Photographs of Redmire and Preston under Scar at the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The village of Preston under Scar in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire.
St Margaret's Church, Preston under Scar, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.
The church was built in 1862 and is dedicated to St. Margaret of Antioch.
Keld Heads Lead Mine and Smelt Mill at Tullis Cote, Preston under Scar in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.
Keld Heads Mine is believed to be the oldest mine in Wensleydale and was the richest in Yorkshire.
The photo shows the main mine adit, the smelt mill engine house, boiler room and chimney.
Keld Heads Smelt Mill at Tullis Cote, Preston under Scar in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.
The photo shows the boiler room and chimney.
Keld Heads Smelt Mill at Tullis Cote, Preston under Scar in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.
The photo shows the inside of the engine or pump house and the chimney.
Keld Heads Smelt Mill at Tullis Cote, Preston under Scar in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.
The photo shows the converted peat store.
Houses in the village of Redmire in Wensleydale, the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
A beautiful summer garden in the village of Redmire in Wensleydale, the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
This quaint little building was part of the old Smithy at Redmire in Wensleydale, the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
The base of a medieval cross supporting a pillar that commemorated Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887. Later a lamp was added to the pillar to mark the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Early 19th century disused water pump at Redmire in Wensleydale, the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
Elder growing in the ruins of The Calamine House on Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
This building was recorded as a smithy in 1762, then as The Calamine House in 1851.
The ruin is all that remains of Cobscar Calamine House where calamine (zinc carbonate ZnCO3) was processed from the Hemimorphite found in the nearby lead workings. Zinc minerals were first used commercially in 1794 when zinc carbonate began to be used in the brass industry.
Lead mining bell pits on Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor in Wensleydale, the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire.
The lead mining bell pits are circular mounds of spoil surrounding the remains of lead extraction pits.
To the left of the pits are the remains of The Calamine House where calamine (zinc carbonate ZnCO3) was processed from the Hemimorphite found in these lead workings. Zinc minerals were first used commercially in 1794 when zinc carbonate began to be used in the brass industry. Cobscar Mill Chimney can be seen in the distance.
Cobscar Mill and Chimney on Redmire Moor, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire.
This early 18th century smelt mill was closed in the 1830s due to a depression in the lead markets. It was reopened by Lord Bolton in the 1840s, but ceased work around 1890. It remained largely intact until the 1940s when it was used as target practise by the army.
Cobscar Mill flue and chimney on Redmire Moor, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire.
This collapsed flue would have carried fumes away from the mill. Lead would have condensed on the inside of the flue wall which could then be collected and processed.
Cobscar Lead Smelt Mill flue and chimney on Redmire Moor, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales.
This collapsed flue would have carried fumes away from the mill. Lead would have condensed on the inside of the flue wall which could then be collected and processed.
Cobscar Mill Chimney and remains of the lead smelt mill flue on Redmire Moor, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales.
Cobscar Mill Chimney and remains of the lead smelt mill flue on Redmire Moor, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire.