Following on from the fascinating talk on the Brigham Smelter last week, members may be interested in the CATMHS Open Event on Saturday 7th December at Force Cafe, Ambleside, on the Mining History of the Lake District.
The latest edition of Down to Earth is available. Please login to the members area of the website and navigate to Magazine Subscriptions.
Wednesday, 13 November, 2024 starts at 19:30
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?
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 bringingย technology far more advanced than had been seen in England before. They were granted patents to protect their technologyย & 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 privateย capitalย the birth of Modernity in the British Isles and the beginning of the age of Capitalism ? This richly illustratedย talk looks at the evidence and leaves the audience to draw their own conclusion.
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 (ยฃ12.00) by 15% until 31 December 2024.
If you are in the region there are three launch events taking place:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/books-on-tyne-2024-the-newcastle-book-festival-tickets-1008421605167
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