Suggested Reading List

While by no means comprehensive, the following books give a good overview of many aspects of mining in the Tamar Valley and surrounding area. If you have any suggestions of books that you feel should be included please let us know.

General
Barton, DB. 1961: ‘A History of Copper Mining in Cornwall & Devon’, Truro Bookshop, Truro

Booker, Frank 1967, 1972: ‘
The Industrial Archaeology of the Tamar Valley’, David & Charles, Newton Abbot

Hamilton-Jenkin, AK. 1974, 2004?: ‘
Mines of Devon’, David & Charles, Newton Abbot

Harris, Helen 1968, 1972, 2000?: ‘
The Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor’, David & Charles, Newton Abbot

Paige, RT. 1978: ‘
The Tamar Valley At Work’, Dartington Amenity Research Trust, Totnes

Paige, RT. 1982: ‘
The Upper Tamar Valley A Century Ago’, Dartington Amenity Research Trust, Totnes

Paige, RT. 1984: ‘
The Tamar Valley and its People: The Years of Change, 1840-1940’, Dartington Amenity Research Trust, Totnes

Richardson, PHG 1992: ‘
Mines of Dartmoor & the Tamar Valley After 1913’, Northern Mine Research Society Monograph No.44.

Detailed Mining & Mineralogy
Collins, JH. 1912, 1988: ‘Observations on the West of England Mining Region’,

Dines, HG. & Phemister, J. 1956; rewritten by Beer, KE. 1988: ‘
Metalliferous Mining Region of Southwest England’, Vols 1 & 2, HMSO

Gerrard, Sandy 2000: ‘
The Early British Tin Industry’, Tempus, Stroud

Perkins, JW. 1972: ‘
Geology Explained: Dartmoor & the Tamar Valley’, David & Charles, Newton Abbot

Transport
Barton, DB. 1964, 1971: ‘The Mines & Mineral Railways of East Cornwall & West Devon’, D Bradford Barton Ltd, Truro

Hadfield, Charles 1967: ‘The Canals of South West England’, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Pp 127-135.

Hedges, C. 1975: ‘
The Tavistock Canal’, Dartington Amenity Research Trust, Totnes

Von Oeynhausen, C. & Von Dechen, H. 1829 (Trans E A Forward) 1971: ‘
Railways in England, 1826 & 1827’, Newcomen Society Extra Publication No.7, Pp 70-73.

Specialist subject works
Burt, R. 1978: ‘John Taylor’, Exeter University Press, Exeter

Goodridge, JC. 1964: ‘
Devon Great Consols: A Study in Victorian Mining Enterprise’, Transactions of the Devonshire Association Vol.96, Pp.228-268.

Isham, K. 2000: ‘
Lime Kilns & Limeburners in Cornwall’, Cornish Hillside Publications, St Austell

Patrick, A. 1990: ‘
Morwellham Quay, A History’, Morwellham Quay Museum, Tavistock
 
Stewart, R (ed) 2003: ‘
Devon Great Consols: A collection of contemporary articles & reports, 1850-1930’, Tamar Mining Press, Calstock
 
Stewart, R (ed) 2004: ‘
Mines of the Tamar & Tavy: A Collection of CF Barclay’s Mine Reports, 1917-1940’, Tamar Mining Press, Calstock

Stewart, R. 2005: ‘
Ore Dressing at Devon Great Consols, 1844-1978’, Tamar Mining Monograph No.1, Tamar Mining Press, Calstock

Toll, RW. 1953: ‘
The Arsenic Industry in West Devon’, Mining Magazine, August 1953
 

Maps

Ordnance Survey Explorer 108 - Lower Tamar Valley & Plymouth 1:25,000

Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure 28 - Dartmoor  1:25,000


 

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