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Earsdon Colliery
Earsdon, North Tyneside
55.04027,-1.49465
George Pit
Grange Pit
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Entry Created:
3 Sept 2021
Last Updated:
8 Sept 2021
Reclaimed
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Description (or HER record listing)
Air Shaft, south of Earsdon. Marked Air Shafts on 2nd edition OS mapping, which also shows expansion of spoil heaps around the shafts. This was part of Earsdon Colliery, which was opened in 1826 and closed in 1934. This particular pit opened in 1874.
Ordnance Survey, 1898
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Historic Environment Records
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