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Greenhow Hill

North Yorkshire, England

Eagle Hall Estate

Eagle Hall Estate

The Estate

Tenant House Acreage
Anthony Barker House & Land 17
Charles Bentley House & Land 5
Stephen Bentley 2 Houses & Land 7
Charles Bradbury Farm 25
Abraham Busfield Farm 23
Adam Busfield & John Motley Farm 173
Adam Busfield & John Motley 35
Adam Busfield & John Motley Limekilns 3
Enoch & James Busfield Farm 80
Michael Collin House & Land 17
Henry Owen Cunliffe Esq Houses & Lands 23
William Darnbrook House
Joseph Dawson House
John Dolby House
William Dunn House >1
Valentine Dyson Farm 32
Edward Gill Castlestead 7
John Gill Farm 21
William Gill House & Land 2
James Grange House & Land 7
Richard Hanham House & Land 12
Elizabeth Hannam House
John Harker 16
James Hitching House & Land 4
George Horner House & Land 20
John Horner House & Land 30
John Horner 98
Teasdale Hutchinson 6
Richard Knowles House
Thomas Ludlam House & Land 3
David Lupton House & Land 7
Duncan Mackerell House & Land 6
Widow Maxfield House >1
John Millegan 9
Joseph Miller House & Land 7
James Milward House
Mrs Moss Eagle Hall 31
George Newbold 2
James Newbould House & Land 7
John Newbold Farm 23
Michael Newbold Farm 45
Nathan Newbold 10
Robert Pearson House & Land 14
Elias Pounder House & Land 7
Adam Simpson House & Land 6
Elijah Simpson Farm 65
John Simpson House & Land 2
William Simpson Farm 30
Ann Stoney Farm 21
Thomas Stoney House & Land 24
Abraham Ward Dam
Richard Ward (Deceased) House >1
Richard Ward (Deceased) Farm 34
John Watson House & Land 9
George West Farm 23
Richard West House & Land 36
John Yorke Esq >1

The Mines

Mine Lease Holders
Prosperous Mine John Wood & Co
Providence Mine Henry Owen Cunliffe Esq
Cock Hill Mine Hopper & Co
West Galloway’s Mine Hopper & Co
Black Riggs Mine Hopper & Co
South Coldstones (Sunside) Mine Edward Cleaver, Anthony Hopper, Miles Monkhouse,
George Brumwell & Thomas Hopper
North Coldstones Mine Henry Hardcastle, Joseph Wilks & Thomas Bentley
Thornhill Meres Mine John Horner, William Heddon, John Heaps,
William Barker, William Groves, Richard Ward,
John Gill & John Wood
Stoney Groves Mine John Horner & T Pullen

 

All in all the income from the estate was about £4300 per year of which about £1000 came from the land rents and the rest (£3300) from the mines.

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Books for sale

Our book, “Life on the Hill” which we published in 2005 is still available here at £16 including postage.

Our latest book, due later this year, is a reprint of the two books written by Harald Bruff in the 1920s – T’ ill an’ t’oade uns upuv Greenho’ & T’ Miners – character sketches of Yorkshire Lead Miners, together with photos, authors notes, further information on the characters in the books and family history information. Watch this space.

Other books for sale published by the Northern Mine Research Society:

The Greenhow Mines

The Grassington Mines

The Wharfedale Mines

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