Bickerton

aka Gallantry Bank

Copper Mine
Worked from 1697

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Jan 8th, 2025 by ilt



Welsh Border & Shropshire
Bickerton
53.0834084, -2.722611
SJ 5170 5427
Private Land
160m
#4,133


The only significant visible remain is a chimney close to Engine Shaft. That shaft is open at the top but was filled with rubbish in the 1970s and I’m not aware of anyone having accessed it or the limited underground working since then. Four or five other shafts were only visible as depressions in the ground back then. Cheshire Record Office has a couple of photos (not online) which show building remains near the chimney around 1900.

ilt-7/1/25



Surface and limited underground working documented in the late 1600s and worked sporadically for approximately 200 years.



Publications (2)

  • Carlon, Chris J (1981), The Gallantry Bank Copper Mine, Bickerton, Cheshire. British Mining No.16. Northern Mine Research Society ISBN: 0901450197
  • Carlon, Chris J. (1981); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 08-1 Jun - Eardistion Copper Mine, Shropshire, The; 14 pages (29-42)





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