The origins, rise and decline of free mining customs in England and North Wales : a legal standpoint

Free mining or customary mining laws were known in certain lead mining areas of England and Wales, in the Stannaries (Devon and Cornwall), in the iron-ore and coal mines of the Forest of Dean, and in the quarries of Dean and Purbeck. They give the miner, essentially, the right to enter upon another&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tew, David Henderson
Other Authors: Palmer, Marilyn
Published: University of Leicester 1997
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.530572