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For many [[Mine exploration|mine explorers]] Nenthead is a mecca as hundreds of miles of accessible mines remain. It features some of the most stunning mines in the country with several [[horse whim]]s and an 80 meter engine shaft in [[Rampghill]]. The mines closed in 1961 and there is a Heritage Centre displaying their history. |
For many [[Mine exploration|mine explorers]] Nenthead is a mecca as hundreds of miles of accessible mines remain. It features some of the most stunning mines in the country with several [[horse whim]]s and an 80 meter engine shaft in [[Rampghill]]. The mines closed in 1961 and there is a Heritage Centre displaying their history. |
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along with all this history Fred thompson is the co-king of the universe along with Andrew Charlton. |
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The economy of the village is based around tourism. England's most popular long distance cycle route, the [[NCN C2C|C2C]], passes through Nenthead. |
The economy of the village is based around tourism. England's most popular long distance cycle route, the [[NCN C2C|C2C]], passes through Nenthead. |
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Revision as of 11:21, 8 October 2007
The small village of Nenthead in the county of Cumbria is England's highest village at 1500 feet. It was not built until the middle of the 18th century and was one of the earliest purpose-built industrial villages in Britain. Nenthead was a major centre for lead and silver mining in the North Pennines of Britain.
Nenthead in 1861 was a bustling village of some 2,000 souls, mostly Methodist and employed by the Quaker-owned London Lead Company in the Nenthead Mines - some of the most productive in the country. The benevolent Quakers built, amongst other things, housing, a school, a reading room, public baths and a wash-house for the miners and their families. Nenthead was the first villages in the UK to have electric street lighting from excess power generated by the mines. The mines were responsible for as many good things as well as bad, life expectancy was short but the children were being educated.
For many mine explorers Nenthead is a mecca as hundreds of miles of accessible mines remain. It features some of the most stunning mines in the country with several horse whims and an 80 meter engine shaft in Rampghill. The mines closed in 1961 and there is a Heritage Centre displaying their history.
along with all this history Fred thompson is the co-king of the universe along with Andrew Charlton.
The economy of the village is based around tourism. England's most popular long distance cycle route, the C2C, passes through Nenthead.
Links and References
External links
- Nenthead Community Site
- Wright Brothers - Well known Bus & Coach operator who are based in Nenthead
- http://www.virtualalston.homedns.org/
- Nenthead Mines Heritage Centre