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Freeminer is an
ancient title given to coal or iron
miners in the
Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, who have
earned the
right to mine personal...
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Cinderford is a town and
civil parish on the
eastern fringe of the
Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. The po****tion was 8,777 at the 2021 Census...
- used for
ironmaking with the
methods of
smelting then in use.
Later the
freeminer rights were used
mainly for coal mining. The
activities of the miners...
- 2015.
After 2015, most
continuing coal
mines were
collieries owned by
freeminers, or open pit
mines of
which there were 26 in 2014. However,
since December...
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confirmed the
freeminers'
exclusive right to the
minerals of the
Forest of Dean, but also
allowed freeminers to sell
their gales to a non-
freeminers; further...
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variant of the
Shannon switching game Gale, a
parcel of land
leased to a
Freeminer for mining, prin****lly in the
Forest of Dean,
England Gale, a Br****-Era...
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resulting in
numerous accidents,
including fatalities.
Artisanal mining Freeminer Illegal mining "The
Bootleg Coal Rebellion". Coal, Corn & Country. Archived...
- push-up path
leads to the
downhill tracks. The
route initially follows the
Freeminers Trail and is
marked by
white arrows on a
yellow background. Most of the...
- (1930-2015) from 1968 and are now
managed by his son
Jonathan Wright, who is a
Freeminer,
still mining ochre from the workings.
Since the 1980's, the
caves have...
- prin****l industries.
These include a
shield bearing the arms of the
Freeminers on the west wall and a mid-15th
century octagonal font, that has tools...
