At 11:08 12/07/2010, Mike Gill wrote:
>Peter's suggestion that a 'minery' on
>Mendip was a lead ore processing area is interesting (and follows Gough),
>because in the 'North' its means so much more.
Mike,
Further to my earlier response, I went to the old
faithful - the Oxford English Dictionary - which cites the following usage -
> 1. a. A place where mining is carried out; a mine.
>[1279 Northumberland Assize Rolls (1891) 266
>Quod Aldeneston' et mynaria ejusdem et homines
>ejusdem minariæ..fuerint alienati.] 1567
><http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-m2.html#j-maplet>J.
>M<http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-m2.html#j-maplet>APLET
>Greene Forest f. 13, It is found also in
>Mineries in maner like to Grauell and Sande.
>1577
><http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-f2.html#j-frampton>J.
>F<http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-f2.html#j-frampton>RAMPTON
>tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes III. f. 103, Euerie
>daie they doe discouer in those Countries greate
>Mineries of Mettalles [Sp. grandes mineros de
>metales (1574)]. 1600
><http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-t2.html#c-tourneur>C.
>T<http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-t2.html#c-tourneur>OURNEUR
>Transformed Metamorph. sig. C3, His eies that
>'fore were cleare lycophosie, Now cannot see but
>in a minery. 1633
><http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-a.html#t-adams>T.
>A<http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-a.html#t-adams>DAMS
>Comm. 2 Peter III. v. 1192 If we dig into her
>inwards, wee finde metals, mineries, quarries.
>1670
><http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-p2.html#j-pettus>J.
>P<http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-p2.html#j-pettus>ETTUS
>Fodinæ Regales 88 Every other Trespass done upon
>the Minerie shall be fined at 2d. 1681
><http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-b2.html#j-beaumont>J.
>B<http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-b2.html#j-beaumont>EAUMONT
>in Philos. Coll. No. 2. 3 Which came from the
>washing of Lead-Ore in the Minery ponds. 1799
><http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-t2.html#w-tooke>W.
>T<http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-t2.html#w-tooke>OOKE
>View Russ. Empire II. 506 Certain wrought goods
>for the army and navy, as cannon~balls from the
>mineries. 1876
><http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-w2.html#w-white>W.
>W<http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-w2.html#w-white>HITE
>Holidays in Tyrol xvii. 134 A thank-offering
>from the minery to the church. 1899
><http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-r.html#w-raymond>W.
>R<http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-r.html#w-raymond>AYMOND
>Two Men o' Mendip iii. 51 I'll ride across to
>the mineries, myzelf, so quiet as I can. 1976
>Horse & Hound 3 Dec. 26/4 Scent was
>deteriorating and they lost him in the mineries.
>1997 Evening Post (Bristol) (Nexis) 15 July 7 Dr
>Willie Stanton will lead the Mendip Society
>special interest walk at Priddy Mineries on July
>26. 1999 Wells Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 21 Jan.,
>At the eastern edge of North Hill lies..another minery
>{em}
>Chewton Minery.
Whilst most refer to Mendip there is one 13th
century citation for Northumberland which appears
to be referring to the mines around Alston
(actually in Cumberland) commonly referred to as the mine of Carlisle.
Peter
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