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Benwell Colliery
Elswick, Newcastle
54.964154,-1.647717
Beaumont Pit
Opened:
Closed:
Entry Created:
3 Sept 2021
Last Updated:
6 Sept 2021
Redeveloped
Condition:
Owners:
W. Cochrane Carr (1880s), Elswick Coal Co. (1930s -)
Description (or HER record listing)
Beaumont Pit (Coal) is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, but not on the 2nd edition. Sunk in 1809. Owned by W. Cochrane Carr Ltd and then by Elswick Coal Company Ltd in the 1930s.
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Ordnance Survey, 1864
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