Ironstone Quarries Part 1 - Holwell, Waltham & Eastwell

The first in a series of videos about Leicestershire and Rutland's Ironstone quarries and their tramways, sidings and branch lines.

[@gordonfergus7267]

Fab! Amazing how much detail in this. Huge amount of research. Thanks.

[@MattDavis_BeechingsGhosts]

Thank you Gordon

[@rodsmith3911]

Thanks for this video which fills in one or two gaps in my knowledge of these quarries. My grandfather worked at Holwell Works for much of his life and I remember riding on Holwell number 2 which I think may have been a Barclay 0-4-0ST. It worked at the time in and around the works and was a fairly new looking loco. I think its main job was taking the slag wagons upto Welby tip, which was a very large tip that could be seen from much of the county. The tip has now been long removed and levelled. Holwell manufactured many cast iron products including bullhead chairs for the railways under the Stanton name. I believe that these chairs carried the name Stanton followed by an H to show they were cast at Holwell.

[@MattDavis_BeechingsGhosts]

@@rodsmith3911 there's some interesting history just there in this comment. Thanks for watching

[@jezza8558]

Great vid Matt, as others have said you went into amazing detail. I've been building a Train Simulator Classic route from Wansford to Nassington mine and this has given me a great understanding of how the mines worked. Looking forward to part two!

[@MattDavis_BeechingsGhosts]

Thank you! Christmas and having covid has delayed part 2 as I've been unable to talk the narrative. I hope the simulator proves to be a great success.

[@LeiceExplore]

Nice one Matt. I enjoyed that, and it’s explained a few things to me since I did my last exploration around there.

[@LeiceExplore]

And I shall look forward to the next instalment about woolsthorpe, as I’ve been looking at the area on old maps.

[@MattDavis_BeechingsGhosts]

Christmas might get in the way of the next few videos, Steve. Thank you as ever for watching@@LeiceExplore