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Bardon Mill Colliery (1940-1972)


Bardon Mill Colliery, known as Henshaw Colliery until 1948, was a drift mine located west of Bardon Mill in Northumberland. Sinking of the mine began in 1938 and it began production in 1940. The first drift was 340 yards long at a gradient of 1:3. In 1964, there were 340 people employed at the colliery (306 working below ground and 34 above ground).[1] Bardon Mill Colliery finally closed on the 24th November 1972 after the seams were becoming thinner, water seepage from the River South Tyne had become a serious problem, and geological faults prevented more coal from being taken. Today, Bardon Mill and Henshaw Village Hall is located on the former site of the colliery.

Bardon Mill Bardon Mill and Henshaw Village Hall Collieries 1940
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Bardon Mill Colliery
- also known as Henshaw Colliery
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