Living with History

The Industrial Heritage of Calderdale

Martin Roe returned to University as a mature student in 1997 graduating from the University of Leicester with a first class B.Sc. in Archaeology in July 2000. Nominated for several awards he successfully won Leicester University's Garner Prize for the best dissertation combining arts and science and also an Association for Industrial Archaeology Fieldwork Award.

He has spent many years studying the history and archaeology of mining in the north of England and has published a number of papers as well as building and maintaining a large web site devoted to Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales.(http://www.mroe.freeserve.co.uk). Currently a post graduate student at the University of Bradford, Martin hopes to start a Ph.D. in the autumn.

Bibliography

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Hargreaves J.A. 1999: Halifax. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press.
Jennings B. (ed) 1994: Pennine Valley: A History of Upper Calderdale. Otley, Smith Settle Ltd.
Jeremy D.J. 1997: John Mackintosh (1868-1920), Halifax Methodist and Toffee Manufacturer: A Typical Victorian Entrepreneur? Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society Vol 5 (New Series) p.116-131
Jowitt J.A. 1986: Copley, Akroyden and West Hill Park: Moral Reform and Social Improvements in Halifax. In Jowitt J.A. (ed): Model Industrial Communities in Mid-Nineteenth Century Yorkshire.
Roe, M, 1998: The Swan Bank Colliery, Halifax, British Mining No.61, Keighley, Northern Mine Research Society. Webster E. 1997: From Rule of Thumb to CNC, Two Hundred Years of Engineering and Machine Tools In Calderdale. Halifax, E Webster.