MineArchiveMines in Yorkshire
Britain's largest historic county holds two quite different mining traditions: lead mining in the Yorkshire Dales, worked since at least the Norman period and once supporting whole communities and even a medieval priory, and the 19th-century Cleveland ironstone field along the North Sea coast, whose deep shaft mines fed the Teesside iron and steel industry until the last of them closed in 1964.
| Mine | Worked | Commodities |
|---|---|---|
| Marrick Lead Mines | Worked from at least the Norman period; a Roman-inscribed lead ingot found in the workings suggests much older origins, though written records only confirm activity from Henry VIII's reign onward.–Production declined through the 19th century; unworked by the early 20th century. | Lead |
| Moulds Side Mine | Lead mining in the area recorded from at least 1285; sustained hushing and shaft working from the 17th and 18th centuries.–Smelting continued at the site's CB Mill from 1822 onward; the mines and mills were in decline by the mid-19th century. | Lead |
| North Skelton Mine | Ironstone discovered 1865; the mine opened in 1872 after extensive preparation work.–Closed 17 January 1964, the last ironstone mine to close anywhere in Cleveland. | Iron |
| Punchard Gill Mine | Lead mining recorded here by 1521; a separate coal working developed later.–The coal working closed in 1927; the lead workings had been abandoned long before. | Lead, Coal |