NSB has, for some time, been fascinated by the industry of coal mining and its history in Nottingham. In particular, the stories of miners, their strong cameraderie and the dangerous and hard nature of their work is something that is deeply impressive.
But NSB did not really have a good handle on how many mines there were in Nottingham and its immediate surroundings - so had done a bit of digging and compiled a map of Nottingham labelled with all the mines that have been worked there over the last couple of hundred years - amny of which were still in operation only a few decades ago.
Babbington and Cinderhill
Beauvale
Bestwood
Broxtowe
Calverton
Clifton
Cossall
Eastwood
Gedling
Giltbrook
Hucknall No1
Hucknall No2
Ilkeston
Radford
Strelley
Trowell Moor
Watnall
Wollaton
Note:
This is one of a three part series of posts on Nottinghams Coal Mining History:
Coal Mining in Nottingham
Mining Memories
History of Coal Mining in the East Midlands
All were originally published in the Building For The Future Blog in May 2012
But NSB did not really have a good handle on how many mines there were in Nottingham and its immediate surroundings - so had done a bit of digging and compiled a map of Nottingham labelled with all the mines that have been worked there over the last couple of hundred years - amny of which were still in operation only a few decades ago.
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| Coal Mines in Nottingham - Click on image to enlarge |
Babbington and Cinderhill
Beauvale
Bestwood
Broxtowe
Calverton
Clifton
Cossall
Eastwood
Gedling
Giltbrook
Hucknall No1
Hucknall No2
Ilkeston
Radford
Strelley
Trowell Moor
Watnall
Wollaton
Note:
This is one of a three part series of posts on Nottinghams Coal Mining History:
Coal Mining in Nottingham
Mining Memories
History of Coal Mining in the East Midlands
All were originally published in the Building For The Future Blog in May 2012
Thanks you very, very much for this, there's a show on Coal coming to Nottingham Playhouse 23rd 24th May 2016.
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