Talk - Ironstone Mining in New Marske & Upleatham
Schedule
Thu Feb 13 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Land of Iron | Saltburn-by-the-sea, EN
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Ironstone extraction commenced in the early 1850s between Marske and Upleatham, soon after the landmark discovery of ironstone on the nearby hills at Eston. After a brief existence under the Derwent Iron Company based in Consett, it was absorbed by JW Pease and Partners and became one of the largest ironstone mines in Cleveland, worked from three separate locations on the hillside. This rapid development gave rise to the new village of New Marske to house the workers.
So valuable was the ironstone beneath these hills that Upleatham Hall, the home of the Earl of Zetland was undermined and demolished to extract it, eventually leading to the complete exhaustion and closure of the mine by 1923. As a result of being under the same ownership as Loftus mine, some of the technologies used at Upleatham can now be seen preserved at the Land of Iron.
Join local historian (and Land of Iron's Chair of Trustees) Chris Twigg and explore the history of New Marske and Upleatham mines at our second Tom Leonard Lecture of the year.
Doors open 6pm
Talk starts 6.30pm
Tea and coffee available for donation
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Where is it happening?
Land of Iron, Mill Lane, Skinningrove,Saltburn-by-the-Sea, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
