Weardale History

Semi Precious: Weardale's Industrial Migration Stories, an eighteen month Heritage Lottery Funded project celebrating industrial migration in Weardale. Throughout 2008 – 2009, Semi Precious enlisted volunteers to research and interpret the changing dynamic of the people in the dale in the C18th and C19th linked to the lead mining and quarrying industries. Artists collected stories and interpreted them for family events at Killhope Museum and Harehope Quarry Project, Frosterley. Local primary schools also made art work and animations about these stories, contributing to a short film and exhibition at Killhope Museum in 2009. Visit the GALLERY page to view pictures.

Group of Weardale miners before they emigrated

Group of Weardale miners before they emigrated
L-R Mark Proudfoot (Blacksmith), Thomas Gibson, John Emerson (of Newcastle), Joseph Gibson, Featherstone, Watson, Jos Harrison, William Roddham. Year unknown.
Image courtesy of Beamish Museum Limited, copyright Beamish Museum Limited.


Heritage Lottery Funded

Weardale Community Partnership, 85b Front Street, Stanhope, DL13 2UB. Tel: 01388 529500 Email: wcp@the-wcp.org.uk

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