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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.

byk01c

Last Updated

5 Mar 2024

Byker, Chance Pit

Byker

54.967343, -1.574476

byk01b

Last Updated

5 Mar 2024

Byker, Virgin Pit

Byker

54.966950, -1.575604

byk01a

Last Updated

5 Mar 2024

Byker, Speedwell Pit

Byker

54.969118, -1.574544

3958

Last Updated

26 Feb 2024

Maria Pit, Throckley

Throckley, Newcastle

54.999858,-1.756194

N9860

Last Updated

26 Feb 2024

Hedley Colliery

Hedley-on-the-Hill

54.928002, -1.890363

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Last Updated

23 Feb 2024

Westerton Colliery

Westerton, Bishop Auckland

54.679027, -1.631739

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