John Charlesworth Dodgson Charlesworth, MP

The directors of the Grinton Mines sold their mining equipment to John Charlesworth, who in 1877 also bought out the mineral rights from the Crown for £4,000, thus obtaining absolute control over any future mining ventures within the manor. There were apparently no takers for a new lease, and so lead mining on the three moors ceased.
John Charlesworth died in 1880 and was succeeded by his son Colonel Albany Hawke Charlesworth who took a greater interest in Grinton Manor than his father. The census for 1881 shows that all those in Grinton Parish who had previously declared dual occupations in lead mining and farming now described themselves solely as farmers.

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