London Quaker Lead Co
Other Business Names:
- Ryton Co
- Vieille Montagne Zinc Co
- Governors & Company for Smelting Down Led with Pit Coale & Sea Coale
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Alston Moor, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
- Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Middleton in Teesdale, Durham, Durham, North East, England
- Nenthead, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
- North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Clwyd, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
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Extraction
Lead extraction
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Lead products manufacture
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Basic metals production
Lead smelting
Notes:
Established 1692 by charter to acquire for a short time lead smelting works near Bristol. 1704 merged with Ryton Co of Newcastle. Developed extensive lead mining and smelting operations at several UK locations including North Wales, Lake District and Teessdale/Derwent Valley/Weardale. Also built accommodation for workforce including first industrial village, at Nenthead. By 1890s in decline and closed 1905. Mines sold to Vieille Montagne Zinc Co of Belgium
Publications:
- Alston Moor. Its pastoral people, its mines and miners; from the earliest periods to recent times by Wallace, William
- Early steam engines in Flintshire by Rhodes, J H
- History of Halkyn Mountain. The mountain with lead in its veins by Ellis, Bryn
- History of Lead Mining in the Pennines by Raistrick, Arthur, & Bernard Jennings
- Influence of the London Lead Company upon the development of Middleton in Teesdale by Barnby, R A
- London (Quaker) Lead Company and the Prestatyn Mines scandal by Rhodes, John
- London Lead Co, 1692-1905 by Raistrick, Arthur
- London Lead Company in north east Flintshire, 1692-1730 by Hughes, D R
- London Lead Company in North Wales, 1693-1792 by Rhodes, John
- Mill Close Mine, Derbyshire, 1720-1780 by Raistrick, Arthur
- Two Centuries of Industrial Welfare. The London Quaker Lead Co, 1692-1905. The social policy and work ... mainly in Alston Moor and the Pennines by Raistrick, Arthur
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Ryton Co
- Vieille Montagne Zinc Co
- Governors & Company for Smelting Down Led with Pit Coale & Sea Coale
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Alston Moor, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
- Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Middleton in Teesdale, Durham, Durham, North East, England
- Nenthead, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
- North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Clwyd, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
- Extraction Lead extraction
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Lead products manufacture
- Basic metals production Lead smelting
Notes:
Established 1692 by charter to acquire for a short time lead smelting works near Bristol. 1704 merged with Ryton Co of Newcastle. Developed extensive lead mining and smelting operations at several UK locations including North Wales, Lake District and Teessdale/Derwent Valley/Weardale. Also built accommodation for workforce including first industrial village, at Nenthead. By 1890s in decline and closed 1905. Mines sold to Vieille Montagne Zinc Co of BelgiumPublications:
- Alston Moor. Its pastoral people, its mines and miners; from the earliest periods to recent times by Wallace, William
- Early steam engines in Flintshire by Rhodes, J H
- History of Halkyn Mountain. The mountain with lead in its veins by Ellis, Bryn
- History of Lead Mining in the Pennines by Raistrick, Arthur, & Bernard Jennings
- Influence of the London Lead Company upon the development of Middleton in Teesdale by Barnby, R A
- London (Quaker) Lead Company and the Prestatyn Mines scandal by Rhodes, John
- London Lead Co, 1692-1905 by Raistrick, Arthur
- London Lead Company in north east Flintshire, 1692-1730 by Hughes, D R
- London Lead Company in North Wales, 1693-1792 by Rhodes, John
- Mill Close Mine, Derbyshire, 1720-1780 by Raistrick, Arthur
- Two Centuries of Industrial Welfare. The London Quaker Lead Co, 1692-1905. The social policy and work ... mainly in Alston Moor and the Pennines by Raistrick, Arthur