Boulby Alum Works/Quarry
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Boulby
10½ miles [17 km] WNW of Whitby
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 94) NZ755195 |
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| Owners: |
1830s - Messrs. Baker & Jackson |
Description
Staithes is a hamlet, in the parish of Hinderwell, in the same division and liberty as Skipton, 12 miles N.E. from Guuisborough, and 11 N.W. from Whitby, situate on th coast of the North Sea, immediately under Cow-bar Nab. About one mile hence are the extensive Boulby Alum Works, belonging to Messrs. Baker and Jackson, superintended by Mr. George Westgarth; these works employ many of the industri-ous poor.
Pigot's 1834 Directory of County Durham
Disasters (5 or more killed)
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Credits
Sources:
- Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834
- The Costume of Yorkshire by George Walker, published in 1814
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