In view of a number of recent incidents where sections of this website have been republished without any permission or credit, we would like to draw attention to our policy on use of material from this site:

No part of this website may be republished without prior permission. However, permission is freely given to individuals to use material from the site for private research or educational purposes. Individuals may republish small extracts* in personal/family publications or webpages, providing credit is given to www.mining-villages.co.uk

All other users should contact us to request permission to use material.

Material submitted to the site remains the property of the submitter. However it is assumed that when material is submitted, permission is given for its use as described above.

We reserve the right to list any breaches of copyright that we find.

We hope our genuine users understand our reasons for making this statement.