Grinkle Mine
Grinkle Mine, was an ironstone mine working the main Cleveland Seam near to Roxby in North Yorkshire, England. Initially, the ironstone was mined specifically for the furnaces at the Palmer Shipbuilders in Jarrow on the River Tyne, but later, the mine became independent of Palmers.Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Boulby Mine and St Nicholas’ Church, Roxby.
Boulby Mine
Quarry
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The Boulby Mine is an underground mining operation with surface facilities located just south-east of the village of Boulby, on the north-east coast of the North York Moors, 2.7 miles east of Loftus, North Yorkshire. Boulby Mine is situated 1,800 feet north of Grinkle Mine.
St Nicholas’ Church, Roxby
Church
Photo: Michael Jagger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas' Church is the parish church of Roxby, North Yorkshire, a village in England. Roxby has a chapel of ease in the parish of St Hilda's Church, Hinderwell from the Mediaeval period, which was rebuilt for Thomas Boynton in about 1520. St Nicholas’ Church, Roxby is situated 1 mile south of Grinkle Mine.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 1 mile west of Grinkle Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boulby and Easington.
Boulby
Hamlet
Photo: Stephen McCulloch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boulby is a hamlet in the Loftus parish, located within the North York Moors National Park. It is in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England.
Easington
Village
Photo: Stephen McCulloch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easington is a village in the civil parish of Loftus, in the Redcar and Cleveland district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England and is part of the North York Moors National Park.
Staithes
Village
Staithes is a village in North Yorkshire, England, by the border between the unitary authorities of North Yorkshire and Redcar and Cleveland. The area on the Redcar and Cleveland side is known as Cowbar.
Grinkle Mine
- Type: Mine
- Description: former ironstone mine in North Yorkshire, England
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.54916° or 54° 32′ 57″ northLongitude
-0.82502° or 0° 49′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C6XG5XF+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 10126096366OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mineWikidata ID
Q101254641
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