4th of a series of 11 plaques by Rupert Clamp, also installed by the artist. Commissioned by Redcar and Cleveland Council to mark the areas ironstone history.
Paid £50 a year by the local mining company to empty the night toilets, the farmer used what he collected to fertilise his fields. His potatoes were said to be the best in the area.
3rd of a series of 11 plaques by Rupert Clamp, also installed by the artist. Commissioned by Redcar and Cleveland Council to mark the areas ironstone history.
The 1760 Enclosure Act took away common grazing land and allotments (no bigger than a quarter of an acre) were provided in compensation. In 1862 the local mining company provided workers with pig pens as well as allotments.
A series of plaques by Rupert Clamp, also installed by the artist. Commissioned by Redcar and Cleveland Council to mark the areas ironstone history.
“About to begin an early shift, a miner accidentally set his blasting powder off and wrecked his home near here. After that no miners were allowed to store their blasting powder at home.”
The Dovecote associated with Marske Hall is a Grade II listed building.
It is octogonal in shape and thought to date from the early 18th century.
On the wall of its 1966 replacement can be found some original stonework from the New Marske Institute.
The institute was built for the local ironstone miners by the Pease family, they were Quakers with a temperance policy, so no alcohol was available until 1925 after the mine closed.
It opened on August 5th 1876 and offered a reading room, library, billiard, smoking room and a Quoits pitch. Subscription was one shilling per quarter.
Some interesting photos of the original can be found on the Communigate site
Winkies Castle is a Half Cruck Longhouse dating from the 17th Century, the new plaque was unveiled on 7th April 2011
The house was saved from demolition by Jack Anderson the cobbler in 1968, opened by him as a museum in 1975 and finally bequeathed to the council with over 6,000 local artefacts on his death.
The house opened as a folk museum run by the Friends of Winkies Castle in 2005, its well worth a visit when its open during the summer months.
‘Winkie’ is said to be the name of Jacks cat and has been adopted as the logo of the museum.
On Saturday 14th of May there will be another opportunity to explore the surface remains of ironstone mining at Upleatham with local author and ironstone mining expert Simon Chapman.
The meeting place is the car park at the west end of the woods, just off Grewgrass Lane, at 1pm. The walking is reasonably level and dry, unless the monsoon arrives in which case it might be a little muddy in places.
Another opportunity to pick Simons brains about the Upleatham (New Marske)Â mines site.
