Lands and Lead Miners A History of Brassington in Derbyshire

by Slack, Ron

• ISBN13: 9780752444970
• ISBN10: 0752444972
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: Tempus

Summary

Thus wrote Daniel Defoe after his visit to Brassington in the 1720s. Illustrated with more than fifty photographs, this book traces the development of the village from its prehistoric origins as a small farming settlement through to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when the free miners of Brassington hung on to their independence, and right up to the modern day.

Author Biography

Ron Slack is a keen local historian with a long-standing interest in genealogy and family trees. His meticulous research into the history of mining, combined with his attention to individuals in history, are both encompassed in his latest title.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
The First People	p. 9
Medieval Brassington	p. 22
Out of the Middle Ages	p. 36
Earl George	p. 52
Squires, Yeomen and the Poorer Sort	p. 58
Manor, Church and State	p. 73
Groovers and their Barmasters	p. 85
A Workaday Village	p. 101
Chapels, Schools and House of Industry	p. 117
Transformation	p. 140
Bibliography	p. 156
Index	p. 159
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