Ropemaking at Peak Cavern

Description

Ropemaker Herbert Marrison, here aged 83, pictured with ropes and ropemaking equipment at Peak Cavern, Castleton (Derbyshire). The Duke of Devonshire left ropemaking in the cavern rent-free in perpetuity, and it continued there for over 500 years. At least four generations of Mr. Morrison's family worked in the rope trade. Originally held in green slide cabinet, reference B85.

Metadata

Identifier ddjkrwhz
IRN 413694
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/S579
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/ddjkrwhz
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Slides
Creator(s) McNay, Ian
Date September 1965
Size and Medium 1 slide in plastic casing.

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