Cooper Shaft
Cooper Shaft is a historic site in Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England. Cooper Shaft is situated nearby to the peak Robin Cross Hill, as well as near the coniferous forest Stolerston Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grinton Smelt Mill and Heugh Nick Boundary Stone.
Grinton Smelt Mill
Archaeological site
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Grinton Smelt Mill is a ruined lead mining and processing site on Cogden Moor, south of Grinton in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England. The site was built in its present form c. 1820 for the specific purpose of processing lead won by hushing and hydraulic mining. Grinton Smelt Mill is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Cooper Shaft.
Heugh Nick Boundary Stone
Geographical marker
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Heugh Nick Boundary Stone is a geographical marker, which is situated 3,500 feet north of Cooper Shaft.
Church of St Andrew
Church
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The Church of St Andrew, Grinton, is the parish church for the village of Grinton in North Yorkshire, England. The grade I listed structure has also been called The Cathedral of the Dales, and as the only parish church in Upper Swaledale, it was at the end of the Swaledale Corpse Way, where those who had died in the upper valley, were brought for burial. Church of St Andrew is situated 2 miles northwest of Cooper Shaft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marrick and Fremington.
Marrick
Village
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Marrick is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, situated in lower Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the village is approximately 9 miles west of Richmond. Marrick is situated 2 miles northeast of Cooper Shaft.
Fremington
Hamlet
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Fremington is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is almost joined to Reeth and Grinton. It is split into Low Fremington, which is built along the B6270, and High Fremington, which is a scattering of houses running up towards Fremington Edge. Fremington is situated 2 miles north of Cooper Shaft.
Reeth
Village
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Reeth is a village 11 miles west of Richmond in North Yorkshire, England, in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is the principal settlement of upper Swaledale. Reeth is situated 2½ miles northwest of Cooper Shaft.
Cooper Shaft
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.35665° or 54° 21′ 24″ northLongitude
-1.91106° or 1° 54′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C6W934Q+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 479986085OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine_shaftOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=mineshaft
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