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Bothwellhaugh was a Scottish coal mining village, which housed Hamilton Palace Colliery workers and their families. Locals referred to the village as The Pailis, and it was located near the towns of Motherwell, Bellshill and Hamilton, in Lanarkshire. The village was occupied from the mid-1880s, until it was demolished in 1965. [1]
The village currently has a café, a contemporary Arts centre, and inn. An industrial heritage centre chronicling the local mining industry has a preserved Armstrong Whitworth hydraulic engine which was located in the mine's sawmill. It is now located in a purpose made exhibition hall in the village centre.
The Newcraighall pit was known as 'Klondyke' and closed in the 1960s, work transferring to nearby Bilston Glen and in particular the last-to-close (1998) Monktonhall pit. The village had a church, a Co-op and a miners' club (demolished after a fire on 15 July 2009) and bowling green.
Tahawus (also called Adirondac, or McIntyre, pronounced / t ə ˈ h ɔː z / tə-HAWZ) was a village in the Town of Newcomb, Essex County, New York, United States. It is now a ghost town situated in the Adirondack Park. Tahawus is located in Essex County within the unpopulated northern area designated to the town of Newcomb. [1]
merged with Denby Grange. Isolated pit, closest to Overton village. Still "open" as the National Coal Mining Museum for England Cortonwood: Barnsley 1985 Darfield: Barnsley 1989 merged with Houghton Main Dearne Valley: Barnsley 1989 Denby Grange Wakefield 1991 at Netherton village Dinnington: Rotherham 1991 Dodworth: Barnsley 1987
The village had a primary school but it was closed in 2024 due to falling pupil numbers. Travelling by road, Rookhope is 25.4 miles (40.9 km) to the west of Durham , 37.4 miles (60.2 km) to the west of Newcastle upon Tyne , 48.5 miles (78.1 km) to the north west of Middlesbrough and 47.2 miles (76.0 km) to the east of Carlisle .
Tyndrum is a former mining centre. The hamlet of Clifton (the row of cottages across the A82 from the Green Welly) is made up of the former mining cottages, and up the hillside beyond them the tailings of a former lead mine can be seen. Historical records indicate that the mine was exploited in several different phases between 1730 and 1928.
Creswell is a former mining village located in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 Census population details were included in the civil parish of Elmton-with-Creswell. Today it is best known for Creswell Crags and its model village. In September 1950 Creswell Colliery was the scene of one of the worst post-nationalisation ...