The village settlement expanded in the 19th century to house workers from local slate mines.

'He might go to the slate mine,' suggested the woman to the man.

'Yes, he might go to the slate mine,' agreed the man and turned to me.

This route goes past the old slate mine and then into hill farming country.

These slate mines have been worked since at least the 13th century.

Or the quarry would have carried on with this slate mine.

We've all worked in these slate mines since we left school.

The slate mines, however, were doing well by this time.

In 1865 21 slate mines still existed within Bundenbach's limits.

Caudale slate mine is a few miles further down, on the Ullswater side, and was last worked at the beginning of the 20th century.