Derbyshire Lead Industry in the Sixteenth Century
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- Author(s) Kiernan, David
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1989
- Pages 338pp; illus
- Publisher Derbyshire Record Society
- Place Published Chesterfield
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- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly account of the industry having chapters: 'The mining industry'; 'The bole and the Brenners'; 'The lead trade'; 'The ore hearth smelting mill'; 'The introduction of new technology'; 'The impact of new technology'; 'The growth of the lead trade'. Extensive appendices cover 'Mining Groups'; Water powered smelt mills'; 'Wills and inventories'