Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850

This thesis attempts to describe and explain the spatial changes which occurred in the development of coalmining in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850. The explanation is derived from an examination of primary and published sources of various types, of which colliery records, documents and plans h...

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Main Author: Telford, Stephen James
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 1977
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/7491/1/474799.pdf
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description This thesis attempts to describe and explain the spatial changes which occurred in the development of coalmining in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850. The explanation is derived from an examination of primary and published sources of various types, of which colliery records, documents and plans have been the most important. The study is divided into two main parts. The first is concerned with the movement of mining away from the outcrops into areas of deeper coal culminating in the colonisation of the remoter coalfield. It begins in the early seventeenth century when mining was confined to a few manors on the banks of the Tyne and traces chronologically the great changes in the nature, scale and location of the industry which occurred during the ensuing two-and-a-half centuries. The second part analyses the major influences which controlled the location and movement of mining, dealing primarily with the roles of land and colliery ownership and of changing technology. In conclusion an attempt is made to evaluate the predictability of the mining process and to assess its amenability to model-building and generalisation.
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spelling oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:74912022-04-25T11:28:11Z http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/7491/ Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850 Telford, Stephen James 940 History of Europe This thesis attempts to describe and explain the spatial changes which occurred in the development of coalmining in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850. The explanation is derived from an examination of primary and published sources of various types, of which colliery records, documents and plans have been the most important. The study is divided into two main parts. The first is concerned with the movement of mining away from the outcrops into areas of deeper coal culminating in the colonisation of the remoter coalfield. It begins in the early seventeenth century when mining was confined to a few manors on the banks of the Tyne and traces chronologically the great changes in the nature, scale and location of the industry which occurred during the ensuing two-and-a-half centuries. The second part analyses the major influences which controlled the location and movement of mining, dealing primarily with the roles of land and colliery ownership and of changing technology. In conclusion an attempt is made to evaluate the predictability of the mining process and to assess its amenability to model-building and generalisation. 1977 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/7491/1/474799.pdf Telford, Stephen James (1977) Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850. Doctoral thesis, Polytechnic of North London.
spellingShingle 940 History of Europe
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Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850
title Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850
title_full Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850
title_fullStr Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850
title_full_unstemmed Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850
title_short Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850
title_sort ownership technology and patterns of coalmining activity in northumberland between 1600 and 1850
topic 940 History of Europe
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