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Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 07-02-2017, 11:49 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet More that one type of 'dyke' The geology map, just to confuse things, shows a basalt dyke orientated east west right across the colliery site. the townhead coal seam is outcropping in the long dyke 'valley'; as is the associated...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 07-02-2017, 11:04 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Is that the area with the rifle range in it on... Is that the area with the rifle range in it on this 1899 map? the 'long dyke' itself? the Shilbottle township and parish boundary pass through there as well.

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 25-07-2014, 09:32 AM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Here's his medal index card. He arrived in... Here's his medal index card. He arrived in theatre "1" (France and Flanders) 16th January 1915. Also served with the York and Lancaster Regiment as some point, then the Army Service Corps. He is...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 25-07-2014, 09:21 AM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet The Absent voters list for Bilton Banks is in the... The Absent voters list for Bilton Banks is in the Lesbury parish (http://www.fusilier.co.uk/northumberland_absent_voters_list/lesbury_alnmouth.htm) list, and includes a few Baxters. John is now with...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 23-07-2014, 07:30 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Hi Shirley, I did email the above address but... Hi Shirley, I did email the above address but never received a response. Regarding the Baxters I don't really have anything more that what is on the website unfortunately, but there is this in the...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 08-12-2012, 06:54 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet The new Bilton Banks book is out. Mine just... The new Bilton Banks book is out. Mine just arrived today from Amazon. Looks good. Bilton Banks The Pit and Its People. [Barry Stewart] ...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 27-05-2012, 09:05 AM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet On Friday, the 9th, the adjourned inquest at... On Friday, the 9th, the adjourned inquest at Shillbottle, on the body of John. Henderson, aged 15 years, was resumed before Mr Hardy, coroner. From the evidence, it appeared that, on the 31st ult., a...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 20-02-2012, 12:44 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Received last night a most interesting copy of a... Received last night a most interesting copy of a newspaper cutting on the sons of Robert and Isabella Baxter from the above list. I've linked this to the St James (Shilbottle) Church page on the...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 17-02-2012, 12:57 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Not sure looking at that list how they squeezed... Not sure looking at that list how they squeezed some of those large families into what must have been one or two bedroom houses?

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 17-02-2012, 12:11 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Bilton Banks 100 years ago Here's the 1911 census snapshot, birthplace in brackets: Youngest miner is George Buglass, 13 year old hewer. [George was killed in WW1 aged 19 serving with the 1st Battalion Northumberland...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 15-02-2012, 05:27 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet This is back at Cawledge burn, there's a wooden... This is back at Cawledge burn, there's a wooden foot bridge and the remains of a concrete one. The waggonway would pass about where I'm standing (or more likely over my head on a wooden bridge) ...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 15-02-2012, 05:06 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet bits and bobs: Longdyke colliery coal,... bits and bobs: Longdyke colliery coal, track dogs, fishplate, tiny pony shoe: http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/shilbottle_longdyke_waggonway_5.jpg and an early frogless...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 15-02-2012, 05:03 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet length of rail in the burn: ... length of rail in the burn: http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/shilbottle_longdyke_waggonway_4.jpg

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 15-02-2012, 05:01 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet No traces of any bridge in the Cawledge burn... No traces of any bridge in the Cawledge burn valley proper, but in the valley of the next burn nearer to the collery site, there are the remains of a stone built structure with two threaded solid...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 15-02-2012, 04:51 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Old Shilbottle Colliery Longdyke Waggonway. Had a walk along the old waggon-way from the Alnwick end and took some snaps. Some traces left. (It is a public footpath for more than half its length) I won't post too many and bore you :) ...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 11-02-2012, 05:13 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Shilbottle Miner Murdered 1874 MURDER AT ALNWICK. The usually quiet town of Alnwick; where crimes of a serious character are exceedingly rare, was startled on Saturday night by the report that a man had been murdered. The facts...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 11-02-2012, 04:47 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Looks like Longdyke was causing some serious... Looks like Longdyke was causing some serious pollution down at Alnmouth, resulting in Iron overdoses! Alnmouth Water Supply.— At the ordinary meeting of Alnwick Rural District Council on Monday,...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 11-02-2012, 04:35 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet A few snippets thar ref Shilbottle Colliery: ... A few snippets thar ref Shilbottle Colliery: Jan 7th 1815: Four [miners] killed by Choak damp [sic] at Shilbottle Colliery (The Leeds Mercury Saturday, January 20, 1816 in a list of the...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 06-02-2012, 11:14 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet "Keeper's Pit" sounds familiar. So a "walled up"... "Keeper's Pit" sounds familiar. So a "walled up" shaft like Longdyke mentioned above. These would become the responsibility of the Coal Authority I assume? They must have had a blitz on open shafts...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 05-02-2012, 01:24 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Regarding that Longdyke tramway; it does a sharp... Regarding that Longdyke tramway; it does a sharp turn to due North just south of the Cawledge burn valley (or valley of a tributary feeding in to it). At that point on the track is another large...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 05-02-2012, 01:00 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Interesting. Yes there must have been a bridge... Interesting. Yes there must have been a bridge across the Cawledge Burn. Do you know anything about Old Shilbottle Colliery, that is the one even before longdyke? its at about lat/long 55.380439,...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 03-02-2012, 09:07 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Longdyke farm / cottages does appear to have... Longdyke farm / cottages does appear to have survived more or less complete (spelling: "Longdike" on the map) Assume now all converted to housing?? Looks like quite a nice spot anyway: ...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 03-02-2012, 05:41 PM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet The colliery surface appears on the map to have a... The colliery surface appears on the map to have a stream running through the centre of it, and it is even shown as being culverted under the slag heap. Must have been handy for pumping the waste...

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 03-02-2012, 11:08 AM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet This Colliery closed in 1924; by then the new... This Colliery closed in 1924; by then the new Grange Colliery had become the centre of operations.

Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 03-02-2012, 10:59 AM

Replies: 49 Bilton Banks & Old Shilbottle Colliery Views: 77,326 Posted By Coquet Map from the 20s, small arrows are where I was... Map from the 20s, small arrows are where I was standing for the colliery site photo and bilton banks site photo above. http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/bilton_banks_map.jpg

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