Paul, I knew that there were Rock Salt deposits at Stoke Prior - for that was where John Corbett established his very-expensive saltworks. But I'd always believed that he extracted the salt by pumping down steam (or boiling water) rather than that there were every any actual mines there. "A day without a new fact learned is a Wasted day..." Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Prescott <paul@toranean.demon.co.uk> To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [WOR] salt mines > John, Bev: > > A useful distinction. But there were actual mines of rock salt, not brine, > at nearby Stoke Prior. As always, Google can supply references. > > Best wishes > > Paul Prescott > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Tysoe" <gtysoe@jtysoe.fsnet.co.uk> > To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:50 PM > Subject: Re: [WOR] salt mines > > > > Hi Bev, > > > > Don't know of any salt MINES in WOR - but Droitwich (some 7 miles from > > Worcester City Centre) stands on Brine Wells. > > > > The water was boiled dry to produce salt for over 2,000 years - and > > conditions in the saltworks were pretty grim.... > > > > HTH > > > > Gus > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Bev Nethercote <plumpton2@dodo.com.au> > > To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:34 PM > > Subject: [WOR] salt mines > > > > > >> Hi list > >> > >> This is a vague query but don't have much information. > >> > >> On my great grandmother's birth certificate her father Thomas Turner, was > > listed as being born in Worcestershire. This would have been about 1837. I > > know this county is small in comparison to Australian shires but where do > > I > > start looking? > >> > >> We have a photo of Thomas with a very full beard and the family story is > > that he grew the beard because his teeth were knocked out in the salt > > mines > > before leaving England. So are there salt mines in Worcestershire, and if > > so > > where? > >> > >> Bev Nethercote > >> Kerang, Victoria, Aust > >> > >> > >> ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > >> Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > >> for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > >> UK Census on-line > >> http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > >> > >> > > > > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > > FreeREG Project: parish register database > > http://freereg.rootsweb.com > > > > UK Census on-line > > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > FreeREG Project: parish register database > http://freereg.rootsweb.com > > UK Census on-line > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > >