Peter Appleton of the Skelton History Group has provided this fantastic article on alum workings between Skelton and Saltburn. In trying to understand the timetable of the Selby Hagg and Saltburn works, we face the same problem as with Guisborough, inconsistent use of names. Sometimes the works are described as Selby Hagg works, sometimes as […]
I will be one of the groups at Skelton Library this coming Wednesday I will have my latest maps showing the ironstone workings under whole of Skelton and Boosbeck.
George Pearson began his working life at Carlin How mine as a leader lad working with horses at the age of 14 in 1936. He was the last manager of North Skelton mine, the last ironstone mine in Cleveland when it closed in 1964. In this 1980s interview George talks about the early days of […]
Stevenson, Jacques and Co. were not out of the woods following the subsidence in 1883. In February 1886 a substantial feeder of water was struck, which flooded parts of the workings. Higher capacity pumps would be needed to cope with the extra water, the mine owners asked the royalty owners for help to fund this […]