INTRODUCTION

This website seeks to inform and entertain. The content is a personal view from the tour guiding I have done for about 27 years.

 

I have lived in Pinner since 1967. As a member of the Pinner Local History Society Research Group since 1978 I have learned much about the area in which I live. This is in Pinner north of the Uxbridge Road, which includes the Pinner Chalk Mine.

 

One learns that the history of where one lives can give a fascinating insight into why things are the way they are. Where there are open spaces the clues are there to be found. The research on Pinner Chalk Mine has led me on to Family History and Social History.

 

Access to Pinner Chalk Mine is not easy, so it makes this website worthwhile for all those who have never, or will never, go down.

 

There is a further reason for publishing the website but I have placed this at the end of The History of Mining.

The banner image at the top is from the 1865 Ordnance Survey map. The road in the bottom right hand corner is the ancient highway from Stanmore to Uxbridge. After the 1954 collapse which closed the Uxbridge Road for three days, the road at this point was straightened. Part of the old road is still in position. Pinner Green is away to the left and Waxwell Lane is just to the right.

The hedge line top right running roughly NW/SE is the line of Blythwood Road. To get to the mine cage you go up here, turn left into Norman Crescent, park near the cul-de-sac at the top, go down the footpath at the end, over Grim's Dyke, turn left and head for the first gap in the hedge.

Send queries, suggestions or feedback to:

contact @ pinnerchalkmine.info     but leave out the two spaces!

© 2011-12 Ken Kirkman