|
The
emphasis is on those who worked at the mines (known
as bal maidens),
clay & slate works, and related
industries (such as the explosives industry, smelters
etc) in Cornwall and West Devon
and includes a searchable database
of 30,093 named individuals.
There
are pages about mining women around the world, notably of pit
brow lasses of the north of England, and coal dressers on the
French and Belgian coal
fields.
There is a full searchable transcript of the 1842 Commission into the Working Conditions of Children at the Mines in Cornwall and West Devon. This includes interviews with 21 bal maidens.
Also for information on the women and girls who worked at the paper mills in Devon and Cornwall please go to our publications list.
Please
also check the page Books &
Articles for further reading including a number of books by Lynne Mayers.
**** Update May 8th 2023***
|
**** Update May 4th 2021***
We have now added some information on the women and girls who worked at the metal mines in other parts of the UK, and also Ireland, including a list of OVER 4000 women and girls employed there.
see Women in the Metal Mines UK & Ireland
We have also added a transcript of the questions circulated to mine managers for the 1842 Royal Commission. In addition there are name indexes for 1842 of the men, women and children at the Northern and Forest of Dean mines.
1842 Royal Commission Questionnaire |
**** Update January 16th 2018***
We have now added a limited selection of information on the women and girls who worked at the explosives and munitions works in the UK
see Women + Explosives UK |
|
Second edition of the book which won the
2005 Holyer an Gof Trophy
Best Cornish Publication 2004 |
|
|
Winner
2015 Holyer an Gof Award
Best Cornish Booklet published 2014 |
| All
images on this site can be viewed in more detail by clicking
on the image. Use the browser BACK button to return. Some image
files, name indexes etc are rather large and will take a few
seconds to load, even at broadband speeds. Please be patient. |
Back
to Top |
