Killhope Museum

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The North of England Lead Mining Museum, better known as Killhope, is an industrial museum near the village of Cowshill, County Durham, England. The museum stands on the site of the former Park Level Mine, which is being restored to show the workings of a 19th-century lead mine.

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Killhope the North of England Lead Mining Museum; North of England Lead Mining Museum
local authority museum, lead minemining museumUnited Kingdom
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    sitemineColdberry lead mine and associated husheslead mineWikidata
    sitemineCornish Hush Minelead mineWikidata
    sitemineGreen Hurth lead mine and ore workslead mineWikidata
    sitemineHudgill lead mine bingsteads, 200m north east of Hudgill Farmlead mineWikidata
    sitemineLady's Rake lead minelead mineWikidata
    sitemineLong Meg Minegypsum quarryWikidata
    sitemineMiddle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore workslead mineWikidata
    sitemineMiddlehope Shield and Low Slit lead mines and ore workslead mineWikidata
    siteminePark Level lead mine with ore works on Killhope Burnlead mineWikidata
    siteminePike Law lead hushes and mineslead mineWikidata
    sitemineRampgill minelead mineWikidata
    sitemineRoachburn Collierycoal mineWikidata
    sitemineRotherhopefell lead and fluorspar mines and ore workslead mineWikidata
    sitemineScordale lead mineslead mineWikidata
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