Slack House Farm is one of the old miner/farmer smallholdings characteristic of Weardale . During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the North Pennines, of which Weardale is a part, produced almost 30% of England’s lead. The mining companies provided smallholdings for their workers to encourage them to remain in the area. The smallholding is part of the industrial landscape, now reclaimed by the natural world in this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. To find out more about the lead mining past look here or here. The name ‘Slack House’ comes from the Anglo Saxon word ‘slaec’ meaning hollow or depression. Slack House literally means ‘the house in the hollow. Slack House Farm stands at an altitude of 1300 feet on the edge of miles of open fell, the last house for many, many miles to the south, west and north. http://www.weardalemuseum.co.ukhttp://www.killhope.org.ukshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1
About Slack House Farm
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