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Grinton Smelt Mill, the Glossary

Grinton Smelt Mill (also known as How Mill) is a ruined lead mining and processing site on Cogden Moor, south of Grinton in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England.^[1]

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Aqueduct (bridge)

Aqueducts are bridges constructed to convey watercourses across gaps such as valleys or ravines.

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Bridlington

Bridlington is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Grinton

Grinton is a small village and civil parish in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. Grinton Smelt Mill and Grinton are Swaledale.

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Healaugh, Richmondshire

Healaugh (pronounced "hee-law") is a small village in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh, in Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales. Grinton Smelt Mill and Healaugh, Richmondshire are Swaledale.

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Hushing

Hushing is an ancient and historic mining method using a flood or torrent of water to reveal mineral veins.

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Hydraulic mining

Hydraulic mining is a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment.

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Leyburn

Leyburn is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, sitting above the northern bank of the River Ure in Wensleydale.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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London Lead Company

The London Lead Company was an 18th and 19th century British lead mining company. Grinton Smelt Mill and London Lead Company are lead mining in the United Kingdom.

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