Northern Mine Research Society
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| Contact: | President | Year formed: 1960 | |||||||||||
| Email: | Membership: 400 | ||||||||||||
| Website: | http://www.nmrs.org.uk | ||||||||||||
| Facebook: | https://facebook.com/NMRSenquiries/ | ||||||||||||
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| Area of interest: | Mining both national and international. | ||||||||||||
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| Classes of membership: | Full: £17. Overseas: please contact Membership Secretary (address details on website). | ||||||||||||
| Publications: | Newsletters - four issues per annum. 'British Mining' (Monographs and Memoirs), usually a minimum of two issues per annum. | ||||||||||||
| Archive collection: | Extensive Records. Contact the Recorder (address details on website). | ||||||||||||
| Artefact collection: | Now at the Countryside Museum, Hawes | ||||||||||||
| Current projects: |
1. Development of research resources for the NMRS website 2. Bale smelting 3. Yorkshire Dales mining population studies 4. Gazetteer of collieries in the British Isles |
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| Publicity: | An extensive website www.nmrs.org carrying details of Society activities and publications, as well as information designed to help researchers. Also an active Northern Mine Research Society Facebook page. | ||||||||||||
| Services: | Lectures and guided tours of mining remains and consultancy with respect to mining history . | ||||||||||||
| Excavation of Medieval lead smelting site at Hagg Farm, Fremington, Swaledale. See British Mining Memoirs to be published November 2014 |
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Last updated: 08/03/2021 |
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