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The National Association
of Mining History Organisations

We were formed in 1979 to act as the national body for mining history in the United Kingdom. There are now over 70 member organisations, including societies, museums, firms, etc. and membership now extends to Ireland. On this site, you will find out more about NAMHO, its aims, its members and its contribution to the mining heritage.

Active mine explorers will also find guidance on managing archaeological finds underground as well as how to lead groups of novices and experienced explorers.

Armchair miners are also catered for with an extensive bibliography.

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NAMHO CONFERENCE 2024 - CORNWALL

Oct 18, 2024, 13:59

The 2024 Conference has passed now. Over 100 delegates and a number of speakers and trip guides took part. There will be no report this year but abstracts from some of the talks will be available on this website. The organisation of the Conference was on the shoulders of NAMHO officers with help from Cornish residents and some of the BCRA Hidden ...

NEW FORUM: BUDDLEPIT

A new forum has been developed to replace Aditnow and Mine Explorer. The forum is trying to develop itself into a self-sustaining trust. For more detail, go to www.buddlepit.co.uk.

WEBSITE UPDATING

The website is currently being updated to make it more Smartphone-friendly. This process takes time so please accept that some pages may appear slightly differently on a Smartphone for now. Reading the site on a conventional browser should be unaffected. If you have any ideas for further improvemenmts, please contact the webmaster@namho.org.

NEW DATA SOURCE FOR MINING HISTORIANS

The Northern Mine Research Society has been pleased to announce the release of a database of international mining information compiled by the late Alasdair Neill (Ali). The original 6,000 pages plus of text were converted into a database format to give over 76,000 fully searchable entries.The database can be accessed at https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mining-database/.The ...

NAMHO ON FACEBOOK

Oct 22, 2016, 19:34

NAMHO is now on Facebook where you can read news and leave comments. The link to Facebook is on the home page and forum page. If you are reading this on our news page, you can click HERE.