Honister Slate Mine, Alastair Cameron and Liz Withey

Honister Slate Mine, Alastair Cameron and Liz WitheyNew Paperback Utilising a wealth of rare and unpublished images from official archives, authors Alastair Cameron and Liz Withey tell the story behind the development of the Honister Slate Mine in the Lake District. Though the exact date that mining at the site began is unknown, it was undoubtedly in operation shortly after the Norman Conquest. Slate was initially won from the surface of Honister Crag. Later, during Elizabethan times, skilled immigrant

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