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Tindale Fell, BRAMPTON, CA8 2QW

The house which is up for sale is called The Emporium and one assumes must have been the village shop. The railway ran past the house. Additional information supplied by Hugh Beesley Hello, the Emporium at Tindale was indeed the village shop,in fact, it was a branch of the Naworth Collieries Industrial Cooperative Society, headquarters in Hallbankgate which was signed over to Penrith Coop and in turn has been signed over to a Glasgow Coop namely ScotMid. Also Tindale had a school which was opposite the Emporium .

Built 1888

Tarn Beck flows through the site of the old zinc smelting works at Tindale. An old railway embankment forms the skyline.

A large works existed here during the 19th century to extract zinc from spent lead ore brought down from Alston Moor. The works closed in 1895 when Lady Carlisle, the landlord, insisted on high standards for workers' houses, which proved uneconomic for the operators to provide. The works were reopened briefly twice in the 20th century. In the 1950s, the huge quantity of waste material was used as hardcore in the construction of the Blue Streak rocket testing facility at Spadeadam. Small quantities of slag can still be seen on the far slope. The edge of the works is marked by an old railway embankment.

An industrial wasteland produced as a result of the production of zinc in the 19 and early 20th century. Refer to the Historic England entry at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1019761?section=official-list-entry for further information. This photograph was taken during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic of 2020/21/22.

A large works existed here during the 19th century to extract zinc from spent lead ore brought down from Alston Moor. The works closed in 1895 when Lady Carlisle, the landlord, insisted on high standards for workers' houses, which proved uneconomic for the operators to provide. The works were reopened briefly twice in the 20th century. In the 1950s, the huge quantity of waste material was used as hardcore in the construction of the Blue Streak rocket testing facility at Spadeadam. Small quantities of slag can still be seen. The works are crossed at the far end by an old railway embankment.

The beck which drains Tindale Tarn is carried in a tunnel under the old zinc smelter works, Here it can be seen emerging from under the embankment which once carried "Lord Carlisle's Railway", a line which ran south-eastwards from Brampton serving the various mines and works in the area.

A large works existed here during the 19th century to extract zinc from spent lead ore brought down from Alston Moor. The works closed in 1895 when Lady Carlisle, the landlord, insisted on high standards for workers' houses, which proved uneconomic for the operators to provide. The works were reopened briefly twice in the 20th century. In the 1950s, the huge quanitity of waste material was used as hardcore in the construction of the Blue Streak rocket testing facility at Spadeadam. Small quantities of slag can still be seen on the slopes.