Plashetts village 1890 - 1920

  • Description

    "....Plashetts village was located on a hill overlooking the north Tyne valley and housed miners and their families who worked in the nearby Plashetts coal mine. The village, which existed from around 1890 to 1920, lay on either side of a wagonway in a series of terraces called rather prosaically, Stone Row, Shop Row, Wood Row and Tile Row. There was also a chapel at the west end of the settlement....."
  • Owner

    Kielder Art and Architecture
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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    Link: http://kielderartandarchitecture.com/art-architecture/projects/plashetts-village.html
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 4 years, 11 months ago
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