Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 12 October 2020

  • Waites House Farm, Westerdale

    Waites House Farm, Westerdale

    On 13th January 1858 the Teesdale Mercury carried a report: “SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION – An instance of spontaneous ignition among alum shale has lately occurred in the parish of Westerdale in the North Riding. At a certain point in Westerdale Head the process of jet mining has been carried on for some time past, and a…