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Buck's Hill, coal pit
Whickham
54.938242, -1.669199
Opened:
Closed:
pre-1850s
pre-1850s
Entry Created:
9 Jun 2023
Last Updated:
9 Jun 2023
Reclaimed
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Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - A coal pit is labelled as "old" on the Ordnance Survey map surveyed in 1857. There were no major collieries in the immediate vicinity, so it's likely this was a local working, perhaps the owners of South Cornmoor Farm, as a cheap supply of coal. There was a quarry nearby also, so perhaps they were connected.
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