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Barcombe Colliery


Barcombe Colliery, located north of Westwood, near Bardon Mill, was an adit (a horizontal or near-horizontal tunnel, driven into a hillside or mountain to reach shallow mineral deposits without costly vertical shafts). It's dates of operation are unclear, but it was recorded under the ownersip of William Makepeace & Co. in the 1850s.[1] In the 1950s it was owned by Errington, Reay & Co. Ltd., who also owned the pottery in Bardon Mill. There was once a tramway network which ran between Barcombe Colliery and other coal mine adits, and also past quarries, then south towards Bardon Mill, terminating at a lime kiln there.[1]

Bardon Mill Collieries Westwood, Bardon Mill
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Former site of Barcombe Colliery
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Masonry structure, Barcombe
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Tramway (Bardon Mill)
- A post medieval tramway is visible as earthworks on air photographs, centred at NY 7744 6506 . It lies to the south of Westwood cottages. Only a short section 130 …
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