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Westwood, Bardon Mill
Westwood / Westwood Cottages is a hamlet in Northumberland, located about ¾mile north-west of Bardon Mill. It is situated by Chainley Burn. In the past, there was coal mining and quarrying in the area. Barcombe Colliery was located to the north of Westwood and there was a (limestone?) quarry to the north-west of Westwood Cottages. There was once also 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.[1] Today, Westwood forms part of Bardon Mill Civil Parish.
Extract from OS Map showing Westwood and Thorngrafton, surveyed 1860, CC-BY NLS
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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 …
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Old quarry (Bardon Mill)
- An old quarry is marked on the second, third and fourth edition Ordnance Survey maps to the north-west of Westwood Cottages....
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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 …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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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 …
from https://keystothepast.info/se…
Old quarry (Bardon Mill)
- An old quarry is marked on the second, third and fourth edition Ordnance Survey maps to the north-west of Westwood Cottages....
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://keystothepast.info/se…
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 …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
