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Coals Archive.

The Coals Archive is our biggest project to date, with the aim of documenting every known coal working in the North East.

 

With the collieries fading out of living memory, it has never been a more important time to ensure new generations understand the sacrifices made, and how our landscapes came to be. The pits shaped everything, from our region's politics to public parks and the rows we walk along. For this reason it is only right we remember the men, women and children whose greatest neighbour was the coal face.

els04a

Last Updated

4 Jun 2024

Benwell Colliery

Lead Pit

Elswick

54.967331, -1.643412

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Last Updated

4 Jun 2024

Elswick, Sanderson's Pit

Elswick

54.965373, -1.641772

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Last Updated

4 Jun 2024

Benwell Colliery

Fortune Pit

Elswick

54.965131, -1.642390

benw04b

Last Updated

4 Jun 2024

South Benwell, coal pit

Benwell

54.966935, -1.666535

benw04a

Last Updated

4 Jun 2024

South Benwell, coal pit

Benwell

54.965928, -1.666562

N11730

Last Updated

23 May 2024

Netherton Colliery

Howard Pit

Bedlington

55.137169, -1.625254

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