haxey prove that important coal measures lie under the Isle of Axholme. > "Up to the present time (reading from the 1926 edition) coal has not been > worked to any appreciable extent in the county". > > This is all academic now, of course. Shall we ever see mining for coal in > Lincolnshire (or any where else in Britain for that matter)? Except for > fracking of course but that's another matter! > > Antony > > > > The article was about all kinds of mining. As I recall, some coal was mined > in Lincolnshire, but we didn't have the nice thick seams of coal that they > had in Leicestershire and Derbyshire. Of course, we don't have the > subsidence problems now either, not to the same extent. When you dig out a > nine foot thick seam of coal, the land and building above tend to settle a > bit. The Romans liked the silver and lead from Derbyshire, which is one > reason they wanted the isle in their empire. > > But Iron made Scunthorpe. And Sheffield. Remember those opening scenes > from "The Full Monty"? And we had plenty of Limestone and Granite. I know > that in Derbyshire, some mines were used as Air Raid shelters during World > War II, but I don't know of any in Lincolnshire that had that honor. > > Lou > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message