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Ingleton Coalfield
The Ingleton Coalfield is in North Yorkshire, close to its border with Lancashire in north-west England. Isolated from other coal-producing areas, it is one of the smallest coalfields in Great Britain.British Geological Survey 2007 ''Bedrock geology: UK South'' 1:625,000 scale geological map, BGS, Keyworth, Notts Mining is known to have taken place here since the early 17th century though it was the middle of the 19th century before the coalfield was further developed. Geography and geology The Ingleton Coalfield is about six miles long by four miles wide lying mostly in the parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, Ingleton extending into the neighbouring parishes of Burton in Lonsdale and Thornton-in-Lonsdale. The coalfield terminates at the Craven Fault System, South Craven fault. The coal measures are shallow and represent the lowest layers in the Coal Measures Group#Pennine Coal Measures Group, Pennine coal measures sequence. The earliest coal mining occurred along the River Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
