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Reference code
HOUG/A/B/9/1
Title
Articles setting out relationship between 'suffmasters' and miners
Date(s)
- [mid 18th cent.?] (Creation)
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1 folded sheet.
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Scope and content
Headed 'Stock Articles'. Relating to the maintenance of soughs: under-ground channels for draining water to allow access to lower levels of mineral veins, most commonly the lead mines of Derbyshire. Mentions the extraction of 'oar' [ore]. 'Morewood' [Moorwood, west of Stoney Middleton] is named. Addendum on f. 2. in another hand.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Fragile; to be handled with care.
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HOUG/A/B/9/2 is an account for 25 Sept-6 Oct. 1750 relating to the extraction of 'oar' [oar] at Smethe Coe [Smithy Coe], Gate Side and White Lee, near Great Hucklow, Derbyshire.