Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• List of Figures
• List of Maps
• Introduction
• Chapter One: The Physical Landscape and Location
• The Geography of the Coals
• Geology and the Coal Seams
• Chapter Two: Review of the Historical Sources/Literature to Date
• The Primary Archive Material
• Chapter Three: A Brief History of Coal Mining
• Origions of Rights to Mine Coal
• 19th Century Efforts to Find Coal in the Lancaster Area
• Chapter Four: Mining Methods
• Bell Pits
• Adits, Soughs and Levels
• Shafts
• Opencast
• Local Mining and Reclamation Methods
• Working Dates
• Chapter Five: The Coal Mining in Caton, Littledale and the North Quernmore Area
• Geological Evidence
• The Literacy and Family Evidence
• Gresgarth
• Short Reks and William Bank
• Deys Farm, 'The Colliers Gate'
• Lythe and the Hagg
• Littledale
• Claughton
• Chapter Six: The Coal Mining in Lancaster and South Quernmore Area
• Bulk
• Askew Hill Farm
• Lancaster Corporation Pits
• Mount Vernon
• Other Quernmore Coal Sites
• Ellel, Whams and Knowle Hill
• Basil Point
• Chapter Seven: The Main Hornby Castle Estate Sites in Lower Eastern Lunesdale
• Hornby Castle Estate Coal Mining Sites
• The Farleton Colliery
• The Tatham West Colliery Mining Sites
• The Tatham East Colliery
• Clintsfield
• Blands
• Chapter Eight: Smear Hall and Roeburndale
• Wray Wood Moor Pits
• The Wray Wood Moor Colliery Dispute
• Some Other Sites
• Chapter Nine: The Coal Mining in Wennington, Bentham, Mewith, Greystone Gill, Ingleton and Burton
• Wennington
• Robert Hall
• The Bentham-Mewith Pits
• Greystone Gill Colliery
• Ingleton
• Burton in Lonsdale
• Thornton
• Chapter Ten: The Northern Seams
• Aughton
• Leck
• Casterton
• Barbon
• Halton
• Sellet
• The Hutton Roof Coal Mines
• Kendal
• Crosby Ravensworth
• Garsdale, Baugh Fell and Kirthwaite
• Dent and Deepdale
• Chapter Eleven: The Families Involved in the Lunesdale Coal Mining
• Coal Site Map Reference List
• Bibliography
• List of Subscribers
• Index