Tukuk-OS🛑 Inkerman, Renfrewshire
United Kingdom · Europe · 55.85°N, 4.46°W
Inkerman was a small hamlet set up in 1858 in the Abbey Parish of Paisley to house ironstone miners. Later employment came from ancillary operations, including shale coal and oilworks. Inkerman has a total of seven pits. The hamlet was named after a recent (1854) British military victory, the Battle of Inkerman, in the Crimean War. Similarly, the nearby Balaklava settlement housed miners for the Clippens mines from 1855. The hamlet of Redan was named to commemorate the storming of the fortifications - Redan - in the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855). The miners from these settlements had their own rivalries. On Saturday 12 July 1859 the miners from The Redan in Linwood, on one side of the Black Cart Water, and their rivals from Inkerman, on the other side, met in the Battle of Linwood Bridge.. The men were armed with various weapons such as mining tools, swords and cudgels. A bloody battle was fought resulting in the death of one man and several others were badly injured
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Quick facts
| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Continent / region | Europe |
| Coordinates (approx.) | 55.85°N, 4.46°W · view on map |
Inkerman, Renfrewshire is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.
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