Please note that other search facilities are available. Go to the BCRA Home Page and click the Library & Search tab
A brief description of each of the journals for which an index has been compiled is given below (see Journal Data). Versions of these indexes are available here pre-sorted either by author or by subject (see also Subject Listing). The indexes to the Peak District Mines Historical Society's Bulletin, the Northern Mines Research Society's Memoirs and the earlier Northern Cavern & Mine Research Society's Memoirs can also be searched online - either by author, by subject or by title.
| Journal Title | Index sorted by: | |
|---|---|---|
| PDMHS - Bulletin "Mining History" (2002 onwards) | (Author) | (Subject) |
| PDMHS - Bulletin (1981 - 2001) | (Author) | (Subject) |
| PDMHS - Bulletin (1959 - 1980) | (Author) | (Subject) |
| NMRS - Memoirs "British Mining" (1975 onwards) | (Author) | (Subject) |
| NCMRS - Memoirs [First Series] (1964 - 1974)* | (Author) | (Subject) |
| NCMRS - Transactions (1961 - 1963)* | (Author) | (Subject) |
| *Indicates that the Journal is no longer published. | ||
Peak District Mines Historical Society |
(index) |
The Peak District Mines Historical Society was founded in April 1959.
The society's Bulletin has been published bi-annually since 1959. Volume one comprised seven parts. Subsequently each volume has been issued in six parts, each spanning three years. The first 4 volumes were Quarto sized, changing to A4 with volume 5 in 1972. Issue 12 (1) in 1993 was jointly numbered as Issue 13 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals. The series title "Mining History" was added from volume 13 in 1996.
After the very first Bulletin, which was edited jointly with D. Price, the editor was M.E. Smith who served in this post until 1964.
From Volume 2 (5) in 1965 the Bulletin editor was T.D. Ford, supported by an editorial board whose members have included R.A. Chatburn, Patricia Lunn, and W.A. Sargeant. Except for the special edition Volume 14 (1) on 'The Dudley Limestone Mines' for which Adrian Pearce and Trevor Ford were credited jointly as General Editors.
Trevor Ford retired as editor in 2000 and from Volume 14 (5) to Volume 16(6) in 2007 the Bulletin editor was Lynn Willies. The current editor is Richard Shaw.
Early issues were duplicated but from Volume 6 the Bulletin has been printed. The paper 'Some terms used by the Lead Miners of Derbyshire' was published a a supplement to Volume 1, consecutively numbered parts appearing at the end of each issue. Apart from Volume 1 an index to 'Mines, Soughs and Veins' has appeared at the end of each volume.
ISSN 0032 - 3637 : Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Soc.,
(1959-95)
ISSN 1366 - 2511 : "Mining History" - ditto -, (1996-)
Further information about PDMHS is available on the society's website: www.pdmhs.com
Northern Cavern and Mine Research Society |
(index) |
The Northern Cavern and Mine Research Society was founded on January 24th 1960 but, following a change in the main interests of its members, was renamed the 'Northern Mine Research Society' in 1975.
The single volume of the society's 'Transactions' was published in two parts, duplicated Quarto, between 1961 and 1963. The first issue was edited by R.T. Clough; the second issue was edited by D.T. Richardson.
The first series of the society's 'Memoirs' was published from May 1964 to June 1974. Volume 1 was published in eight parts, edited by D.T. Richardson and Volume 2 was in four parts edited, from 1972, by P. Jackson.
Seven issues of the 'Individual Survey Series' were made, in parallel with the Memoirs, between 1966 and 1974. These were monographs on particular mines or mining districts.
An index to the society's publications, compiled by Mike Gill, was published in 1980.
Northern Mine Research Society |
(index) |
Since the society was renamed, in 1975, its Memoirs and the Individual Survey Series (renamed Monographs) have both been published under the series title "British Mining". This journal has been published at the rate of two or three volumes a year.
British Mining No 1 was edited by Mike Gill. From No 2 (in 1976) to No 45 the editor was Richard Bird; Nos 46 (in 1993) to 69 were edited by Hazel Martell; and since No 70 (in 2002) the editor has been John Hunter.
Early issues were duplicated but from volume 16 British Mining has been printed. All issues since volume 35 in 1988 have been printed as A5 size. Two supplements; "Mining in Cumbria - A Bibliography" by Helen Weir, 1989 and "Coal Mining: A Technological Chronology, 1700-1950" by Alan Hill, 1991 have also been published.
ISSN 0308 - 2199 : Memoirs of the Northen Mine Research Society, "British Mining", (1975-)
An index to the these publications is also maintained on the society's website: www.nmrs.co.uk
| (index) |
The journals are provisionally indexed here under one or more of the following subject headings:
Version information: This page was last updated to version 2.7 on 28/07/2009. (info)