J. and E. Bowness

The Bowness brothers, John and E., who worked the Banks green-slate mine above Chapel Stile in Langdale from the 1880s; John Bowness died there in 1905.

Also recorded asJohn Bowness (The museum's owner name for the 1880s.)

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Banks Slate Quarry, Chapel Stile Cumbria 1882–1922

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

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