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Index of Articles on Devon Published by NMRS
Complied by Alasdair Neill
DEVON MINES
IRON MINING INDUSTRY M1969.27-33
LEAD MINING BM61.133
MANGANESE MINES BM14.5,10
MINES BM90 p. 163.
MINING INDUSTRY BM15.iii BM41.104,106 BM61.144
WHEAL ADAMS Christow BM15.iv,1-3,6-7,9-10,13,16,19,24-29,31-35,39-48,52-53,57-58,61-62,85 pl.viii-x,p.106,109,111,114
ALBION MINE BM44.61-65 BM50.147
ALLER MINE Christow BM15.1-3,6,13-14,21-22 ,92,106
ANDERTON MINE Whitchurch BM44.138
WHEAL ANN Bridford BM15.53
WHEAL ANNA MARIA Dunsford BM15.2,6,30
ARUNDELL UNITED MINES BM55.90-91
ASHBURTON TIN STREAM WORKS Ashburton BM15.iii BM44.136
ASHBURTON UMBER WORKS Ashburton BM44.128
ASHTON MINE Ashton BM15.13-14,21
ATLAS MINE BM5.2-3 BM19.28-29,31 BM44.61-65 BM50.144-148
BACHELOR’S HALL MINE Lydford BM15.10
BAGGATOR BM44.17,129
BAMPFYLDE MINE N11/83.4 N9/84.10 N8/90.4 N5/91.5 BM19.28-29,31 BM39.5
BARTON Torquay BM19.29,31
BATTISHILL DOWN MINE Bridestowe BM44.138
BEDFORD UNITED Tavistock N11/84.2 N/7/93.7 BM5.21-22 BM37.24,45 BM44.95-96,98,104-108,129
NORTH BEDFORD Tavistock BM5.21
BEDFORD FOUNDRY BM90 p. 143.
BELSTONE MINE N2/88.7
BENNAH MINE Christow BM15.2,6,106
BEREALSTON mines N5/88.5 N/8/95.12 BM15.iii,9 BM37.21,50 BM55.130
BERE FERRERS MINES BM90 p. 163,167.
WHEAL BETSY Mary Tavy N5/80.8 BM5.1-2,14 BM13.61 BM44.8,36,47-49 BM46.32 BM49.104
BIRCH or BIRCH ELLERS MINE Bridford BM15.2,5-6,53-55,63,81,plxi,p106-107,113,114
BIRCH TOR AND VITIFER MINE N8/90.2 BM19.29,31 BM37.24 BM44.18,21,129
BIRLAND MINE N2/88.8 BM55.130 BM61.139
BOTTLE HILL MINE Plympton St Mary BM44.138
BOVEY TRACEY Bovey Tracey BM19.31
BOWDEN COMMON MINE BM44.129,130,138
BOWDEN DOWN Brentor BM19.31
BOWDEN HILL MINE Hennock BM15.94 BM44.69
BRADBURY BM19.31
BRADSANDS BM19.31
BRATTON FLEMING BM19.31
BRENT BM19.31 BM44.85
BRIDFORD mines Bridford BM15.v,1,16,53
BRIDFORD MINE Bridford BM15.iii,v-vi,1-2,6,16,21,44,53-54,64-65,106-107. BM44.80-84
BRIDFORD WHEAL AUGUSTA Bridford BM15.53
BRIDFORD CONSOLS MINE Bridford BM15.2,53-54
BRIMLEY BM19.28,31
BRINSLEY BM19.31
BRITANNIA MINE N11/83.5 N9/84.10
BRIXHAM IRON MINES Brixham BM19.27-29
WEST BRIXHAM East Portlemouth BM19.31
BROOKWOOD MINE Buckfastleigh BM15.114 BM37.24 BM44.130
BUCKFASTLEIGH STREAM WORKS Buckfastleigh BM44.136
BUCKLAND East Buckland BM39.4-9
BULKAMORE MINE BM19.29,31 BM44.8,85-88
BURLEY WOOD PROSPECT Bridestowe BM44.138
CALLEY’S IRON PAINT BM19.31
CANONTEIGN MINE Christow BM15.2,13-16,20,23-24,112
CANONTEIGN WORK Christow BM15.9,13
CHALLACOMBE Combe Martin BM19.31
WHEAL CHARLES Charles BM39.10-11
CHILLATON BM14.8
CHILLATON & HOGSTOR MINE BM44.130
EAST CHILLATON MINE Brentor BM44.130,138
CHINTER BM19.28-29,31
CHRISTOW mines Christow BM15.v,1,5,7-8,12,14,23,117
CHRISTOW MINE Christow BM15.12,14-16,21
CHRISTOW CONSOLS MINE Christow BM15.22
CHURSTON BM19.31
COMBE MARTIN MINES Combe Martin N9/87.9 N5/88.5 N2/89.3 N11/90.7 N5/91.5-6 N/8/92.3 BM15.iii BM19.54 BM55.130 BM57.49-52,58 BM39.9 BM90 p. 163.
COMBE MARTIN IRON ORE Combe Martin BM19.27
NORTH COMBE MINE BM44.70
EAST COMBE Swimbridge BM39.10
COUNTESBURY BM19.31
WHEAL CREBOR Tavistock BM44.138 BM61.80
SOUTH WHEAL CREBOR N9/83.2 BM44.131
WEST CREBOR MINE BM44.138,139
CREDITON GOLD PROSPECT N/8/98.10
CROWBARN MINE N9/84.10
CROWNDALE MINE Tavistock BM44.131
EAST CROWNDALE MINE BM78.136
DARTMOOR mines BM15.iii –iv BM38.17
DARTMOOR MINES LEATS BM37.22
DARTMOOR TIN MINES LTD BM44.18-19
DARTMOOR tin BM90 p. 166-167
DEVON AND COURTENAY CONSOLS Whitchurch N5/80.8 BM44.138
DEVON FRIENDSHIP - see Wheal Friendship Mary Tavy
DEVON GREAT CONSOLS Tavistock N2/78.8 N2/79.3,4 N5/80.8 N8/82.1 N9/83.2,9 N11/84.1-2 N8/90.2-3 N11/91.9 N2/07.7 BM5.21-22 BM15.30 BM20.9,44 BM25.49 BM30.48 BM33.20 BM37.19-20,24,45 BM44.cov,2,4,8,11-12,14,36,38,41,49,94-108,136 BM46.137 BM55.6 BM61.144
DEVON NEW COPPER MINE BM55.90-91
DEVON POLDICE MINE Buckland Monachorum N8/90.2
DEVON UNITED MINES Peter Tavy N11/84.2 N/7/93.7 BM37.cover,23 BM44.12-13,43,53-60
DING DONG MINE Tavistock N2/79.3 N8/82.1 N8/90.2 BM44.96,131,136
DOCTORS ISLAND Kingsbridge BM19.31
DODDISCOMBSLEIGH MINE BM15.13,21
WEST DOWN BM19.33
WEST DOWN MINE Whitchurch BM44.138
DREWS BM19.28-29,31
DREWSTEIGNTON mines Drewsteignton BM15.26
DRUIDS MINE BM15.114 BM55.90-93
WHEAL ELIZA N5/89.3
EMILY South Tawton BM44.138
WHEAL EMMA Buckfastleigh BM15.114 BM37.24,40,45
EXMOOR IRON MINES N5/89.3
EXMOOR TREACLE MINES N2/82.4
WHEAL EXMOUTH Christow BM15.iv-v,1-3,6-9,13,30-34,39-48,50-51,54-61,64-67,69,76-77,80-82,85-86,91-92,95,99, pl.iv,vi-vii, p.105-109,111,114,116 BM44.138
NORTH EXMOUTH MINE Christow BM15.6,22,60,111,113,114
SOUTH EXMOUTH MINE Hennock BM15.iv,1-2,4,6-8,11,35-36,41,63,67-78,82-84,86,95 pl.i,p103-104,109,114,116
EYLESBARROW MINE N8/90.2
FAYES MINE Combe Martin BM57.49
FIVE ACRES BM19.28-29,31
FLORENCE MINE N11/83.5 BM19.28-29,31 BM39.28
FORD MINE South Tawton BM44.131
WHEAL FORTESCUE East Buckland BM39.9
NORTH WHEAL FORTESCUE East Buckland BM39.9-10
NORTH WHEAL FORTESCUE CONSOLS East Buckland & Charles BM39.9-10
FOX HOLE MINE N11/87.3
WHEAL FRANCO N8/90.2 N/2/05.6
FRANKMILLS MINE Christow BM15.iv-v,1,3,6-8,13,23,41,46-47,50,54,56-57,62-65,67-82,86-100, pl.ii-iii,v,p.104-105,108-111,114,116 BM19.28,31 BM44.138
WHEAL FREMENTOR BM44.96,98,102-104,108
WHEAL FRIENDSHIP Mary Tavy N5/80.8 N/7/93.7 N/2/05.11 N5/05.6 BM5.1-2 BM13.30,61 BM33.20,26 BM37.24,45 BM44.8,36-47 BM46.30-32,137 BM49.104 BM61.144 BM67.73 BM78.134-135
EAST WHEAL FRIENDSHIP Mary Tavy BM5.1-2
EAST WHEAL FRIENDSHIP Christow BM15.22,24-25
EAST WHEAL FRIENDSHIP Peter Tavy BM44.53
SOUTH WHEAL FRIENDSHIP Mary Tavy BM5.1-2
FURGAM HILL BM19.32
FURZEHAM BM19.28-29
FURZEHILL WOOD MINE, Walkhampton BM44.138
GAWTON MINE Tavistock N11/84.2 BM5.22 BM42.103 BM44.14-15,17,110,132
GEORGE & CHARLOTTE MINE Tavistock N2/79.3 N8/90.2
EAST WHEAL GEORGE Walkhampton BM44.138
GIRT DOWN MINE BM19.32
GOBBET MINE Lydford
GOLDEN DAGGER MINE N8/90.2 BM44.18-26,112
GOODRINGTON MINE BM19.29,32
GOOSEFORD MINE South Tawton BM44.132
GREAT WHEAL MARIA Tavistock BM5.21
GREAT ROCK MINE Hennock N8/90.3 BM15.iii,6,8,64,84,94-95,101,104 BM19.30,32 BM37.41 BM44.67,69,70-74,77,79
GREAT WEEK MINE Chagford BM44.139
GREAT WEST SORTRIDGE CONSOLS MINE Whitchurch BM44.139
GREAT WHEAL WILLIAMS BM44.136,138
GYMTON MINE BM19.32
HARBOUR FORD MINE BM19.32 BM44.85
HATHERBY MINE Ilsington BM19.28-29,32
HAWKMOOR MINE Bovey Tracey BM19.32 BM44.69
HAXON DOWN MINE BM19.32
HAYTOR IRON MINE N/2/05.6 M1969.28-29,32 BM44.133 BM50.144,146
HAYTOR CONSOLS MINE BM50.144
HEMERDON MINE N5/81.4 N9/87.7 N11/90.5 BM15.iii BM44.115,134,137
HEMERDON CONSOLS MINE Plympton St Mary BM44.138
HENNOCK mines Hennock BM15.v,1,3,5,7-8,23,84,117
HENNOCK MINE Hennock BM15.iv,1-2,5-7,10-12,16-18,20,29-31,34-35,48-50,52-53,64,67,81,84,94-96,pl.i,p104,113,114 BM19.32-39
HERCULES MINE Hennock BM50.144
HEXWORTHY MINE Lydford N8/90.2 BM44.8,10,27-35
HOLDITCH MINE Mary Tavy BM44.134
HOGSTOR MINE BM14.8
HOLSTON DOWN BM19.32
HOOK HILL BM19.32
HUCKWORTHY BRIDGE MINE Walkhampton BM44.138
ILSINGTON Ilsington BM19.28,32
ILSINGTON MINING CO Ilsington BM50.144
WHEAL IMPHAM N8/90.2
IVYBRIDGE CONSOLS MINE Ivybridge BM44.139
WHEAL JEWEL Mary Tavy BM5.1-2 BM37.24 BM44.36,39,46-49
KELLY MINE N8/90.3 BM19.27,32,49 BM44.67 BM44.74-79
KING OF THE DART MINE BM45.47
KINGSWOOD MINE Buckfastleigh BM44.134
KIT MINE BM44.8,89-93
KNAP DOWN BM19.54
KNIGHT OF THE DART MINE BM45.47
LADY BERTHA MINE Buckland Monachorum BM44.129
LAPLOYD DOWN MINE BM44.68
WHEAL LAWRENCE Bridford BM15.2,6,30
LE HOLE N5/91.5
LITTLE DUKE MINE Tavistock N11/84.2 BM44.131,138
LOBBECOMBE MINE N2/88.8
LOCKERIDGE MINE N11/84.1
LONGSTONE BRIDGE ALLUVIALS Bickington BM44.136
WHEAL LOPES Bickleigh BM37.26,45 BM48.90-92
LOPWELL MINE Bere Ferrers BM44.139
WHEAL LUSCOMBE N8/90.2
MARCIA BM19.28,32
WHEAL MARIA Tavistock BM5.21
MARISTOW MINE Bere Ferrers N5/88.5 BM44.139
MARTIN’S FARM PROSPECT Drewsteignton BM44.139
WHEAL MARY HUTCHINGS Plympton St Mary BM44.139
MIDDLECOMB Bovey Tracey BM15.9
MOCKHAM DOWN Charles BM39.12
MOLLAND N5/91.5 BM19.28-29,32 BM39.7
MOORWOOD MINE BM44.68
NORTH MOLTON MINE N5/91.5 N/8/95.12 BM75.64
SOUTH MOLTON MINE N11/83.5
NATIVE IRON ORE CO BM50.144
NEW EAST WHEAL RUSSELL Tavistock N5/80.8 BM44.137
NEWTON ST CYRES LEAD MINE BM15.6,9,40-41,107
NEWTON ST CYRES MANGANESE MINE BM15.9-12,21
NEW VICTORIA (SOUTH DEVON) MINE BM55.92-93
NOEMIA Meavy BM19.32
NORTH DEVON COAL AND CULM CO Tawstock BM39.10
NORTH DEVON SILVER LEAD MINE N8/91.4-6
NORTH HOOE MINE Bere Ferrers BM44.138
OKEHAMPTON mines BM15.26
OLDERTOWN Ilsington BM19.29,32
ORESTONE MANGANESE MINE Charles BM39.6,11-12
OWLACOMBE MINE Ashburton N8/82.6 BM15.114 BM44.136
PARKERS BM19.28
PARKINS BM19.29,32
PEPPERDOWN MINE BM44.68
SOUTH PLAIN WOOD MINE BM45.47
PLAISTOW BM19.32
PLUMLEY MINE BM19.32 BM44.70
POLTIMORE MINE N11/83.4-5 N9/84.10
SOUTH POLTIMORE MINE N9/84.10
PORTLEMOUTH CONSOLS BM19.32
PRAWLE BM19.32
PRINCE REGENT MINE N11/83.5 N9/84.10
WHEAL PRISCILLA Charles BM39.9-10
WHEAL PROSPER Brixham BM19.28,32
WHEAL PROSPEROUS Hennock BM15.10-11
HUEL PROVIDENCE Bere Ferrers N11/89.5
QUEEN OF THE DART BM45.47
QUITHER MINE Milton Abbot BM44.136
RAMSLEY MINE South Tawton N2/88.7 BM37.backcover BM44.138,139,141
REED MINE Christow BM15.13-15,22-23
RILEY MINE Hennock BM15.2,4,6
RINGMOOR DOWN MINE BM44.89
ROBOROUGH DOWN WOLFRAM MINE Bickleigh BM44.137
NORTH ROBOROUGH DOWN Buckland Monachorum BM44.139
EAST WHEAL ROBERT Whitchurch BM44.139
NORTH WHEAL ROBERT Whitchurch BM44.139
ROCK HILL Ilsington BM19.29,32
WHEAL RUSSELL Tavistock N8/90.2 BM44.139
RUSSELL UNITED MINES Tavistock BM44.139
SALCOMBE BM19.32
SHAPTOR BM19.32 BM44.69
SHARKHAM BM19.28-29,32
SHAUGH IRON MINE Shaugh Prior BM19.27,29 BM44.137
SHEEPSTOR MINE BM44.89
SHIRWELL BM19.33
SHIRWELL FORD BM19.33
SHOTTS Ilsington BM19.29,33
SHUTTAMOOR MINE Christow BM15.6,64,95 BM19.33 BM44.68
SILVERBROOK BM5.4-6
SMALLACOMBE MINE BM5.3-5 BM19.28-29,33 BM44.61-64 BM50.144-146,148
SORTRIDGE CONSOLS MINE Whitchurch BM37.24,40,45 BM44.137
SOURTON TORS Sourton BM44.139
SOUTH DEVON Buckfastleigh BM19.31
SOUTH DEVON IRON &GENERAL MINING CO BM50.143-145,147
SOUTH HAMS GOLD PROSPECT N/8/98.10
SOUTH TAWTON South Tawton N2/88.7
SPREYCOMBE BM19.33
STICKLEPATH N2/88.7
STOCKLAND BM19.33
STOKE GABRIEL BM19.33
STORMSDOWN MINE Ashburton BM15.114 BM44.136,138
STOWFORD MINE N11/83.4 BM19.28,33
SYCAMORE MINE BM44.69
WHEAL SYDNEY Plympton St Mary BM44.139
TAMAR BM45.47
SOUTH TAMAR CONSOLS MINE N11/84.1
TAMAR SILVER LEAD MINES Bere Ferrers BM38.41
TAMAR VALLEY MINES BM34.7
TAVISTOCK CANAL TUNNEL LODES Tavistock BM44.138
TAVY CONSOLS MINE Tavistock N11/84.2 BM37.21 BM44.41,138
TEIGN VALLEY MINE Bridford BM44.80
THROWLEIGH MINE South Tawton BM44.132,138
TORBAY IRON BM19.28-29,33
TORWOOD Torquay N9/89.6
TRUSHAM MINE Trusham BM15.13
UGBOROUGH BM19.33
UPTON BM19.28,33
UPTON PYNE MINE BM15.9,13,21
VIRTUOUS LADY MINE Buckland Monachorum BM44.139
EAST VITIFER MINE North Bovey BM44.138
WALKHAM & POLDICE MINE Buckland Monachorum BM44.139
WALKHAM UNITED MINE Buckland Monachorum BM44.139
WAPSWORTHY MINE BM44.8,14-17
WATERMOUTH MINE N8/91.5
WEEK MINE Milton Abbot BM44.139
WEST GOOSEFORD MINE South Tawton BM44.132
WHIDDON BM15.114
WHITEWORKS MINE Lydford BM15.10 BM37.24
WHITSTONE OCHRE WORKS Brentor BM44.130,138
WILLIAM & MARY MINE Tavistock N8/90.2 BM44.139
WOLBOROUGH BM19.33
R.W.WOLSTON’S PAINT Brixham BM19.33
WRAY MINE BM44.67-68
YARNER MINE Bovey Tracey BM15.6,30
YEALMPTON IRON BM19.29,33
YENNADON BM19.33
YEOLAND CONSOLS MINE Buckland Monachorum
SOUTH YEOLAND CONSOLS MINE Buckland Monachorum BM44.139

COAL
BIDEFORD ANTHRACITE N11/89.5 N8/90.5-6
BIDEFORD BLACK MINE N8/90.5-6
CHAPEL PARK MINE N8/90.5-6
UNION MINERAL BLACK MINE N8/90.5
WESTWOOD MINE N8/90.5-6

SMELTING WORKS
SMELTING INDUSTRY N/2/93.4
BERE FERRERS BOLES Bere Ferrers BM55.127,130,133,134
BIRLAND BALES BM55.133
BUCKLAND MONACHORUM BALE Buckland Monachorum BM55.133
COMBE MARTIN SMELTING MILLS Combe Martin N11/89.5 N8/90.6 BM55.132 BM57.49
COMBE MARTIN BOLES Combe Martin BM55.130
DARTMOOR BLOWING MILLS BM63.113
MARISTOW SMELTING MILL BM55.135

QUARRIES
BURNHALL SLATE QUARRY BM63.48
CANN SLATE QUARRY Plympton St Mary BM63.49-50
CROCKHAM QUARRY Hennock BM15.103
DEAN PRIOR SLATE QUARRY Dean Prior BM63.51-52
ENGLEBOURNE SLATE QUARRY Harberton BM63.52
GOVETON SLATE QUARRY Buckland-Tout-Saints BM63.52
GREAT WESTERN SLATE QUARRIES CO BM63.54
GREYHILLS SLATE QUARRY Diptford BM63.53-54
GURRINGTON SLATE QUARRY Woodland BM63.52-53
HARBERTON SLATE QUARRIES Harberton BM63.54
HIGHER LARCOMBE SLATE QUARRY Diptford BM63.53
LINCOMBE SLATE QUARRY Diptford BM63.53
LOWER LARCOMBE SLATE QUARRY Diptford BM63.53
MIDDLE SLADE SLATE QUARRY BM63.53
MILL HILL SLATE QUARRY BM63.48
PEN RECCA SLATE QUARRY Staverton N/7/93.7 BM63.53
PLYMOUTH LIMESTONE QUARRIES M1969.31
RUMPLE SLATE QUARRY BM63.49-50
SOUTH LARCOMBE SLATE QUARRIES BM63.54
STERT SLATE QUARRY Diptford BM63.51-52
TOTNES SLATE QUARRIES BM63.54
TRUSHAM QUARRY Trusham BM15.8
WEST OF ENGLAND SLATE CO BM63.54
WEST LEIGH SLATE CO BM63.53
WICKERIDGE SLATE QUARRY Woodland BM63.53
WOOD SLATE QUARRY Ugborough BM63.50-52
WOODLAND SLATE QUARRY Woodland BM63.49,53-54

BALL CLAY

N9/87.7


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