Bardon Mill and Henshaw Village Hall
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Description
Official Website of Bardon Mill and Henshaw Village Hall "...The Village Hall sits on the site of the former Bardon Mill Colliery which was originally known as Henshaw Colliery until its name changed in 1948. The colliery’s first cut of the turf was back in 1938. The first drift was 340 yards long at a gradient of 1:3. It took two years to sink this before coal was won. Bardon Mill Colliery finally closed in 1972; the seams were becoming thinner and were much further from the drift mouth. Water had become a serious problem since the drift was a mere 300 yards beneath the river; moreover, faults on the south side of the Tyne prevented more coal from being taken...." -
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Bardon Mill and Henshaw Village Hall -
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Further information
Link: https://www.bardonmill-villagehall.co.uk/
Resource type: Text/Website
Added by: Simon Cotterill
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