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Buckers

Buckers were big, square, flat, iron headed hammers used by the washer boys in order to break up the rocks and get the galena (lead ore) out on the Washing Floor.

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PREHISTORIC BURIALROMAN PERIOD FARMANGLO-SAXON ROYAL PALACEMEDIEVAL VILLAGEMEDIEVAL CASTLEPOST-MEDIEVAL LEAD WORKINGTWENTIETH CENTURY COAL MINE