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The Brigham Smelter in Keswick – Is this the Most Important Historic Industrial Site in Britain?

WHEN

Wednesday, 13 November, 2024 starts at 19:30

WHERE

Zoom event will open 10 minutes prior to start time. Please attend via the link below
The Brigham Smelter in Keswick - Is this the Most Important Historic Industrial Site in Britain?

DETAILS

Speaker: Mark Hatton, (Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society)

 

Zoom meeting. Opens 19:20, 10 minutes before the scheduled event start time

In the year that William Shakespeare was born, men arrived in Keswick at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth I, to establish a Copper Mining & Smelting operation. These men came from Germany in 1564 bringing technology far more advanced than had been seen in England before. They were granted patents to protect their technology & a monopoly to protect their business model. But the really radical thing was how much capital they had at their disposal and how that capital had been raised. Was this combination of technology, legal protection & large scale private capital the birth of Modernity in the British Isles and the beginning of the age of Capitalism ? This richly illustrated talk looks at the evidence and leaves the audience to draw their own conclusion.

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Book Promotion: The Rocks at the Edge of the Empire

We would like to make members aware of a new book publication by Ian Jackson. The Rocks at the Edge of the Empire is about the influence of geology on the Romans and their northern frontier. 

Proceeds from the book are going to The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (www.newcastle-antiquaries.org.uk).

If you would like to order a copy please follow the following link: https://www.northern-heritage.co.uk/product/search/rocks-at-the-edge-of-empire. If you enter this code: NCLA15 it will discount the retail book price (£12.00) by 15% until 31 December 2024.

If you are in the region there are three launch events taking place:

10 November, 2pm The Sill, National Landscape Discovery Centre, Northumberland
The Rocks at the Edge of the Empire – Book Launch
25 November, 2pm Books on Tyne Festival, Newcastle Library

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/books-on-tyne-2024-the-newcastle-book-festival-tickets-1008421605167

3 December, 1 pm Tullie House, Carlisle
The Rocks at the Edge of Empire – Free Lunchtime Talk