Thanks Mike,
I will order this week wjen I finish urgent project.
keith Evans.
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Sent: 14 July 2017 15:40
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Subject: The Mines of the Shrewsbury Coalfields
New book by Mike Shaw ,The Mines of the Shrewsbury Coalfields, Sb, 175 x
235 , 204pp, £15.00 + £2.70 P&P available from Moorebooks.co.uk
The book covers the history of three small coalfields just east of
Shrewsbury west into Powys and south to just outside Church Stretton, The
coal was thin, faulted and low grade but was available and affordable ,
they closed with the coming of the railways although Hanwood didnt close
until the 1940's. The coal was used to power the steam engines around south
Shropshire including Snailbeach, Tankerville and the Bog. staking research
along with numerous site visits where shafts and building remains have been
identified, each area is supported by excellent maps drawn by Daviid Adams
and will help others exploring these areas find the mines and their
remains. In Pontesford at least two of the engine houses have been
preserved as dwellings, colour photographs taken by Ken Lock in the late
1960s give a better idea of what they looked like. A third engine house has
been preserved recently with lottery monies although access is restricted.
This book is an excellent study of the area as you expect from this author
whose previous study on the Lead Copper and Barytes Mines of Shropshire .
Included are Pontesbury, Hanwood, Leebotwood, Dryton and trials in North
East Shropshire
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