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Monument record MDR3439 - Early medieval lead mining, Wirksworth

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In 714 AD the Abbey of Repton sent a lead coffin for the burial of St. Guthlac, Prior of Croyland. Again in 835 AD, lead from Wirksworth was given for the roof of Christ's Church, Canterbury. This suggests Anglo-Danish lead mining in the Wirksworth area. (1)

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  • <1> Index: NDAT. 3103. 3103.
  • <2> Article in serial: Meade-Waldo. 1910. 'History and customs of lead-mining in the Wapentake of Wirksworth', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 32. p172.

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Grid reference Centred SK 28 54 (1000m by 1000m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish WIRKSWORTH, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Nov 21 2018 2:29PM

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