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Visitor group visit to ECTON HILL Staffordshire on xxth Odtbrts 200y

Join us at Ecton Hill for an educational exploration of industrial heritage, local and social history, and breathtaking views. Discover the site's rich past, from pre-Dukes era to present, with guided tours and engaging activities. Learn about notable figures, significant developments, and innovations that shaped the area. Transport your group to a journey through time and heritage at Ecton Hill.

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Visitor group visit to ECTON HILL Staffordshire on xxth Odtbrts 200y

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  1. Visitor group visit toECTON HILLStaffordshireonxxthOdtbrts200y ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  2. ECTON HILL • Where are we going? • Why should we go? • How do we get there? ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  3. Ecton Hill - Where are we going? ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  4. Ecton Hill - Where are we going? ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  5. ECTON HILLWhy should we go? • Industrial heritage • Local History • Social History • Great views ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  6. Ecton Hill – Industrial heritage • Before the Dukes < 1760 • The Dukes – 1760 - 1818 • After the Dukes > 1818 • Today ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  7. Ecton Hill – Before the Dukes • 1220 – William de Wrottesley – Ekedon • 1575 – Cavendish involved • 1580 – Burgoyne family buys land • 1568 – Company of: Mines Royal • Mineral and Battery Works • 1622 – Gerard Malnes: “excellant copper ore” • –Jeremiah Rhodes (Roades) • 1665 –Gunpowder – a “first”. • 1723 – 1760 Extensive developments ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  8. Ecton – The Dukes 1760 – 1818 Extensive development of ore body Discovered rich ore body – 15% Substantial profits – 1786 - £40,000 pa ~£6m pa Worked for own account Chatsworth House and Crescent at Buxton Innovation: Boulton & Watt engine in 1788 Copper used in brass and to sheath wooden hulls Copper sent Whiston ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  9. Ecton Hill – The Dukes ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  10. Ecton Hill – The Dukes ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  11. Ecton – Boulton & Watt ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  12. Ecton – Boulton & Watt ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  13. Ecton Hill – After The Dukes 1818 > ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  14. Ecton – Great views ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  15. Ecton – Great views ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  16. Ecton Today • Bought by Geoff Cox in 1950’s • Used by MIMCU until 2000 (educational courses) • Placed in Trust in 2005 • Now educational courses - EHFSA ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  17. Ecton Visit - Programme PROGRAMME FOR VISIT BY Visitor Group TO ECTON HILL ON xx OCDTBRdec 2009 17.30 – 17.45 Visitors park and make way to Ecton Education Centre 17.45 sharp Welcome and details of visit 17.50 Depart for conducted visit to Ecton Hill: Geology and Engine House 18.50 Return to Education Centre Underground visit to Salt’s Level in two groups 19.45 Return to Education Centre 19.50 Depart for Manifold Inn, Hulme End 20.00 Supper served in Manifold Inn ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

  18. Ecton - Directions ECTON HILL FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION

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