Broughton Moor Green Slate Quarries Ltd

The company that worked Broughton Moor, four miles south-west of Coniston, developing it from the 1920s into the largest slate mine in England, and which held Lag Bank and Cove at Coniston in the 1930s.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Lag Bank Quarry Cumbria 1930–1945

Record created: 12 September 2026 · Last researched: 12 September 2026

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