Myttonsbeach Mine

Overview

A lead mine in the Stiperstones orefield of south-west Shropshire, held before 1864 by Heighway Jones of the Bog & Pennerley Company, who sold his interest in it that year to concentrate on the mine that became Tankerville.

History

Myttonsbeach Mine worked a vein in the Stiperstones orefield, part of a lead-mining district running through the Mytton Flags -- the rock formation the mine's own name echoes -- above the Stiperstones Quartzite. In 1864, Heighway Jones, who ran the Bog & Pennerley Company and was working several adjacent mines in the district, sold his interest in both Pennerley and Myttonsbeach in order to buy and concentrate on the nearby Oven Pipe mine, which he developed into what became Tankerville. Beyond this change of ownership, no reliable account of Myttonsbeach's own working dates, output or eventual closure has yet been located; it is documented today chiefly through its listing as one of twelve sites in the Shropshire Mines Trust's field guide to the Stiperstones mines.

Workings

No reliable detail on the mine's own workings has yet been located.

Abandoned workings can be dangerous — unstable ground, uncapped shafts, flooding and bad air are common even where a site looks safe from the surface. This entry describes history and general location only; it is not an access guide.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

• Myttonsbeach was owned by Heighway Jones of the Bog & Pennerley Company, who in 1864 sold his interest in both Pennerley and Myttonsbeach Mines in order to buy and concentrate on the nearby Oven Pipe mine, which he developed into what became Tankerville. ¹
• The Stiperstones district's lead-zinc veins, known locally as setts, run through the steeply-dipping Mytton Flags above the Stiperstones Quartzite, worked on and off from Roman times to the 1950s. ²
• Myttonsbeach is one of twelve sites -- alongside Snailbeach, Central Snailbeach, Perkinsbeach, Burgham, Tankerville, Pennerley, Bog Mine, Ladywell Mine, Grit Mines, Roman Gravels Mine and Wood Mine -- covered in the Shropshire Mines Trust's field guide to the Stiperstones mines. ³

Photographs & further reading

This page doesn't try to reproduce everything — these are the best original sources found for this mine.

Sources

1. (primary) Tankerville Mine — Northern Mine Research Society
2. (secondary) Stiperstones — Shropshire Geological Society
3. (secondary) Field Guide to Stiperstones Mines (publication listing) — Shropshire Mines Trust

Record created: 31 August 2026 · Last researched: 31 August 2026