Mining
Records relating to mining, quarrying and related trades in St Breward.
The CDs contain contributions by local former quarrymen: Dennis Champion, Peter Davey, David Kay, Fred Sanders and Arthur Welch, describing their lives growing up and working in the granite quarries of St Breward.
Ronald Coleman & Gordon Ternouth, 1989
Handwritten on back, '29 June 89. Burrator'. Also attached label with, '1989 two old quarry workers in retirement!! Ronald Coleman & Gordon Ternouth' written thereon. Copy of original photograph, courtesy of Trevor Ternouth.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive, showing the discard pile in 1986.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive, showing a lorry loaded with a large piece of granite. Photo date-stamped April 1980.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. Photo shows the Cornwall Air Ambulance that carried off two men who died in the accident (September 1987) when the cradle in which they were standing was dropped by the breakage of the…
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. The top crane at Hantergantick, still working in the spring of 1990. 2 copies.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. A view of the quarry from Hantergantick in the winter of 1989.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. Photo taken February 2001. L-R: Caroline Gregory and her mother, Pamela Bousfield.
Wenford Clay Drying Tanks 1935
Scan of an original photograph donated by Jon Arnold. Notated on back "English China Clay Drying Tanks Wenford." Photograph taken 1st August 1935.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. Shows the extending discard pile. 1993.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive.The new crane photographed in 1984.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. Showing the quarry's top crane.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive.1989.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. The quarry seen from Hantergantick.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. Photo taken October 2000
Hantergantick Quarry Workforce
Scan of an original photograph, courtesy of Nesta Teague.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. A sculptor working on a block of stone.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. A sculptor working on a block of stone.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. A sculptor working on a block of stone.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. Photo taken in September 1987. Shows the collapsed crane that killed two quarry men.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive, showing a piece of partly-finished sculpture in 1988.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive, showing a view across the quarry.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. Photo shows the top crane.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive, showing the top crane at Hantergantick circa 1989.
Hantergantick Quarry, Discard Pile
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. Photo shows the discard pile in 1985.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive. No further information.
Scan of an original photo, collected by Pamela Bousfield for the archive.1989.
A scan of an original photograph, donated by Peter Hicks. A view taken from the shed housing the Ruston & Hornsby engine during maintenance and restoration works, September 1992.
Ruston & Hornsby Engine At Tor Down Quarry
A scan of an original photograph, donated by Peter Hicks. The Ruston engine in situ at Tor Down Quarry after maintenance and restoration work, September 1992.
Scan of an original photograph, courtesy of Nesta Teague
Scan of a page from an architectural specifiers catalogue, courtesy of John Woolf. File SBHG 0209, which is the reverse of this page, refers to the difficulty in obtaining continental marbles because of the First World War. The period can be assumed to be…
Advertising booklet for Cornish De Lank Granite Quarries
Original booklet in black and white advertising Cornish De Lank Granite Quarries owned by Thomas W Ward Limited of Sheffield. The brochure contains many photographs of public buildings, engineering works and monuments where De Lank granite has been used.…
Manuscript by Ernest Colman on the Stonemasons of St Breward and their works
Manuscript dated 1979 by Ernest Colman. It describes in detail all aspects of the work of a granite mason with reference to St Breward and De Lank Quarries. (The original manuscript included various photographs, booklets and extracts from magazines and these…
British and Foreign Building Stones
Handwritten notes extracted from the publication British and Foreign Building Stones written by John Watson in 1911. References to building projects where De Lank Granite has been used. Document associated with ms in SBR 8-5.
Handwritten notes extracted from the publication Granite and Our Granite Industries written by G F Harris, dated 1888. Document associated with ms in SBR 8-5.
Engineer's Plan of Smalls Rock Lighthouse
Photocopy of an engineer's plan showing the south-east elevation of Smalls Rock Lighthouse with dimensions. A pencil sketch of the jointing methods used on the granite stones of the Smalls Rock Lighthouse.
Extracts from The Legacy of Egypt
Typewritten extracts from 'The Legacy of Egypt', edited by S R K Glanville, first published in August 1942. It describes the methods and tools used by ancient Egyptians when quarrying stone.
Shipments of Granite from Wadebridge Quay
Photocopy of a typed document headed Shipments of Granite from Wadebridge Quay after conveyance by Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway from De Lank Quarries, Wenford, dated 19 November 1883 - 19 November 1884. The document shows the destination, name of the…
Photocopy of an original pen and ink line drawing showing the construction details of the new Eddystone Lighthouse, with particular reference to the dovetail joints cut into the granite construction blocks. Document associated with ms in SBR 8-5.
Advertising Brochure for Hantergantick Granite
Full colour advertising brochure for Hantergantick Granite, dated 1973, published by Limmer Quarries Limited, care of Tarmac Roadstone Holdings Limited. Photographs: (1) Quarry Man driving steel feathers into granite, (2) Diamond Saw cutting a polished block…
Leaflet Specifications for Dressed and Polished Granite
Leaflet published by the Architectural Granite Association of Leicester Square, London, detailing trade specifications for dressed and polished granite. Booklet reference UDC 691.212 dated November 1966. Names include : W Strachan, secretary. Document…
Advertising brochure entitled 'Simple Enduring Remembrance in British Granite'dated 1977. Brochure contains black and white photographs illustrating granite headstones. Details of the Cornish De Lank Granite used in the base of Winston Churchill's statute in…
Advertisement for Cornish De Lank Silver Grey Granite
Colour sheet (possibly removed from a trade magazine) advertising Cornish De Lank Silver Grey Granite. Black and white photographs of Newcastle Civic Centre and blocks being lowered into position on the Severn Road Bridge. Names include : Newcastle-upon-Tyne…
Advertising brochure for Cornish De Lank Silver Grey Granite
Colour advertising brochure entitled Cornish De Lank Silver Grey Granite for Buildings and Monuments. It contains black and white photographs of projects completed using De Lank Granite. Names include : Unity House, Euston Road, London, Holland Hannen and…
Advertising Brochure for United Stone Firms Limited
Advertising brochure issued by United Stone Firms Limited (parent company of De Lank Cornish Granite and Dartmoor Granite circa 1908?) containing text and black and white photographs of the men and machinery for granite working, and buildings constructed from…
Photocopy of letter written to the 'Settler' publication dated May/June 1988 from Gerald 'Ginger' Reed now living in Duncanville, Vereeniging, describing his life as an apprentice stonemason at De Lank Quarries. It includes a description of his life working…