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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.

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Last Updated

21 Nov 2023

Willington Colliery

Edward Pit

Willington

55.00931,-1.50906

wgtn01b

Last Updated

21 Nov 2023

Churchill Street, coal shaft

Howdon

54.999301, -1.503770

wgtn01a

Last Updated

21 Nov 2023

Churchill Street, coal shaft

Howdon

54.997184, -1.503200

3997

Last Updated

16 Nov 2023

Blakelaw Pit

Blakelaw

54.997677,-1.665778

4098

Last Updated

16 Nov 2023

Elswick Colliery

Mill Pit

Elswick

54.972104,-1.641499

els02a

Last Updated

16 Nov 2023

Smugglers Hole, coal shaft

Elswick

54.979738, -1.645927

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