Site of Newdigate Colliery, Bedworth, seen from the north
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Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 17 Jul 2021
Newdigate Colliery produced coal from 1901 to 1982. It was built on land belonging to the Arbury estate and took its name from the family that has owned it since the 16th century. Since its closure almost all traces of the colliery have disappeared, apart from the mineral railway, the route of which can still be discerned, though the track has long since been removed. https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/newdigate-colliery Ordnance Survey maps from the early 20th century show a brickworks on the site of the grassland in this photo. It had gone by mid-century, later maps depicting rail sidings fanning out into the area in the foreground and a large spoil heap to the east, at the left hand side of this view. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=52.48338&lon=-1.51371&layers=6&right=ESRIWorld Since the closure of the colliery a linear wood has grown up on the north side of the main mineral line, running east to west; it can be seen here on the horizon. The buildings of the mine stood beyond it.
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